Qualla: Izhma https://qualla.com/izhma en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Izhma https://qualla.com/izhma Izhma: Introduction https://qualla.com/izhma/ The road to Izhma is practically impassable in summer. In winter — packed by snow and frozen solid — it becomes the best road of the year. That inversion, where cold makes things easier rather than harder, captures something essential about this village on the Izhma River, founded in 1567 and home to roughly 3,700 people in the northwest of Russia's Komi Republic.

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/w/3/izhma-wk/v5w3-izhma-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Izhma: A People of the River https://qualla.com/izhma/ Most of Izhma's residents belong to the Komi-Izhemtsy, a subgroup of the indigenous Komi people who have lived along this river for generations. Their language, their customs, and their knowledge of the land form a living cultural archive that has survived centuries of political ...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/w/3/izhma-wk/v5w3-izhma-a-people-of-the-river.mp3 0:06 2 full Izhma: Reindeer and Memory https://qualla.com/izhma/ Until the middle of the twentieth century, reindeer husbandry was the economic backbone of the Izhma region. Soviet collectivization changed that, reorganizing traditional herding practices and reshuffling the land. The herds have diminished in economic importance since, but rein...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/w/3/izhma-wk/v5w3-izhma-reindeer-and-memory.mp3 0:06 3 full Izhma: Wood and Time https://qualla.com/izhma/ Izhma's most visible inheritance is architectural. Walking through the village and its neighbors, you encounter a remarkable concentration of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century wooden izby — the traditional log cabins of rural Russia — alongside churches from the same era. I...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/w/3/izhma-wk/v5w3-izhma-wood-and-time.mp3 0:06 4 full Izhma: On the Edge of the Accessible World https://qualla.com/izhma/ Getting to Izhma requires intention. The nearest train station, Irayol on the Kotlas–Vorkuta line, is connected to the village by bus six times daily — but the road itself depends heavily on season. Helicopter service exists, but only for local flights to nearby settlements, and ...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/w/3/izhma-wk/v5w3-izhma-on-the-edge-of-the-accessible-world.mp3 0:06 5 full Izhma: Life in the Village https://qualla.com/izhma/ At the center of Izhma stands the local administration building, the museum, and a cafeteria on Sovetskaya Street where the menu is small and the prices reflect a rural economy rather than a tourist one. The guesthouse Pelidz occupies a traditional home and offers a room in a str...

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