Rubtsovsk is a city in Altai Krai

Altai Krai

Altai Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It borders with, clockwise from the south, Kazakhstan, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative center is the city of Barnaul...

, Russia

Russia

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, located on the Aley River

Aley River

The Aley River is a Russian river. It is a tributary of the Ob, located in the Altai Krai. Bigger towns along the river are Rubtsovsk and Aleysk....

 (Ob

Ob River

The Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean .The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary.-Names:The Ob is known to the Khanty people as the...

's tributary) 281 kilometres (174.6 mi) southwest of Barnaul

Barnaul

-Russian Empire:Barnaul was one of the earlier cities established in Siberia. Originally chosen for its proximity to the mineral-rich Altai Mountains and its location on a major river, the site was founded by the wealthy Demidov family in the 1730s. In addition to the copper which had originally...

. Population: 167,000 (1975); 111,000 (1959); 38,000 (1939).

The Rubtsovsk Airport

Rubtsovsk Airport

Rubtsovsk Airport is an airport in Russia located 6 km north of Rubtsovsk.The airport was purchased in the late nineties by a private individual primarily for the purpose of obtaining access to fuel stores at the airport for resale. The airport is currently inoperable and is used mainly by...

 is a derelict airfield which is used most commonly by local youth for drag racing.

People from Rubtsovsk

• Raisa Gorbachyova
  Raisa Gorbachyova
  Raisa Maximovna Gorbachova was a major fundraiser for preservation of the Russian heritage, for new talents' education and for children's blood cancer treatment programs in Russia....
  
  , wife of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
  Mikhail Gorbachev
  Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
  
  , was born in Rubtsovsk
• Yevgeni Kryukov
  Yevgeni Kryukov
  Yevgeni Vladimirovich Kryukov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he manages the youth team of FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1981 for FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk....
  
  , footballer
• Boris Eifman
  Boris Eifman
  Boris Eifman is a prolific choreographer associated with the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg. He is known for his dark portrayals of anguished sexuality and extreme psychological states. The company frequently tours abroad, and has been economically successful...
  
  , ballet choreographer
• Vladimir Ryzhkov
  Vladimir Ryzhkov
  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov is a Russian Professor of the Higher School of Economics , Russian independent politician, Russian State Duma member ....
  
  , politician
• Aleksei Tishchenko, boxer
• Yekaterina Lobaznyuk
  Yekaterina Lobaznyuk
  Yekaterina Ludmilovna Lobaznyuk is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, winning three medals...
  
  , Russian gymnast
• Vladimir Galouzine
  Vladimir Galouzine
  Vladimir Galouzine is a Russian tenor. He was born on 11 June 1956 in Rubtsovsk, Russia. He has performed in such Russian operas as The Queen of Spades, Boris Gudonov and Khovanshchina and has performed the lead roles in Italian operas like Madama Butterfly, Otello, Tosca, Aida, and Manon...
  
  , tenor

Cultural references

Novelist Esther Hautzig

Esther Hautzig

Esther Hautzig was an American writer, best known for her award-winning book The Endless Steppe .She was born in Vilna, Poland . Her childhood was interrupted by the beginning of World War II and the conquest in 1941 of eastern Poland by Soviet troops...

 recounts her experiences in Rubtsovsk during World War II in The Endless Steppe

The Endless Steppe

The Endless Steppe is a book by Esther Hautzig, describing her and her family's exile to Siberia during World War II....

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Twin towns/sister cities

Grants Pass

Grants Pass, Oregon

-Rogue River:The Rogue River runs through Grants Pass.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,003 people, 9,376 households, and 5,925 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 9,885 housing units at an average density of 1,303.3 per square mile . By 2008,...

, United States

United States

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 Tacheng

Tacheng

-References:* Khālidī, Qurbanʻali, Allen J. Frank, and Mirkasym Abdulakhatovich Usmanov. An Islamic Biographical Dictionary of the Eastern Kazakh Steppe, 1770-1912. Brill's Inner Asian library, v. 12. Leiden: Brill, 2004....

, China

China

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