Oktyabrsky (

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

, Russia, located on the

Ik River The Ik (; tt-Cyrl, Ык, ''Iq''; , ''Iq'') is a river in Russia that flows north to the Kama. It flows through the Republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan and through Orenburg Oblast. The left tributaries are Mellya, Menzelya, Dymka, and th ...

. Population: Oktyabrsky was ranked first among Category II cities (population 100,000 or higher, excluding administrative centers) in the 2015 edition of Most Comfortable City in Russia.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of republic significance of Oktyabrsky—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 ...

.Resolution #391 As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Oktyabrsky is incorporated as Oktyabrsky Urban Okrug.Law #162-z

Transportation

The city is served by the

Oktyabrsky Airport Oktyabrsky Airport (russian: Аэропорт Октябрьский) is an airport in the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia. This general aviation airport is located southwest of Oktyabrsky. Facilities The airport is at an elevation of ab ...

Sport

The Neftyanik Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium used primarily for

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...

and

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

. Located on Komsomol'skaya Ulitsa, 206, it hosts the Lukoil Oktyabrsky speedway team that compete in the Russian league and also appeared in the

European Speedway Club Champions' Cup The European Speedway Club Champions' Cup is an annual speedway event held in different clubs organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) since 1998.FC Devon Oktyabrsky FC Devon Oktyabrsky (russian: «Девон» (Октябрьский)) was a Russian football team from Oktyabrsky. It played professionally from 1967 to 1969 and from 1990 to 1995. Their best result was 1st place in Zone 6 of the Russian Second ...

Administrative and municipal status

Transportation

Sport

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