Yugorsk

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Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Yugorsk (Template:Langx) is a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located in the northwestern part of the East-West lowland, Script error: No such module "convert". from Khanty-Mansiysk. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]

Geography

The relief in the town is flat. The town is surrounded by forests. The Ess River flows Script error: No such module "convert". from the town.

History

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Historical coat of arms of Yugorsk

The settlement of Komsomolsky was built in 1962 to support timber and natural gas industries.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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St. Sergius of Radonezh church in Yugorsk

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.[3] As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Yugorsk is incorporated as Yugorsk Urban Okrug.[4]

Employment

The OOO Gazprom transgaz Yugorsk gas company is based in Yugorsk.[5]

Notable People

References

Notes

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Sources

  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (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 #129-oz of December 9, 2015 On the Changes to the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra and on Amending Various Laws of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra. Effective as of the day which after ten days after the official publication date.).
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (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 #129-oz of December 9, 2015 On the Changes to the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra and on Amending Various Laws 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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