What is "vorkuta"

Vorkuta (; , Vörkuta; Nenets for place teems with bears) is a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin at the Usa River. Population:

Vorkuta is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia.

Vorkuta may also refer to:

• Vorkuta Urban Okrug, a municipal formation which the town of republic significance of Vorkuta in the Komi Republic, Russia is incorporated as
• Vorkuta Airport, an airport in the Komi Republic, Russia
• Vorkuta River, a river in the Komi Republic, Russia
• Vorkuta Gulag, a Soviet-era prison camp