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Ust-Shchuger (Russian: Усть-Щугер), formerly known as Ust-Shchugor (Усть-Щугор), is a rural locality (a village) in the Komi Republic, Russia, located at an elevation of 85 meters (279 ft) near the confluence of the Pechora and Shchuger Rivers. The Shchugor River was once a minor route into Siberia. From its headwaters one could cross the Ural Mountains to reach the Severnaya Sosva River thereby allowing travel from the Pechora River to the Ob River.
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Map of Ust-Shchuger, Komi Republic, Russia, 169582
Climate
It holds the European low temperature record of −58.1 °C (−72.6 °F), recorded on December 31, 1978.
References
Ust-Shchuger Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA