Yugorsk (russian: Югорск) is a

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Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra (Russian and Mansi: Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ — Югра, ''Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug — Yugra;'' Khanty: Хӑнты-Мансийской Aвтономной ...

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, located in the northwestern part of the East-West lowland, from Khanty-Mansiysk. Population:

Geography

The relief in the town is flat. The town is surrounded by forests. The Ess River flows from the town.

History

The settlement of Komsomolsky was built in 1962 to support

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and

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industries. The settlement grew as the gas fields of Western

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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. 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. Saint Sergius of Radonezh church (Yugorsk)

Saint Sergius of Radonezh church (Yugorsk)

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

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.Law #43-oz As a municipal division, the town of okrug significance of Yugorsk is incorporated as Yugorsk Urban Okrug.Law #63-oz

Employment

The OOO Gazprom transgaz Yugorsk gas company is based in Yugorsk.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Cities and towns in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1962