May Day Square

Virtual Tour: Ukhta. In Russia, the first written mention of the receipt of oil appeared in the XVI century. Travelers described how the tribes that lived off the banks of the Ukhta River in the north of the Timan-Pechora region collected oil from the surface of the river and used it for medical purposes and as oils and lubricants. Oil collected from the Ukhta River was first delivered to Moscow in 1597.