Sosnogorsk
Sosnogorsk is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Izhma River. Population:History
The settlement was first established in 1939 as a railway station. It was known as Izhma until 1957. During the Soviet era, a corrective labor camp was located here. Gas giant Gazprom has a natural-gas condensate factory in the town.Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the town of Sosnogorsk is, together with two urban-type settlement administrative territories and thirteen rural localities, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk is incorporated as Sosnogorsk Municipal District; the town of Sosnogorsk and thirteen rural localities are incorporated within it as Sosnogorsk Urban Settlement. The two urban-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into two urban settlements within the municipal district.
