Gubkin (russian: Гу́бкин, ) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast (russian: Белгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Belgorodskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population:
History
At the turn of the 17th c ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
, located northeast of
Belgorod
Belgorod ( rus, Белгород, p=ˈbʲeɫɡərət) is a city and the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River north of the border with Ukraine. Population: Demographics
The population of B ...
on the
Oskolets River, a tributary of the
Oskol River
The Oskil ( uk, Оскiл) or Oskol (russian: Оскол) is a south-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine. It arises roughly between Kursk and Voronezh and flows south to join the Seversky Donets which flows southeast to join the Don. It is long ...
. Population:
History
It was founded in the 1930s in place of the village of
Korobkovo and named after geologist
Ivan Gubkin
Ivan Mikhailovich Gubkin (russian: Ива́н Миха́йлович Гу́бкин; – 21 April 1939) was a Soviet and Russian geologist and president of the 1937 International Geological Congress in Moscow. He was a petroleum geologist particu ...
. In 1939, it was granted
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
status. Town status was granted to it on December 23, 1955.
[Charter of Gubkinsky Urban Okrug] It was elevated in status to that of a town of oblast significance on March 7, 1960.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Gubkin 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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Gubkinsky District
Gubkinsky District (russian: Гу́бкинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Belgorod Oblast, twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.Law #248 It is located in the north of the oblast ...
,
even though it is not a part of it.
As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the
town of oblast significance of Gubkin—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts.
[Law #248] As a
municipal division, the territories of the town of oblast significance of Gubkin and of
Gubkinsky District
Gubkinsky District (russian: Гу́бкинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Belgorod Oblast, twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.Law #248 It is located in the north of the oblast ...
are incorporated as
Gubkinsky Urban Okrug.
[Law #159]
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External links
Official website of GubkinUnofficial website of GubkinGubkin Business Directory
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Cities and towns in Belgorod Oblast
Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
Populated places established in the 1930s