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 Kotlas–Vorkuta 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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- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|ko|adm|law}}
- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|ko|mun|list}}
External links
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- [http://www.adminta.ru/ Official website of Inta] {{in lang|ru}}
- [https://inta.jsprav.ru/ Inta Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Komi Republic}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}}
Category:Cities and towns in the Komi Republic
Category:Populated places of Arctic Russia
Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Russia
Category:Populated places established in 1932