Ust-Vym (russian: Усть-Вымь; kv, Емдін, ''Jemdïn'') is a
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a ''
selo'') in
Ust-Vymsky District
Ust-Vymsky District (russian: Усть-Вы́мский райо́н; kv, Емдін район, ''Jemdïn rajon'') is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the Komi Republic, twelve in the Komi Republic, Russ ...
of 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 ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, located by the mouth of the
Vym River
The Vym (russian: Вымь, ''Vym; Komi: ) is a river in the Komi Republic, Russia. It is a tributary of the Vychegda in the basin of the Northern Dvina. It is long, and its drainage basin covers . Its average discharge is .
The Vym has its sou ...
, from which it takes its name.
An ancient monastery established in 1380 by
Stephen of Perm
Stephen of Perm (Russian: Стефан Пермский, also spelled Stephan, kv, Перымса Степан; 1340–1396) was a fourteenth-century painter and missionary credited with the conversion of the Komi to Christianity and the establi ...
, closed in 1764, and reopened in 1996 is located in Ust-Vym.
История монастыря
Михайло-Архангельский мужской монастырь
References
Rural localities in the Komi Republic
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