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Vorkuta (Russian: Воркута́; Komi: Вӧркута, romanized: Vörkuta; Nenets for "the abundance of bears", "bear corner") is a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin at the river Vorkuta.
There is a huge amount of Soviet industrial and architectural heritage left in Vorkuta. Many tourists visit to see the abandoned ghost settlements on the so-called ‘Vorkuta Ring’.
- Anna Sorokina
Mar 5, 2021 · These are the abandoned ghost towns towns that surround the coal-mining center of Vorkuta in Russia’s Arctic north, swathed in snow and ice following recent brutally cold temperatures.
Vorkuta, city, Komi republic, northwestern Russia, on the Vorkuta River. Coal mining began in the area in 1932, but the industry and city did not grow significantly until World War II. Initially the coal exploitation used penal labour.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 10, 2021 · VORKUTA, Russia -- In May 1931, a group of 39 prisoners toiling in the Soviet Union's expanding network of forced labor camps set off north from the town of Ukhta to explore the vast coal basin...
Vorkuta is famous for its vast coal mines that were once home to one of the harshest labor camps in Stalinist Russia. Today, this isolated city in the extreme north of European Russia is one of...
Vorkuta's surroundings offer many opportunities for hiking, skiing and water trips. You can join a group and visit the shores of the Kara Sea or admire the beauty of the Polar Urals. The period from late June to mid-September is considered the best for outdoor trips.
