Gay, Russia
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Gay (Russian: Гай, IPA: [ɡaɪ]) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located 330 km south of Orenburg at . It is the administrative center of Gaysky District. Population: 41,100 (2005 est.); 41,621 (2002 Census); 41,668 (1989 Census).
Gay was founded in 1959 as an industrial settlement. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1965, and town status in 1979.
The coat of arms of Gay states: "Remember the Past. Believe in the Future."
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- В. Г. Альтов. "Города Оренбургской области" (V. G. Altov. Cities and towns of Orenburg Oblast). Chelyabinsk, Yuzhno-Uralskoye Publishing, 1974.
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| Administrative center: Orenburg Abdulino | Buguruslan | Buzuluk | Gay | Kuvandyk | Mednogorsk | Novotroitsk | Orsk | Sol-Iletsk | Sorochinsk | Yasny |
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