Описание (английский)
Naryan-Mar is a sea and river port town and the administrative center of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The town is situated on the right bank of the Pechora River, 110 kilometers (68 mi) upstream from the river's mouth, on the Barents Sea. Naryan-Mar lies north of the Arctic Circle.
Industrial development in the area around Naryan-Mar began in 1930, in the course of the First Five-Year Plan of the Soviet Union.
The growth of the region was the direct result of the development of
the Pechora coalfield and the construction of related industrial
infrastructure.
Naryan-Mar was for many years a center of the lumber industry, and
possesses several large, and currently defunct, lumber mills. At
present, the biggest employer in the town is the petroleum company LUKoil.
The town's importance derives from being the only developed
commercial port in an area of several thousand square miles. As a
result, Naryan-Mar has a reasonably well developed tourist and
hospitality services, with several saunas and hotels.
The town also
hosts a local museum, a large World War II
memorial, an Orthodox church, and a historic district which predates
the foundation of the modern city. Sports fishing is also possible in
the area.