Pechora Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Pechora Municipal District, Komi Republic, Russia
About Pechora
Modern-day Pechora is home to a little less than 40,000 people (2018), which makes it the fourth-largest town in a republic that is larger than Sweden! A gulag was operated here under the name Pechorlag (Печорлаг) during the 1940s and 50s. At its height in the early 40s, over 100,000 prisoners were imprisoned in this forced labor camp. There is a small memorial house of prayer at the site. In 1949, the villages at this section of the Pechora River grew enough to be merged and granted "city" status. Pechora's population ballooned in the decades following, owing to its location making it a river and rail transport hub for the region an onwards to remoteNenetsiaandYamalia. In the 1970s, the construction of the Pechora State District Power Station made Pechora the "energy capital" of the Komi
Top Attractions in Pechora
Explore the best things to see and do in Pechora:
- ★House of Prayer (Chasovnya)
- ★Monument to V.A. Rusanov
Pechora Travel Guide Sections
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