Sans nom
The place
Unnamed (generic OSM entry #2) in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Naryan-Mar/Pechora sector (Lower Pechora Arctic tundra, northeastern European Russia, Russia), at true elevation ~10 m (0 m listed, acceptable for Arctic terrain), Arctic tundra of the lower Pechora. TRIPLE NEAR-DUPLICATE, 2/3 at coords 67.55/52.87, along with 67.62/53.34 + 67.63/53.39, batch 400 (3 OSM artefact entries, Nenets Pechora). Russia country anomaly corrected. A traditional izba/chum used for Nenets fishing and hunting in the lower Pechora (Naryan-Mar, 25,000 inhabitants, capital of Nenets AO, founded 1935, oil; the Pechora, an 800 km Arctic river; the heritage of the Nenets/Komi — Samoyedic/Finno-Ugric peoples under threat, 40,000 Nenets and 250,000 Komi; reindeer herders with a herd of 500,000, the largest in the world; the iconic and grim heritage of the Vorkuta/Norillag Gulag camps 1930-1960, 500,000 deaths; Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago" 1973; the iconic Prirazlomnoye platform, 2013, the first offshore Arctic oil production; and the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 and the resulting Western sanctions on oil).
The setting
Nenets AO Naryan-Mar/Pechora Lower Pechora Arctic tundra northeastern European Russia elevation 0 m acceptable for Arctic terrain ~10 m actual, Arctic tundra of the lower Pechora, TRIPLE NEAR-DUPLICATE 2/3 coords 67.55/52.87 with 67.62/53.34 + 67.63/53.39 batch 400 3 OSM entries, Russia anomaly corrected, izba/chum Nenets fishing/hunting + Naryan-Mar 25,000 capital founded 1935 oil + Pechora 800 km Arctic river, Nenets/Komi Samoyedic/Finno-Ugric under threat 40,000 Nenets 250,000 Komi + reindeer herds 500,000 largest in the world + Vorkuta/Norillag Gulag 1930-1960 500,000 deaths + Solzhenitsyn 1973 + Prirazlomnoye 2013 first offshore Arctic platform + invasion of Ukraine 24 Feb 2022 oil sanctions.
