Yugorsk
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Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, situated in the northwestern part of the East-West lowland, 420 kilometres (261 mi) from Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...
. Population: Area: 144.21 square kilometres (55.7 sq mi). Postal code: 628260. International dialing code: 34675.
The relief in the town is flat. The town is surrounded by forests. The Ess River flows five kilometers from the town.
As of 2006, the town's mayor is Rais Salakhov. The town is served by Yugorsk Sovetsky
Yugorsk Sovetsky
Yugorsk Sovetsky is an air base in Russia located 11 km southwest of Yugorsk. The 763 IAP was formed here in 1952. From 1970 to 1983 it flew Yak-28 aircraft and from 1983 to 1995 flew MiG-31 planes. The regiment was disbanded sometime between 1996 and 1998...
air base.
Russians
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
, Ukrainians
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
, Tatars
Tatars
Tatars are a Turkic speaking ethnic group , numbering roughly 7 million.The majority of Tatars live in the Russian Federation, with a population of around 5.5 million, about 2 million of which in the republic of Tatarstan.Significant minority populations are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
, as well as native Khanty
Khanty people
Khanty / Hanti are an indigenous people calling themselves Khanti, Khande, Kantek , living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a region historically known as "Yugra" in Russia, together with the Mansi. In the autonomous okrug, the Khanty and Mansi languages are given co-official status with Russian...
and Mansi make up the majority of the population. To serve the population's needs for religious rituals, there is an Orthodox Cathedral of Sergy Radonezhsky and a mosque
Mosque
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.
History
The settlement of Komsomolsky was built in 1963 to support timberTimber
Timber may refer to:* Timber, a term common in the United Kingdom and Australia for wood materials * Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S...
and natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
industries. The settlement grew as the gas fields of Western Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
were being explored, and the production association Tyumentransgas (since 2007 GazpromTransgazYugorsk) developed. In March 1959, subdivisions of railway troops started the construction of the "Ivdel-Ob" railway. Around the same time, the taiga
Taiga
Taiga , also known as the boreal forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests.Taiga is the world's largest terrestrial biome. In North America it covers most of inland Canada and Alaska as well as parts of the extreme northern continental United States and is known as the Northwoods...
was being explored, the first timber farms were created, and residential housing development continued. It took over thirty years to construct a compact and comfortable town.
The town was renamed Yugorsk in July 1992. The name originates from the name of the land "Yugra", or "Yugoria"—the place where the Khanty and Mansi peoples live.
In the year of the 39th anniversary, the largest Saint Sergy Radonezhsky's Cathedral was open after the blessing of Patriarch Alexius II
Patriarch Alexius II
Patriarch Alexy II was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church....
, the Patriarch
Patriarch
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of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and All Russia
Russia
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.
Construction is currently a priority of the town authorities. A children's hospital, a secondary school #6 for six hundred students, a sports and culture complex, a medical-diagnostic complex, an entertainment center, ten apartment houses, and a row of other objects are being built simultaneously.
Economy
GazpromTransgazYugorsk (owned by GazpromGazprom
Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company. Its headquarters are in Cheryomushki District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow...
) is the major employer in the town, providing jobs to over 7,000 people in Yugorsk.
At present 90% of revenues of the town budget come from GazpromTransgazYugorsk enterprise. The combined power of Tyumentransgas gas pumping station is the largest in the world. Tyumentransgas contributes to the development of towns and settlements located along pipeline routes in Western Siberia and in the Northern Urals
Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains , or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River and northwestern Kazakhstan. Their eastern side is usually considered the natural boundary between Europe and Asia...
.
Another major enterprise is Yugorskles, which is engaged in felling, timber splicing, and furniture manufacturing.
The agricultural enterprise JSC Yugorskoye, which specializes in cattle breeding and poultry also operates in Yugorsk.
Other companies include a construction materials plant, a brick yard, a clothing factory, and a construction company Yugorskremstroygas.
There are three banks in the town—branches of Gazprombank
Gazprombank
Gazprombank is the largest Russian non-state owned bank, which is among the three largest banks in Russia. It is a joint stock bank founded in 1990. The bank is owned by the Russian gas company Gazprom, which controls 62.59% of shares directly and also retains shares through its subsidiaries...
, "Khanty-Mansiysky Bank of Revival and Development of the Northern People", and a branch of the Sberbank
Sberbank
Sberbank Rossii is the largest bank in Russia and Eastern Europe. The company's headquarters are in Moscow and its history goes back to Cancrin's financial reform of 1841...
.
Education
Facilities of higher education include the branch of St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University and Zhirnovsky Oil and Gas Technical SchoolDespite of remoteness from the metropolitan centers, people do not feel as deprived of the cultural values. Young people of Yugorsk study at Children's Art School, Art College, are engaged in groups and sections of the municipal authorities of culture and the center "Nord". Institutions subsidiary education - clubs Prometey and Amarant, sports institutions provide useful leisure for children.
