Mikun
Encyclopedia
Mikun is a town in Ust-Vymsky District
of the Komi Republic
, Russia
, located 96 kilometres (59.7 mi) north of Syktyvkar
. Population:
It was founded in 1937 as a gulag
settlement. Town status was granted to it in 1959.
Ust-Vymsky District
Ust-Vymsky District is an administrative district , one of the twelve in the Komi Republic, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Ust-Vymsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Aykino. District's population: Population of Aykino accounts for 10.4% of the...
of the Komi Republic
Komi Republic
The Komi Republic is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is situated to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-east of the East European Plain...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located 96 kilometres (59.7 mi) north of Syktyvkar
Syktyvkar
-Twin towns/sister cities:Syktyvkar is twinned with the following sister cities: Cullera, Spain Debrecen, Hungary Los Altos, United States Lovech, Bulgaria Taiyuan, China-External links:* * * *...
. Population:
It was founded in 1937 as a gulag
Gulag
The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...
settlement. Town status was granted to it in 1959.