Ust-Shchuger
Ust-Shchuger, formerly known as Ust-Shchugor, is a rural locality in the Komi Republic, Russia, located at an elevation of 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.Climate
Ust-Shchuger has a subarctic climate with mild to warm summers and severely cold winters. It holds the European low temperature record of, recorded on December 31, 1978.
