Inta

{{Short description|Town in the Komi Republic, Russia}}

{{Other uses|INTA (disambiguation)}}

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Inta ({{langx|ru|Инта́}}, {{langx|kv|Инта}}) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=32,080|p2002=41,217|p1989=60,220}}

History

Inta was founded around 1940 as a settlement to support a geological expedition to explore coal deposits and projecting of mines. The city and a separate forced labor camp (Intalag) was built by deportees and political prisoners working in the coal mines of the Pechora coal basin.{{cite web |title=Inta |url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/inta/ |website=vle.lt |publisher=Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija}}

The city's name is in the Nenets language and means 'well-watered place.'

During the Soviet era, a "corrective labor camp", Intalag, was located here.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two urban-type settlements (Verkhnyaya Inta and Kozhym) 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.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 and the KotlasVorkuta railway line. Inta is situated on the banks of the river Bolshoya Inta.

Transmitter

At Inta, there is a CHAYKA-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
  • Birthplace of Belarusian national hockey team, NHL, and KHL player Vladimir Tsyplakov{{Cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/43116/vladimir-tsyplakov|title=Vladimir Tsyplakov at eliteprospects.com|website=www.eliteprospects.com|accessdate=December 2, 2023}}

References

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