Kuloy
Sign in to saveKuloy () is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Velsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kuloy River, from Arkhangelsk and from Velsk, the administrative center of the district.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Kuloy
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Кулой
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- top
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Velsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Urban-type settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
- Work settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Velsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Kuloyskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of
- Kuloyskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.area_km2
- 11000
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 5946
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 4696
- Dialing code
- 81836
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- postal code
- 165100
- inception
- 1942-01-01
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Kuloy () is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Velsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kuloy River, from Arkhangelsk and from Velsk, the administrative center of the district.
==History== The history of the settlement goes back to August 25, 1942, when Kuloy railway station of the North Pechora Railway was opened. The station was necessary to access the work camp building the railway. The railway was built using forced labor by political prisoners, causing many deaths due to low safety and general health of workers. There were four men's and one women's work camp in Kuloy.
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