Malgobek is a town in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia

Russia

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, located 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of the republic's capital Magas

Magas

Magas is the capital of the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. The town was founded in 1995; it replaced Nazran as the capital of the republic in 2002. In terms of population, Magas is the smallest capital of a federal subject in Russia: -History:...

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Malgobek was founded in 1935 as a settlement for workers at then recently discovered oilfields, on the territory of former Ingush

Ingush people

The Ingush are a native ethnic group of the North Caucasus, mostly inhabiting the Russian republic of Ingushetia. They refer to themselves as Ghalghai . The Ingush are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak the Ingush language...

 villages of Malgobek-Balka and Chechen-Balka . Town status was granted to it in 1939.

During World War II

World War II

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, Malgobek was occupied by the German forces from September 12, 1942 to January 3, 1943, when it was recaptured by the Red Army

Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...

. In October 2007, Malgobek was conferred the status of City of Military Glory

City of Military Glory

City of Military Glory is an honorary title bestowed upon the citizenry of Russian cities, where soldiers had displayed courage and heroism during the Great Patriotic War...

by President Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...

 for heroically stopping the German forces at its borders.

In the 1990s, the town's population doubled due to an influx of refugees from the wartorn neighboring republic of Chechnya

Chechnya

The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny...

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Besides the oil activities of the company Ingushneftegasprom, the town's industry includes woodworking and food related industries.

Malgobek, as well as Sunzha, is a point at issue in the Chechen-Ingush border delimitation

Boundary delimitation

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discussion.