Almetyevsk ( rus, Альме́тьевск, , ɐlʲˈmʲetʲjɪfsk; tt-Cyrl, Әлмәт, ''Älmät'') is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

in the

Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

, located on the left bank of the

Zay River The Zay (russian: Зай; tt-Cyrl, Зәй, ''Zäy'') is a river in Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Kama. It is long, and its drainage basin covers .Kama ''Kama'' (Sanskrit ) means "desire, wish, longing" in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh literature.Monier Williamsकाम, kāmaMonier-Williams Sanskrit English Dictionary, pp 271, see 3rd column Kama often connotes sensual pleasure, sexual ...

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

) southeast of

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

. Population: 77,000 (1969); 49,000 (1959). Unofficial cycling capital of Russia.

History

Almetyevsk is one of the youngest cities in the republic. Located along the federal highway (russian: автотрасса федерального значения) R239 "Orenburgsky"

Orenburg Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...

(in Cyrillic P239 (russian: "Оренбургский"), it was founded as an oil-processing settlement northwest of the Almetyevskaya railway station (79 km marker) on the

Kuybyshev Railway The Kuybyshevskaya Railway (Ку́йбышевская желе́зная доро́га) is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways operating in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mordovia, Ryazan Oblast, Penza, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Orenburg, and C ...

near Leninogorsk and the

Akbash The Akbash ( tr, Akbaş), is a traditional Turkish breed or type of flock guardian dog from western Anatolia. The word ''akbaş'' means 'white head', and thus distinguishes this dog from the Karabaş, or 'black head'. It was recognised by t ...

(

Bugulminsky District Bugulminsky District (russian: Бугульми́нский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Бөгелмә районы, ''Bögelmä rayonı'') is an territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federatio ...

) -

Agryz Agryz (russian: Агры́з; tt-Cyrl, Әгерҗе, ''Ägerce'') is a town and the administrative center of Agryzsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Izh River (Volga's basin), east of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census ...

railway line and was granted town status in 1953.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Almetyevsk serves as the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

of Almetyevsky District, even though it is not a part of it.Order #01-02/9 As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the city of republic significance of Almetyevsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

. As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Almetyevsk is incorporated within Almetyevsky Municipal District as Almetyevsk Urban Settlement.Law #9-ZRT

Cycling capital of Russia

Almetyevsk has created highly developed cycling infrastructure, considered the best in Russia, thanks to which the bicycle has become a full-fledged and popular type of street transport used year-round. Its creation began in 2016, as part of a set of measures to increase the attractiveness of the city. Thanks to its cycling infrastructure, Almetyevsk has received the unofficial title of the cycling capital of Russia.

Industry

Almetyevsk is an important center of Russia's

oil industry The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. The larges ...

. Since 1960, the Druzhba pipeline has started in Almetyevsk.История Группы «Татнефть» (History of TATNEFT Group)
tatneft.ru website. Retrieved 9 June 2021. Pipelines to

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...

, and Subkhankulovo also start in this city. The city houses several oil equipment plants producing pipes, pumps and other oil tools. OAO

Tatneft Tatneft (russian: публичное акционерное общество «Татнефть» имени В.Д. Шашина or ПАО «Татнефть» им. В.Д. Шашина; traded as: (ordinary shares), (preferred shares), (ADRs)) ...

(russian: ОАО "Татнефть") has offices here and is a major operator of the

Romashkino Field The Romashkino field (russian: Ромашкинское нефтяное месторождение; tt-Cyrl, Ромашкино нефть чыганагы, ''Romaşkino neft' çığanağı'') is an oil field in Tatarstan, Russia. Discovered in ...

in the Volga-Ural oil and gas region, also called the "Second Baku." On 25 May 2017, Denis or Danis Nurgaliev (russian: Данис Карлович Нургалиев; born 1 September 1956, Abdullyeno, Burayevsky Raion,

Republic of Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

), who is the vice president and director of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies, led a Russian delegation from the

Kazan Federal University Kazan (Volga region) Federal University (russian: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет, tt-Cyrl, Казан (Идел буе) федераль университеты) is a public research uni ...

(KFU) to

Karamay Karamay is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The name of the city comes from the Uyghur language and means "black oil", referring to the oil fields near the city. Karamay w ...

and met with Zhao Wenquan, who was the secretary of the Karamay municipal committee, in which he proposed that Almetyevsk would begin a friendly relationship with Karamay.Sun Hui (May 26, 2017)
Russian university delegation visits Karamay
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''.

, China website. Retrieved 9 June 2021. In October 2016, he had visited Karamay to begin a cooperation agreement with the

Southwest Petroleum University Southwest Petroleum University (SWPU, ) is a Chinese university founded in Nanchong, Sichuan in 1958. It is a public university of Chinese state under the Double First Class University Plan. Introduction Southwest Petroleum University (SWPU), ...

and Xinjiang Branch Force New Technology Development Co Ltd.

Sports

Major sport enterprise in the city is an ice-hockey team "Neftyanik" presented in VHL league and sponsored by TatNeft. The team's main records are bronze medalists of Russian Championship Higher League (2002/2003 years ), gold medalists of Russian Championship Higher League (1997-1998 and 1999-2000), silver medalists of VHL 2010/2011 year, 2015/2016 Bratina Cup winners

Twin towns and sister cities

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External links

Official website of Almetyevsk

Directory of organizations in Almetyevsk
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