Ust-Shchuger (russian: Усть-Щугер, kv, Тшугӧр, ''Čugör''), formerly known as Ust-Shchugor (),
["Коми АССР. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 июля 1968 года". Коми книжное издательство, 1968. Стр. 77.] is a
rural locality (a
village) in the
Komi Republic,
Russia,
[Law #13-RZ, Article 27.3.3] located at an elevation of
near the
confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...
of the
Pechora and
Shchuger River
The Shchugor (russian: Щугор) is a right tributary to the Pechora in the Komi Republic, northwest Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Eu ...
s. The Shchugor River was once a minor
route into Siberia. From its headwaters one could cross the
Ural Mountains to reach the
Severnaya Sosva River thereby allowing travel from the
Pechora River
; Komi: Печӧра; Nenets: Санэроˮ яха
, name_etymology = The Russian name of the river is a combination of two words in an old local Nenets dialect, "pe" & "chora". Literally it means "forest dweller".
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to the
Ob River.
Climate
Ust-Shchuger has a
subarctic climate
The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...
(
Dfc) with mild to warm summers and severely cold winters. It holds the European low temperature record of , recorded on December 31, 1978.
In spite of this, winter averages are less severe than areas on similar and lower latitudes further east across the
Siberian boundary. Winters are very snowy due to a humid influence, causing a vast snow pack that lasts well into spring.
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Rural localities in the Komi Republic