Why visit Kizema
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About Kizema
Kizema (Russian: Кизема) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Ustyansky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, about 700 km northeast of Moscow. The population was 2,968 as of 2010. There are 50 streets.
From the Wikipedia article Kizema (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Kizema was named after the nearby Kizema river, which is a tributary of Utsya. Kizema is from the Sami word for summer.
Kizema was established in 1942 as a railway station for Pechora railway, built by prisoners from the surrounding Gulag labor camps. Since 1947 there was a timber factory in the village. The Kizema settlement council was formed in 1951. In order to develop the forestry of the surrounding areas, the Kizema Narrow-gauge railway was built, which runs south from Kizema. In September of 1959, the village of Kizema was transferred to the Utsyansky district of the Cherevkovsky oblast. Until 2005, Kizema was an urban-type settlement.
From the History section of Kizema on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Velikiy Ustyug Airport (VUS) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 85 km away.
- Loyga 13 km west, about 13 min by car
- Ileza 50 km west, about 50 min by car
- Udimskiy 58 km east, about 58 min by car
- Berëznik 66 km west, about 1 h by car
- Krasnoborsk 77 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Nyuksenitsa 84 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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