Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Komi Republic signed a power-sharing agreement with Russia on the 21st of March 1996. This agreement granted autonomy to the region but was abolished on the 20th of May 2002 following years of political tension between local and federal authorities.
The population at the 2021 census was 737,853 down from 901,189 recorded at the 2010 census. Ethnic Russians made up 65.1% of the republic's population while ethnic Komi comprised 23.7% in that same year.
Around 32800 square kilometers of mostly boreal forest plus some alpine tundra and meadows were recognized in 1995 as a World Heritage Site called Virgin Komi Forests. The site includes two pre-existing protected areas: Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve created in 1930 and Yugyd Va National Park established in 1994.
Stephen of Perm created the first alphabet for the Komi language during the 14th and 15th centuries when monastic activity increased significantly under the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church. He settled in Ust-Vym and became the first bishop of Perm after being a native of Ustyug.
The first mine Rudnik No. 1 became the city of Vorkuta while other towns like Ukhta, Pechora, Vorkuta, and Inta had similar origins. Prisoners planned and built all of the republic's major cities not just Ukhta but also Syktyvkar, Pechora, Vorkuta, and Inta by carving them out of untouched tundra and taiga.