Ухта в 1950-е / Ukhta in the 1950s

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Channel: Nigel Fowler Sutton · 2015 · Travel & Events

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Ухта в 1950-е
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Cемен Фридлянд 

Ukhta in the 1950s
Photographs by Semyon Friedland

Ukhta is an important industrial town in the Komi
Republic of Russia. Ukhta lies within the Pechora River basin, 
an important oil and gas-producing region. 
The town expanded in the 1940s and 1950s 
by use of political prisoners' forced labor.

Music: 'Winter melody' by Tatiana Burtceva

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