Yurshor (Komi and Russian: Юршор) was a northern outpost of Vorgashor, a mining town in Russia, and part of the Vorkuta Ring of settlements. By 2018 the town had been abandoned.[1]
There is a possibility that the village's name originates from the abbreviation of the geographical toponym Izyurvozh, which is a sub-river of the Reka Vorkuta. The name in the Komi language can be translated as "stream-tributary at the stone-head."[2]
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- ^ "The last town in Sovietland – in pictures", The Guardian, 2018-04-18
- ^ "Словарь народных географических терминов М., Мысль, 1984 г.", Wayback Machine, 3-10-2013