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'''Komi Republic''' (Russian: Республика Коми) is a republic within the [[Russian Federation]].

* The largest administrative unit in the European part of Russia by area, almost equal to France (415,000 sq. km).
* Administrative center — the city of [[Syktyvkar]].
* The territory of the Komi Republic borders [[Tyumen Oblast]] (specifically Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug to the northeast and east, [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra]] to the southeast and south), [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]] (south), [[Perm Krai]] (south), [[Kirov Oblast]] (south, southwest, west), and [[Arkhangelsk Oblast]] (including Nenets Autonomous Okrug) (northwest, north, northeast).
* Subject code — 11, road police codes — 11, 111.

== Hitchhiking and travel specifics ==
This region can be divided into three parts:
* SOUTHERN PART (south of Syktyvkar, the capital) — fairly developed, similar to neighboring Kirov Oblast, not quite considered “the North”. Hitchhiking along the Syktyvkar – Vizinga – Kirov and Vizinga – Kazhim roads is easy. A feature here is the large number of logging trucks running from remote villages to Syktyvkar both day and night. The key loading points for timber are Noshul, Nyuchpas, and Kazhim. There are also five narrow-gauge forest railways, 30-50 km long, not connected to the main railway network. Passenger trains run on them and fares are not officially charged; it is possible to ride in locomotives.
* THE CENTRAL PART, bounded by lines Zheskart – Ust-Kulom and Pechora – Izhma – Ust-Tsilma, is significantly more remote. Previously, there were dozens of prison camps; many have now closed, along with the settlements around them. In 1996, there were 30 camps, mainly logging operated by inmates. Settlements near the camps are in decline and depopulating, but there are also oil towns like Ukhta, Vuktyl, Neftepechorsk, where the population is relatively affluent. Some settlements including Blagoyevo, Usogorsk, Mezhdurechensk have populations with Bulgarian roots — settlers from the Soviet era when logging and direct timber supplies to Bulgaria were planned; many Bulgarians remained.
* Roads in the central region: Syktyvkar–Ukhta, Ukhta–Vuktyl, and Ukhta–Troitsko-Pechorsk (asphalt), Ust-Vyl–Koslan (asphalt and concrete), Aikino–Yarensk (asphalt). From Troitsko-Pechorsk to Yaksha is dirt road; from Ust-Kulom to Troitsko-Pechorsk is a winter road rarely used. From Vuktyl to Pechora there is a dirt road along the gas pipeline, with cars passing every few days; more traffic in winter. There is a branch from near Nizhneberezovsk via the Polar Urals to Sarankaul in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, with traffic even in summer. Pechora–Usinsk is a winter road; from Usinsk north about 150 km is a busy road to oil fields and work settlements, and further continues as a winter road to Naryan-Mar. There is also a winter route on the ice of the Pechora from Ust-Izhma to Naryan-Mar, mostly used by snowmobiles. There is some kind of road from Ust-Tsilma to Leshukonskoye. From Irayol to Ust-Izhma is a dirt road with bus service. Waterways include the Pechora river, status of navigation on other smaller rivers is unknown.
* NORTHERNMOST PART (north of Pechora) is in decline. Here are two cities — Inta and Vorkuta, with many settlements around Vorkuta. The population is employed in coal mining, though this industry is shrinking. There are neither roads nor winter roads connecting Inta and Vorkuta to “mainland Russia”; roads from Vorkuta reach only 10–15 km. Vehicles are delivered by rail. There is a winter road from Vorkuta northward to the Kara Sea coast, traffic conditions unknown.

