Yugorsk
Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality 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
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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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
- Denis Nevedrov, Russian born Armenian futsal player
References
Notes
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Sources
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