| En Name: | Pechora |
| Ru Name: | Печора |
| Loc Name1: | Печӧра |
| Loc Lang1: | Komi |
| Coordinates: | 65.1667°N 72°W |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Pechora (Komia) (1983).png |
| Federal Subject: | Komi Republic |
| Adm City Jur: | town of republic significance of Pechora |
| Adm Ctr Of: | town of republic significance of Pechora |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Pechora Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Pechora Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Pechora Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Pechora Urban Settlement |
| Leader Title: | Head |
| Leader Name: | Alexander Shabanov |
| Area Km2: | 28.9 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 43105 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1949 |
| Postal Codes: | 169600, 169601, 169606, 169607, 169609, 169615, 169616, 169619, 169669 |
| Dialing Codes: | 82142 |
| Website: | http://www.pechoraonline.ru |
Pechora (Russian: Печо́ра; Komi: Печӧра|Pećöra) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Pechora River, west of and near the northern Ural Mountains. The area of the town is 28.9km2.[1] Population:
Pechora was granted town status in 1950.[1] Pechora was also the site of a Stalin-era gulag that operated from 1932 to 1953, although it was partially emptied in 1941 as many of the inmates were forced into service in the Red Army. There is a dedicated room at the Pechora museum where they display many of the records and artifacts that were recovered from the gulag.[2] "Pechora" translates to "cave" in Ukrainian.[3]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the town of Pechora is, together with two urban-type settlement administrative territories (comprising the urban-type settlements of Kozhva and Puteyets and eleven rural localities) and four rural-type settlement administrative territories (comprising seventeen rural localities), incorporated as the town of republic significance of Pechora—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[4] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Pechora is incorporated as Pechora Municipal District; the town of Pechora is incorporated within it as Pechora Urban Settlement.[5] The two urban-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into two urban settlements, and the four rural-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.
Heads of the Pechora Urban Settlement:
The town is served by the Pechora Airport and the Pechora Railway.
Pechora Kamenka military air base and Pechora Radar Station are located nearby.
Pechora has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Winters are very cold, with average low temperatures in January of in January. Summers are mild, with average high temperatures in July of . Precipitation is moderate and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year.