Sosnogorsk



Sosnogorsk (Russian: Сосного́рск) is in the center Komi Republic of Northwestern Russia. It was founded in 1939 as a railway station and later became home to a gulag. Today it is a small city of about 26,000 on the left bank of the Izhma River. Until 1957, it was known as Izhma (И́жма).

By plane
The closest airport is at Ukhty.

By train
Trains through Sosnogorsk go on to Vorkuta or Labytnangi. From Moscow's Yaroslavl Station there is a direct train, Moscow-Sosnogorsk.

Get around
There are three bus routes in town: 11, 19, and 21.

Do
In July, Sosnogorsk hosts the annual Komi Republic jazz, pop, and rock music festival!