Zheshart

Zheshart (Же́шарт; Зӧвсьӧрт, Zövśört) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Vymsky District of the Komi Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,561.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Zheshart, together with one rural locality (the village of Rimya), is incorporated within Ust-Vymsky District as Zheshart Urban-Type Settlement Administrative Territory (an administrative division of the district). As a municipal division, Zheshart Urban-Type Settlement Administrative Territory is incorporated within Ust-Vymsky Municipal District as Zheshart Urban Settlement.

Paleontology
Fossils of Early Triassic tetrapods were found near Zheshart. Two species of procolophonid Kapes, K. amaenus and K. komiensis (Macrophon komiensis), are known by skull fragments and part of upper jaw, respectively. Temnospondyl amphibians Parotosuchus komiensis, Trematosaurus sp. and Batrachosuchoides ochevi are known from the Upper Olenekian deposits of Zheshart.