Pechora
Pechora is a types of [inhabited localities in Russia|town] in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Pechora River, west of and near the northern Ural Mountains. The area of the town is. Population:
History
Pechora was granted town status in 1950. Pechora was also the site of a Stalin-era gulag that operated from 1932 to 1953, although it was partially emptied in 1941 as many of the inmates were forced into service in the Red Army. There is a dedicated room at the Pechora museum where they display many of the records and artifacts that were recovered from the gulag.In the 1990s memorials were erected to commemorate those who died in the camp infirmary.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the town of Pechora is, together with two urban-type settlement administrative territories and four rural-type settlement administrative territories, incorporated as the city of [federal subject significance|town of republic significance] of Pechora—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Pechora is incorporated as Pechora Municipal District; the town of Pechora is incorporated within it as Pechora Urban Settlement. The two urban-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into two urban settlements, and the four rural-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.Local government
Heads of the Pechora Urban Settlement:- Vladimir Mennikov, October 2008 - October 2012
- Konstantin Garkais, 18 October 2012 - 25 December 2012
- Vladimir Anischik, 25 December 2012 - September 2015
- Alexander Shabanov, September 2015 - 30 September 2021
- Alexander Baka, 30 September 2021 - current