Yugorsk
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug[1] |
| Administratively subordinated to | town of okrug significance of Yugorsk[1] |
| Administrative center of | town of okrug significance of Yugorsk[1] |
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| Urban okrug | Yugorsk Urban Okrug[2] |
| Administrative center of | Yugorsk Urban Okrug[2] |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 34,067 inhabitants[3] |
| Time zone | YEKT (UTC+06:00)[4] |
| Founded | 1962[citation needed] |
| Previous names | Komsomolsky[citation needed] |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 628260 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 34675[citation needed] |
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Yugorsk (Russian: Югорск) is a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located in the northwestern part of the East-West lowland, 420 kilometers (260 mi) from Khanty-Mansiysk. Population: 34,067 (2010 Census);[3] 30,285 (2002 Census);[6] 24,928 (1989 Census).[7]
Geography
The relief in the town is flat. The town is surrounded by forests. The Ess River flows 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) from the town.
History
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The settlement of Komsomolsky was built in 1962 to support timber and natural gas industries.[citation needed] The settlement grew as the gas fields of Western Siberia 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 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.
On the 39th anniversary, the largest Saint Sergy Radonezhsky's Cathedral was open after the blessing of Patriarch Alexius II, the Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus'.
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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.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of okrug significance of Yugorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Yugorsk is incorporated as Yugorsk Urban Okrug.[2]
Economy
GazpromTransgazYugorsk (owned by Gazprom) 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.
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, "Khanty-Mansiysky Bank of Revival and Development of the Northern People", and a branch of the Sberbank.
Education
Facilities of higher education include the branch of St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University and Zhirnovsky Oil and Gas Technical School
Despite 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 Okrugs and in Sverdlovsk Oblast. 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" and a mobile TV station. In 1996, "Europa-Plus-Yugorsk" radio station was open and in 1999 Radio Rossii 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.[citation needed]
The Creation and Leisure Center 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, in France and Egypt. The people living in settlements along gas lines are particularly familiar with these performers. The Center is a head organization for cultural centres, cultural and sports centers 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.
Sports
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.
Denis Pimankov won a silver medal at the Olympic games 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 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 and the Olympics 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" [citation needed]. 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.
Miscellaneous
As of 2006, the town's mayor is Rais Salakhov. The town is served by Yugorsk Sovetsky air base.
Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, as well as native Khanty 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.
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #43-oz
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #63-oz
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Russian)
- ↑ "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров." [All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
Sources
- Дума Ханты-Мансийского автономного округа — Югры. Закон №43-оз от 7 июля 2004 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ханты-Мансийского автономного округа — Югры и порядке его изменения», в ред. Закона №127-оз от 9 ноября 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Ханты-Мансийского автономного округа — Югры "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ханты-Мансийского автономного округа — Югры и порядке его изменения"». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Новости Югры", №83, 17 июля 2004 г. (Duma of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra. Law #43-oz of July 7, 2004 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra and on the Procedures for Its Change, as amended by the Law #127-oz of November 9, 2012 On Amending the Law of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra and on the Procedures for Its Change". Effective as of the day which after ten days after the official publication date.).
- Дума Ханты-Мансийского автономного округа — Югры. Закон №63-оз от 25 ноября 2004 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Ханты-Мансийского автономного округа — Югры», в ред. Закона №73-оз от 25 июня 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Ханты-Мансийского автономного округа — Югры "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Ханты-Мансийского автономного округа — Югры"». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней со дня официального опубликования и до 1 января 2006 года применяется в целях реализации статей 84, 85 Федерального закона от 06.10.2003 №131-ФЗ. Опубликован: "Новости Югры", №143, 7 декабря 2004 г. (Duma of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra. Law #63-oz of November 25, 2004 On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra, as amended by the Law #73-oz of June 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra "On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra". Effective as of the day which after ten days after the official publication date; also in effect until January 1, 2006 in order to meet the requirements of Articles 84, 85 of the Federal Law #131-FZ of October 6, 2003.).
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