Rubtsovsk
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Rubtsovsk (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a city in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Aley River (Ob's tributary) Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Barnaul. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census);[2] 167,000 (1975); 111,000 (1959); 75,334 (1939).
Rubtsovsk is the industrial center of Western Siberia. In particular, mechanical engineering. The city-forming enterprises are the Altai Tractor Plant, the Altai Agricultural Engineering Plant, and the Altai Tractor Electrical Equipment Plant.
Later, other large enterprises were put into operation: Rubtsovsk Machine-Building Plant, Rubtsovsk Tractor Spare Parts Plant.
History
It was founded in 1892.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
A number of anti-Semitic incidents took place in the city in 1945.[3]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Rubtsovsk serves as the administrative center of Rubtsovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[4] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the city of krai significance of Rubtsovsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[4] As a municipal division, the city of krai significance of Rubtsovsk is incorporated as Rubtsovsk Urban Okrug.[5]
Transportation
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Geography
The city is located on the Aley River 281 kilometers (175 mi) southwest of Barnaul, the largest city and administrative centre of Altai Krai.
Climate
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Notable people
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- Raisa Gorbachyova, activist and wife of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
- Yevgeni Kryukov, association football player
- Boris Eifman, ballet choreographer
- Vladimir Ryzhkov, politician
- Aleksei Tishchenko, boxer
- Yekaterina Lobaznyuk, gymnast
- Vladimir Galouzine, tenor
Cultural references
Novelist Esther Hautzig recounts her experiences in Rubtsovsk during World War II in The Endless Steppe.
Twin towns and sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Grants Pass, Oregon, United States[6]
- Template:Flagicon Changji, China
- Template:Flagicon Semey, Kazakhstan
References
Notes
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Sources
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