Malgobek (russian: Малгобе́к; Ingush: , ''Maghalbike'') is a

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in the

Republic of Ingushetia Ingushetia (; russian: Ингуше́тия; inh, ГӀалгӏайче, Ghalghayče), officially the Republic of Ingushetia,; inh, Гӏалгӏай Мохк, Ghalghay Moxk is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. ...

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, located northwest of the republic's

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. Population:

History

In 1934, the '' selo'' of Voznesenskoye was granted work settlement status. It served then recently discovered oilfields, on the territory of former Ingush villages of Malgobek-Balka () and Chechen-Balka (). Town status was granted to it in 1939. During

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, Malgobek was occupied by the German forces from Saturday, September 12, 1942 to January 3, 1943, when it was recaptured by the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

. In October 2007, Malgobek was conferred the status of ''

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'' by

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for heroically stopping the German forces at its borders. In the 1990s, the town's population doubled due to an influx of refugees from the neighboring war-torn

Chechen Republic Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Malgobek 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 ...

Malgobeksky District Malgobeksky District (russian: Малгобе́кский райо́н; inh, Магӏалбика шахьар, ''Maghalbika šaꜧar'') is an administrative and municipalLaw #5-RZ district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, ...

, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Malgobek—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Malgobek is incorporated as Malgobek Urban Okrug.Law #5-RZ

Economy

Besides the oil activities of the company '' Ingushneftegazprom'', the town's industry includes woodworking and food related industries.

Climate

Malgobek has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

: ''Dfa'').

Notable people

Muslim Evloev Muslim Evloev (11 June 1995 – 6 August 2020) was a Russian-Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler. He won a gold medal in his event at the Asian Wrestling Championships and at the Islamic Solidarity Games. Career In 2017, Evloev won the gold m ...

(1995 – 2020), Russian naturalized Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=September 2011 Cities and towns in Ingushetia 1939 establishments in Russia Populated places established in 1939