Inta (russian: Инта́, kv, Инта) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the

Komi Republic The Komi Republic (russian: Республика Коми; kv, Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of the ...

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. Population:

History

Inta was founded circa 1940 as a settlement to support a geological expedition to explore coal deposits and projecting of mines. The city's name is in the

Nenets language Nenets (in former work also Yurak) is a pair of closely related languages spoken in northern Russia by the Nenets people. They are often treated as being two dialects of the same language, but they are very different and mutual intelligibility ...

and means 'well-watered place.' During the

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

era, a "

corrective labor camp A labor camp (or labour camp, see spelling differences) or work camp is a detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor as a form of punishment. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons (especi ...

Intalag The Inta Corrective Labor Camp (Intalag) (russian: Инти́нский исправи́тельно-трудово́й ла́герь, Инталаг, also abbreviated as Intinlag, Intlag, and Intastroy) was a forced labor camp of the Gulag, whic ...

, was located here.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

s (

Verkhnyaya Inta Verkhnyaya Inta (russian: Верхняя Инта; kv, Вылыс Инта, ''Vylys Inta'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Inta in the Komi Republic, ...

and

Kozhym Kozhym (russian: Кожым) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Inta in the Komi Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10. Ad ...

) and twenty rural localities, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Inta—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

.Law #16-RZ As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Inta is incorporated as Inta Urban Okrug.Law #11-RZ

Transportation

It is served by the

Inta Airport Inta Airport () is an airport in Komi Republic, Russia located 2 km north of Inta Inta (russian: Инта́, kv, Инта) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. Population: History Inta was founded circa 1940 as a settlement to sup ...

and the

Kotlas Kotlas (russian: Ко́тлас) is a town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Northern Dvina and Vychegda Rivers. Population: Kotlas is the third largest town of Arkhangelsk Oblast in terms of population (after A ...

–

Vorkuta Vorkuta (russian: Воркута́; kv, Вӧркута, ''Vörkuta''; Nenets for "the abundance of bears", "bear corner") is a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin at ...

railway line. Inta is situated on the banks of the river Bolshoya Inta.

Transmitter

At Inta, there is a

CHAYKA Chayka (russian: Чайка, lit. "seagull") also known as Radioteknicheskaya Systema Dalyoloiy Navigatsii abbreviated as RSDN (lit. Russian Hyperbolic Radio Navigation System) is a Russian terrestrial radio navigation system, similar to Loran ...

-transmitter with a 460-meter tall guyed mast, which is the second-tallest structure in Europe.

Notable people

*Birthplace of Soviet national hockey team player

Viktor Zhluktov Viktor Vasilievich Zhluktov (russian: Виктор Васильевич Жлуктов) (born January 26, 1954) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played for CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union. In the 1976 Canada Cup, Zhluktov ...

*Birthplace of Belarusian national hockey team, NHL, and KHL player Vladimir Tsyplakovhttp://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=43116

References

Notes

Sources

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External links

Official website of Inta

Inta Business Directory
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