* Areas with regulated access '''for foreign citizens''' (permits required in advance!): a 25 km wide coastal strip in Primorsky district west of the Northern Dvina river to Letny Navolok; a 50 km strip along the railway from Arkhangelsk to Shalakusha (excepting the cities Arkhangelsk, Novodvinsk and transit by road or rail); part of the territory east of the Yemtsa–Shalakusha–Verkholeedka–Selts-Pogost line; area within: Khalmer-Yu – Yary – Ust-Kara – Karatayka (excluding named settlements); Mys Svyatoy Nos – Indiga river – Sula river – Kotkino – Nelmin Nos (excluding named settlements and river areas); part of Kanin Peninsula east of Chizha–Nes to Vizhas river and Mys Kanin Nos with adjoining territory within 10 km radius; Novaya Zemlya islands south of the bay Russkaya Gavan – Mys Middendorf.

== Nature reserve and contacts ==
* [http://www.pechora-reserve.ru/ Pechora-Ilych State Nature Reserve] 169436, Russia, Komi Republic,
Troitsko-Pechorsky district, Yaksha village, Laninoy St., 8. eco-pechora@mail.ru +7 (82138) 95-6-99, +7 (82138) 95-0-91 pechilzap@mail.ru

== Cities ==
Settlements with a population over 20,000:
* [[Syktyvkar]]
* [[Ukhta]]
* [[Vorkuta]]
* [[Pechora]]
* [[Usinsk]]
* [[Sosnogorsk]]

== Motorways ==
* As of January 1, 2010, the length of public roads owned by the Komi Republic was 6,041.6 km, including 5,330.9 km with hard surface (88.2% of total). Most of the paved roads have asphalt concrete surface (68.0%).
* The Komi Republic's road network also includes the federal highway “Vyatka” (Kirov — Murashi — Syktyvkar within Komi) with a length of 283.6 km.
* The road density (with hard surfaces) is 13.5 km per 1,000 sq. km, among the lowest in Russia, providing just 60% of the minimum needed for effective economic operation.
* The transport infrastructure is affected by a high proportion of transitional-type and unpaved roads. 30.6% of roads with hard surface are of transitional type (1,629.9 km). The length of unpaved roads is being reduced; as of January 1, 2010, it was 710.7 km (11.8% of all roads).
* As of January 1, 2010, the network included 533 bridges and overpasses; 339 are permanent structures (63.6%), 18 are floating bridges, and 194 are wooden (36.4%), mostly in Ust-Kulom, Udora, and Priluzsky districts.
* In winter, rural transport is ensured by 25 ice crossings with a total length of 12 km, including unique bridges across the Pechora river longer than 1.5 km each.
* 35.8% of rural settlements lack all-season connection by hard surface roads with the public road network. Settlements in seven municipalities with over 300,000 people, including Pechora, Usinsk, Inta, and Vorkuta, lack reliable road connections with republican highways and neighboring regions.
* The construction of the “Syktyvkar–Ukhta–Pechora–Usinsk–Naryan-Mar with access roads to Vorkuta and Salekhard” highway continues, as well as maintenance and repair of the federal Vyatka highway.

== Other useful info ==
* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Komi Komi on Wikivoyage]
* [https://uraloved.ru/goroda-i-sela/respublika-komi Komi Republic on Uraloved.ru]
* [http://www.mojgorod.ru/r_komi/index.html Peoples' Encyclopedia of Russian Cities and Regions "Moy Gorod"]
* [http://all-transport.info/regions/ru11.html All means of transport schedules for Komi (AT)]
* [https://varandej.livejournal.com/tag/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3 Subjective guide by Ilya Buyanovsky (Varandej)]
* [https://travel.yandex.ru/journal/dostoprimechatelnosti-respubliki-komi/ Sights of the Komi Republic]
* [https://perito.media/posts/komi-reasons-go Komi: Ethnic villages and Vorkuta. On Perito.media]
* [https://takliono.ru/russia_komi In the blog of a hitchhiker from Ufa (Vrode Nepomnyashchy)]
* [https://travel.yandex.ru/journal/search/?query=%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8 Yandex Travel]
* [https://travelask.ru/russia/komi-republic/ TravelAsk portal]
* [https://guide.travel.ru/russia/komi/ Travel.ru portal]

=== Useful on Telegram ===
* [https://t.me/komivkomi Komi - eto Zh]

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