Leninogorsk (russian: Лениного́рск; tt-Cyrl, Лениногорск) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

in the

Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

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-eigh ...

, located southeast of

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering ...

. Population:

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Leninogorsk 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 is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...

Leninogorsky District Leninogorsky District (russian: Лениного́рский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Лениногорск районы, ''Leninogorsk rayonı'') is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russia ...

, even though it is not a part of it.Order #01-02/9 As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Leninogorsk—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 county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Leninogorsk is incorporated within Leninogorsky Municipal District as Leninogorsk Urban Settlement.Law #34-ZRT

Economy

Leninogorsk is important to the Russia's

oil industry The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. The larg ...

. The

Romashkino Field The Romashkino field (russian: Ромашкинское нефтяное месторождение; tt-Cyrl, Ромашкино нефть чыганагы, ''Romaşkino neft' çığanağı'') is an oil field in Tatarstan, Russia. Discovered i ...

located here in the Volga-Ural oil and gas region, also called the "Second Baku," is operated by

Tatneft Tatneft (russian: публичное акционерное общество «Татнефть» имени В.Д. Шашина or ПАО «Татнефть» им. В.Д. Шашина; traded as: (ordinary shares), (preferred shares), (ADRs)) ...

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

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* * {{Authority control __NOTOC__ Cities and towns in Tatarstan Bugulminsky Uyezd