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ID: 1061349
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1061349
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Vorkuta (inhabited place)  Vorkuta (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 67 27 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 67.4500  decimal degrees
Long: 064 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 64.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the Vorkuta River; city & industry grew with construction of Koltas railway during WW II; became site of several of Stalin's labor camps for political prisoners.

Names:
Vorkuta (preferred,C,V,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Russia (nation)  ........  Russia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Komi Republic (republic)  ............  Komi Republic (republic) (P)
Hierarchy of Vorkuta (inhabited place)  ................  Vorkuta (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Vorkuta..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3035041
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 211
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3035041
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 211
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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