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Ust-Cilemsky area – the cherished corner of the Komi Repuplic!
Ivan Dmitrievich Lastka was the first known person to settle down here in 1542. However, it is known, that the most ancient settlements in these places appeared in the late Stone Age. Ivan Lastka came from Novgorod and the ethnographic images of ancient Novgorod immigrants are kept in Ust-Cilma to this very day.
Ust-Cilma - the administrative center of the Ust-Cilemsky district – stands on the mighty river Pechora. The population of the district is about 15,000 people.
In Russia there is no other such unique place as Ust-Cilma. Only here can you get acquainted with ancient customs, morals, manners and the mode of life of Ust-Cilem. You will have a chance to try on elegant costumes and listen to local folklore. Ust-Cilma is the depository of spiritual antiquity.
Ust-Cilemskaya Gorka
It's a traditional, ritual festival of round dances of medieval Russia. Every year Ust-Cilema hosts guests from Russia and from foreign countries to get together in open-air merrymaking. The festival takes place in summer (12th July – 16th July) on the glade in the center of Ust-Cilma.
Historiko - memorial museum in the name of A.V.Zhuravski
A.V.Zhuravski - the founder of the Pechora agricultural experimental station (the first scientific institution in all of the European North!) The museum is situated in the building of the Pechora agricultural experimental station. There are more than 25 thousand exhibits. The museum is home to a unique collections of ancient Orthodox and old-printed books and icons.
Address: 101 Nagornaya Street Ust-Cilma
Tel/ E-mail/ Web-site: (82141) 91-7-66
Schedule: 10 am – 19 pm
Fishing on the river Pechora
Fishing is very popular in the Ust-Cilemsky district. Pechora is rich for such kinds of fish as white-fish, broad whitefish, peled, omul, grayling, white salmon and salmon. Lucky fisherman can get all these kinds of fish at any season.
It should be taken into account that the catching of valuable species is regulated in Ust-Cilemsky district. That is why it would be better to use the service of tourist agency.
Information about the touristic agency:
Address: 4a Novyi Kvartal Ust-Cilma
Tel/ E-mail/ Web-site: +7 (82141) 91242/ sport_u_c@mail.ru/ http://www.ust-cilma.ru/
In Ust-Cilma you can visit:
Information prepared by Nina Rocheva
Edited by Randy Leyshon
How to get to Ust-Cilma?
Train from Syktyvkar to station Irael - 12 hours, sleeping carriage – 600 rubles; compartmental carriage – 1400 rubles
Then from Station Irael – Ust-Cilma by bus or by car - 3 hours, 800 rubles
Where to stay
Hotel at the airport +7 (8-82141) 9-13-31
66 Dorozhnaya Street, Ust-Cilma
Hotel Centralnaya +7 (8-82141) 9-19-58
12B Novyi Kvartal Ust-Cilma