Usinsk
Usinsk (; , Uskar) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located east of the republic's capital city of Syktyvkar and north of the town of Pechora, on the northern bank of the Usa River, before its confluence with the Pechora River. Population:
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- Usinsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Усинск
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- Ускар
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- Komi
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- Aerial view of Usinsk
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- Coat of Arms of Usinsk (Komia).png
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- Komi Republic
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- town of republic significance of Usinsk
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- town of republic significance of Usinsk
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Usinsk (; , Uskar) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located east of the republic's capital city of Syktyvkar and north of the town of Pechora, on the northern bank of the Usa River, before its confluence with the Pechora River. Population:
==History== Usinsk was founded in 1966 as a settlement at the newly discovered deposits of petroleum in the north of the Komi Republic. Town status was granted to it in 1984.
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