Usinsk is a small town located on the territory of the Komi Republic and is the center of the city district of the same name. It was founded in 1966, and received city status in 1984. As of the beginning of 2014, the population of Usinsk was 39, 831 thousand people.
Geographical location of the city of Usinsk
The Komsk city is located 4 kilometers from the right bank of the Usa River, by the name of which it actually got its name. Usa is a small tributary of the more full-flowing Pechora River. Its length is 565 kilometers, and the basin area is 93.6 thousand square kilometers. Moreover, the river is divided into two parts - Big and Small Usa. The river is characterized by a very brisk current and a large number of serious rapids.
It is only 61 kilometers from Usinsk to the border of the Arctic Circle, which makes the weather conditions in this city on the territory of the Komi Republic quite harsh.
Like the rest of the Republic, the city of Usinsk lives in a time zone similar to the Moscow one - UTC + 4.
On the territory of this administrative entity there are 782 enterprises, the main specialization of which is oil production.
How to get to Usinsk
The easiest, most convenient and simple option is, of course, to come to Usinsk to visit a relative, on business or for tourist purposes from the capital of Syktyvkar, the capital of the Komi Republic. The distance between the two cities is 757 kilometers. Bus routes run regularly between them. Usinsk also has its own small airport, where oil workers from other cities arrive by Komiaviatrans flights.
If you are faced with the need to come to Usinsk, but by railway transport, then you should know that train number 042B leaves from the Yaroslavsky railway station of the Russian capital to this city. Its final stop is Vorkuta, and the travel time will be 36:55 hours. He leaves Moscow regularly. If you want to come to Usinsk from St. Petersburg, then you should know that there are no direct rail flights from the Northern capital. First, you will need to come to Moscow, and then take the 042B train.
It will be very difficult to get to Usinsk by car in the summer, since there is no highway connecting this city with the central part of Russia. But there are also seasonal winter roads with routes Usinsk - Pechora - Vuktyl - Ukhta and Usinsk - Pechora - Irael - Ukhta. The track in the traditional sense of the word is currently, like ten years ago, under construction - 600 kilometers have already been erected, and 20 kilometers remain to the village of Ust-Usa not far from Usinsk. Moreover, the exact time of completion of construction work has not yet been indicated.
