Almetyevsk (; ; ) is a

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Tatarstan Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital city, capital and largest city i ...

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, located on the left bank of the

Zay River The Zay (; ) is a river in Russia, a left-bank tributary of the Kama (river), Kama. It is long, and its drainage basin covers .Kama ''Kama'' (Sanskrit: काम, ) is the concept of pleasure, enjoyment and desire in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. It can also refer to "desire, wish, longing" in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh literature.Monier Williamsका� ...

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) southeast of

Kazan Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...

. Population: 77,000 (1969); 49,000 (1959).

History

Almetyevsk is one of the youngest cities in the republic. Located along the federal highway () R239 "Orenburgsky"

Orenburg Orenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is close to the ...

(in Cyrillic P239 (), it was founded as an oil-processing settlement northwest of the Almetyevskaya railway station (79 km marker) on the

Kuybyshev Railway The Kuybyshevskaya Railway (Ку́йбышевская желе́зная доро́га) is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways, operates in several regions of Russia, such as Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mordovia, Ryazan Oblast, Penza Oblast, Pen ...

near Leninogorsk and the

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Bugulminsky District Bugulminsky District (; ) is an territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the southeastern part of the republic and occupies an area of . According to the ...

) -

Agryz Agryz (; ) is a town and the administrative center of Agryzsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Izh River (Volga's basin), east of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 19,300. History It was fou ...

railway line and was granted town status in 1953.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Almetyevsk serves as the

administrative center An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of Almetyevsky District, even though it is not a part of it.Order #01-02/9 As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the city of republic significance of Almetyevsk—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 ...

. As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Almetyevsk is incorporated within Almetyevsky Municipal District as Almetyevsk Urban Settlement.Law #9-ZRT

Cycling capital of Russia

Almetyevsk has created highly developed

cycling infrastructure Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of bicycle pedal, pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the ...

, considered the best in Russia, thanks to which the bicycle has become a full-fledged and popular type of street transport used year-round. Its creation began in 2016, as part of a set of measures to increase the attractiveness of the city. Thanks to its cycling infrastructure, Almetyevsk has received the unofficial title of the cycling capital of Russia.

Industry

Almetyevsk is an important center of Russia's

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. Since 1960, the

Druzhba pipeline The Druzhba pipeline (, ), also referred to as the Friendship Pipeline and the Comecon Pipeline, is one of the world's longest oil pipelines and one of the largest oil pipeline networks in the world. It began operation in 1964 and remains in oper ...

has started in Almetyevsk.История Группы «Татнефть» (History of TATNEFT Group)
tatneft.ru website. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

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, and

Subkhankulovo Subkhankulovo (; , ''Sobxanğol'') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Subkhankulovsky Selsoviet, Tuymazinsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 5,598 as of 2010. There are 20 streets. Geography Subkh ...

also start in this city. The city houses several oil equipment plants producing pipes, pumps and other oil tools. OAO

Tatneft Tatneft (; traded as: (ordinary shares), (preferred shares), (ADRs)) is a Russian vertically integrated oil and gas company with headquarters in the city of Almetyevsk, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, Russian Federation. It is the fifth larges ...

() has offices here and is a major operator of the

Romashkino Field The Romashkino field (; ) is an oil field in Leninogorsky District, southeastern Tatarstan, Russia. Discovered in 1948 by the village of Romashkino, it is the largest oil field of Volga-Ural Basin. The field is operated by Tatneft. The field c ...

in the Volga-Ural oil and gas region, also called the "Second Baku." On 25 May 2017, Denis or Danis Nurgaliev (; born 1 September 1956, Abdullyeno, Burayevsky Raion,

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), who is the vice president and director of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies, led a Russian delegation from the

Kazan Federal University Kazan Federal University (; ) is a public research university located in Kazan, Russia. The university was founded in 1804 as Imperial Kazan University, which makes it the second oldest continuously existing tertiary education institution in Rus ...

(KFU) to

Karamay Karamay (also spelled Karamai) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is surrounded on all sides by Tacheng Prefecture. The name of the city comes from the Uyghur langu ...

and met with Zhao Wenquan, who was the secretary of the Karamay municipal committee, in which he proposed that Almetyevsk would begin a friendly relationship with Karamay.Sun Hui (May 26, 2017)
Russian university delegation visits Karamay
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''.

, China website. Retrieved 9 June 2021. In October 2016, he had visited Karamay to begin a cooperation agreement with the

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and Xinjiang Branch Force New Technology Development Co Ltd.

Sports

Major sport enterprise in the city is an ice-hockey team "Neftyanik" presented in VHL league and sponsored by TatNeft. The team's main records are bronze medalists of Russian Championship Higher League (2002/2003 years ), gold medalists of Russian Championship Higher League (1997-1998 and 1999–2000), silver medalists of VHL 2010/2011 year, 2015/2016 Bratina Cup winners

Twin towns and sister cities

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External links

Official website of Almetyevsk

Official website of Almetyevsk

Directory of organizations in Almetyevsk
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