Nefteyugansk Нефтеюганск | |
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 River port, Nefteyugansk | |
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Location of Nefteyugansk  | |
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| Coordinates:61°05′N72°42′E / 61.083°N 72.700°E /61.083; 72.700 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug[1] |
| Founded | October 16, 1967 |
| Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 122,855 |
| • Rank | 132nd in 2010 |
| • Subordinated to | city of okrug significance of Nefteyugansk[1] |
| • Capital of | Nefteyugansky District,[1] city of okrug significance of Nefteyugansk[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Nefteyugansk Urban Okrug[3] |
| • Capital of | Nefteyugansk Urban Okrug,[3] Nefteyugansky Municipal District[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2  [4]) |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 628300 |
| OKTMO ID | 71874000001 |
| Website | admugansk |
Nefteyugansk (Russian:Нефтеюга́нск) is acity inKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug,Russia, located south of theOb River, close to the larger city ofSurgut. Population:122,855 (2010 Census);[2]107,830 (2002 Census);[6]93,930 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 600 | — |
| 1970 | 19,675 | +3179.2% |
| 1979 | 52,393 | +166.3% |
| 1989 | 93,930 | +79.3% |
| 2002 | 107,830 | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 122,855 | +13.9% |
| 2021 | 124,732 | +1.5% |
| Source: Census data | ||
It was founded on October 16, 1967, after an oil field had been discovered on a small forest clearing in the middle of thetaiga marshland in 1961.[citation needed] The main and the only big enterprise in the city,Yuganskneftegaz, was founded in February 1966. The name 'Yugansk' comes from the indigenousKhanty name of a small river near the city,neft' means oil in Russian, andgaz isnatural gas. The economy of the city remainspetroleum-based, and was a major center for the Russian oil enterpriseYUKOS, which ownedYuganskneftegaz. In fact, the "Yu" in "YUKOS" comes from the "yu" in "Nefteyugansk" and therefore from "Yuganskneftegaz". The other three letters come from the oil-refining factory "Kuibyshev-Org-Sintez", situated inSamara.
On June 26, 1998, city mayorVladimir Petukhov was shot dead on the way to his office. Before his murder, Petukhov had been on ahunger strike demanding that the chairmen of municipal and district tax offices be dismissed from their positions and a criminal case against Yukos be filed on counts oftax evasion. Petukhov's widow later on called for an investigation intoMikhail Khodorkovsky's role in events. Back then Khodorkovsky was head of Yukos.[citation needed] On September 20, 2005 Dmitry Yegortsev, acting mayor of Nefteyugansk, was assaulted and wounded with a knife. After the stabbing of Yegortsev,Igor Gribanov took over City Hall as acting mayor. Just a few months later, he died of carbon monoxide poisoning at his home on January 6, 2006.[1]
Since January 2005, Yuganskneftegaz has been owned by the state-owned oil companyRosneft.
The mayor of Nefteyugansk is Sergey Dektyarev.
Within theframework of administrative divisions, Nefteyugansk serves as theadministrative center ofNefteyugansky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as thecity of okrug significance of Nefteyugansk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of thedistricts.[1] As amunicipal division, the city of okrug significance of Nefteyugansk is incorporated asNefteyugansk Urban Okrug.[3]
The city is served by theSurgut International Airport.
On the territory of the municipality, the population is provided with goods and services: 447 shops, 33 wholesale enterprises, 1 city market for 901 jobs; 141 catering establishments for 8276 seats; 274 facilities for the provision of various types of services.In 2010, 8 stores were opened with a trading area of 8.7 thousand square meters; 6 catering establishments for 383 seats.
The city has a large number of large specialized shops selling food and non-food products. Among the federal networks represented in the city, one can single out: Pyaterochka,[8] DNS,[9] Domostroy,[10] Red & White,[11] Wildberries.[12]
Nefteyugansk has asubarctic climate (Dfc) like most of Russia. Summers are mild to warm with cool nights. Winters are long and very cold.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
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| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −18 (0) | −15 (5) | −6 (21) | 1 (34) | 10 (50) | 18 (64) | 22 (72) | 18 (64) | 10 (50) | 2 (36) | −10 (14) | −15 (5) | 1 (35) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −23 (−9) | −21 (−6) | −14 (7) | −7 (19) | 2 (36) | 10 (50) | 14 (57) | 11 (52) | 5 (41) | −2 (28) | −14 (7) | −20 (−4) | −5 (23) |
| Source: MSN Weather | |||||||||||||
The most popular sport in Nefteyugansk is skiing, biathlon, futsal and martial arts. The most sportsmen from Yugansk win different All-Russian, European and World competitions.
Sport subjects in town:
On 16 September 2014 was opened new modern sport complex - Centre Physical Education and Sports «Zhemchuzhina Yugry»
Sport clubs:
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