Sosnogorsk
Sosnogorsk (Russian: Сосного́рск) is in the center Komi Republic of Northwestern Russia. It was founded in 1939 as a railway station and later became home to a gulag. Today it is a small city of about 26,000 on the left bank of the Izhma River. Until 1957, it was known as Izhma (И́жма).
Get in
By plane
The closest airport is at Ukhty.
Get around
There are three bus routes in town: 11, 19, and 21.
See
🌍 Memorial Museum of Local History (Историко-краеведческий мемориальный музей), ул.Пионерская, д.18.
Do
In July, Sosnogorsk hosts the annual Komi Republic jazz, pop, and rock music festival!
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