The Inta webcam offers a view of the streets from the top of the water tower, which is considered a local landmark and a symbol of the city.
The lens covers Polyarnaya Street and adjoining houses. The broadcast is transmitted in real time.
Inta, whose webcams can be viewed online on this site, is a small cozy town in the Komi Republic.
Translated from the language of local residents, the name translates as "Good Place" and fully justifies itself.
The population of the town is about 30 thousand people. Some of them are indigenous Komi. Others are the children of political prisoners who were repressed in Soviet times.
Inta was founded thanks to the discovered deposits of coal discovered by the scientist I. N. Sorvachev. The development of deposits began in 1940. And coal mining did not stop even in wartime. Leningrad was supplied with this raw material.
Initially, Inta was a working settlement. And in 1954 it received the status of a city. Coal production has declined significantly over the years. Although it still has a city-forming value. Today there is only one mine in operation. But this city can boast not only of its productions.
The most unique building in modern Inta is the Water Tower, towering over Polar Street.
In the 80s, she began to appear on the coat of arms of the city. The building has atypical architectural features. The round base and high windows, stylized as loopholes, resemble a medieval fortress. Gradually narrowing, it rises up with beautiful semi-columns, between which there are oval windows. The highlight of the look are brick battlements with a lacy metal spire and a red star, crowning the top like a crown.
The tower, which has become a real decoration and symbol of the city, was built in the 50s of the last century in honor of the 37th anniversary of the October Revolution. The project belonged to the political prisoner Artur Tamvelius, as well as to a local architect. The object was erected by prisoners of the Inta camp. Upon completion of the work, at the initiative of the author of the project, a capsule was laid at the base of the spire with a message to posterity and photographs. Later, during the reconstruction of the building, it was seized and transferred to the local Museum of Local Lore.
The object, more than 50 meters high, was used for its intended purpose until the end of the last century. In 2014, the Museum of the History of Political Repressions was opened within the walls of the tower.
For those who are not yet planning to visit these places, Inta webcams will allow you to broaden your horizons and get to know this small but remarkable city in virtual mode.