Strezhevoy (russian: Стрежево́й) 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
Tomsk Oblast
Tomsk Oblast (russian: То́мская о́бласть, ''Tomskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative ...
,
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 on the shores of the
Ob River
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The Ob ( rus, Обь, p=opʲ: Ob') is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia; and together with Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins ...
's canal. Population:
History
It was founded in 1966 as a settlement near the village of Strezhevoy and was granted town status in 1978.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Strezhevoy
Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts.
[Law #271-OZ] As a
municipal division, Strezhevoy Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Strezhevoy Urban Okrug.
[Law #228-OZ]
Economy and infrastructure
Joint-stock company Tomskneft
JSC Tomskneft VNK — is a Russian oil and gas company, headquartered in Strezhevoy, Russia. Founded in 1966, Tomskneft is one of the largest companies of the Tomsk region and Siberia. As of 2022, the Independent Oil Company and Gazpromneft own ...
, a Tomsk-based oil production company controlled by
Rosneft, is located in Strezhevoy, and the town grew up around the company's expanding needs.
Most of the town's housing and all of its major public amenities were constructed around the company's needs in the 1960s and 1970s.
Transportation
It is served by the
Strezhevoy Airport.
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Cities and towns in Tomsk Oblast
Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
Populated places established in 1966
Populated places on the Ob River