Culture and mass media
Information and Cultural Centre (ICC) NORD includes TV and radio broadcasting company (TVRBC) NORD and a creation and leisure centre. TVRBC "NORD" is the first private media company in Yugorsk established in 1992. Its programs are broadcast in Yugorsk and over forty other living areas located along gas lines in Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous OkrugYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard. Population: -Geography and natural history:...
s and in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Population: -Geography:...
. Through the years of its existence it has grown from a small cable TV studio to a powerful media organization. It became the first regional company that used interactive television principles. The company has latest professional filming and editing equipment including a non-linear editing studio "Trinity
Trinity
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" and a mobile TV station. In 1996, "Europa-Plus-Yugorsk" radio station was open and in 1999 "Russian Radio" started to broadcast in the area. At present TVRBC "NORD" has three TV channels (VHF and UHF) , four radio frequencies in the FM and UHF ranges, a modern TV centre and 220-meter high TV tower. Its potential audience is about a half million people. TVRBC "NORD" is a member of the National Association of Television Broadcasters. Its high reputation is confirmed by multiple awards won at national festivals
and forums.
The Creation and Leisure Centre unites 19 creative groups: dancing, singing and instrumental. They include the Children's Arts School uniting seven pre-school and school groups and five club associations for various categories of children. The Centre's creative groups and performers participated in many national and international festivals and contests. They were welcomed in Yugorsk and Moscow
Moscow
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, in France
France
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and Egypt
Egypt
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. The people living in settlements along gas lines are particularly familiar with these performers. The Centre is a head organization for cultural centres, cultural and sports centres and clubs being part of the Tyumentransgas 's system.
The local museum shows expositions about life of the indigenous population - the Khanty and Mansi, with almost forty year biography of Yugorsk, with the history of gas deposits' development telling about nowadays.
There are its own cultural traditions in the town. One of them is a district festival "Polar lights" where all-aged talents from the towns of the district and route settlements take part . Celebration of the Town's Day and Oil&Gasmen's Day has become a good tradition for the townspeople. On the first Saturday of September inhabitants of Yugorsk leave their houses to enjoy the carnival procession, to take part in the national holiday with songs and dances.
The newspaper "Yugorsky Vestnik" (Yugorsky Mercury), the founder of which is the Administration of the town, also the departmental newspaper "Nord" and the large-circulation newspaper "Transport of Gas" are published in the town. In 1993 the television "Nord" of the Tyumentransgas enterprise was formed. Programs which are broadcast by the TV company, are for mass spectaculars. At present the new TV center is under construction. This center will improve the quality of broadcasting of all programs by TV and radio company "Nord". In 1995 the branch of the radio station "Europe plus Yugorsk" with the day-all-round broadcasting was formed.
The picturesque taiga is stretched around the town of Yugorsk. On the protected territories of the State natural reserve "Verkhnekondinsky", nature sanctuary of "Kondinskie lakes" and reserve "Small Sos'va" it is possible to see wild northern deer, wolf, bear, other animals. The flora of the taiga is extraordinary rich and diverse.
Sport
Sport has been an important way of forming a sound mind in a sound body . Different competitions are held at the Sport-Healthy complexes "Yubileiny" and "Smena", swimming-pools and stadiums are at the service of active leisure amateurs. There are champions who have got high titles at the International and European competitions in the town.Tyumentransgas is proud of its sportsmen . Denis Pimankov won a silver medal at the Olympic games
Olympic Games
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in swimming and is a multiple prize-winner of world championships and a European record holder in relay swimming. Sergey Kryanin is a member of the Russian national skiing team. He participated in the 1998 Olympics
Olympic Games
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in Nagano and 1999 world championship in Austria, and is a four-time Russian champion in super-marathon (70 km ski race). Olga Melnik won silver medals of the world championship in Germany
Germany
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and the Olympics
Olympic Games
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in Nagano. In 1993, an indoor football team "Tyumentransgaz-YAVA" was formed and became a finalist of the Russian Indoor Football Association's Cup the same year. In 1995 "Tyumentransgaz-YAVA" was the third in the Cup of Russia and entered the Russian Highest League. In the Russian championships of 1995-1996 and 1996-1997 the team was a third-prize winner. In 1996 "Tyumentransgaz-YAVA" was the second and in 1997 - the third in the Russian Cup finals.
Yugorsk became one of the most prosperous, dynamically developing towns in Khantia-Mansia, "an island of stability" . Construction works are a priority line of the municipal policy. Here municipal buildings, social facilities, many-storied and private houses are being erected. Logistical support of the social sphere is given special emphasis.