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Nefteyugansk

Khanty-mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
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About Nefteyugansk

Nefteyugansk is a metropolis in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It became based on October 16, 1967, after an oil field were located on a small forest clearing within the middle of the taiga marshland in 1961. The primary and the best big agency in the metropolis, Yuganskneftegaz, turned into based in February 1966. The call 'Yugansk' comes from the indigenous Khanty name of a small river near the city, neft' way oil in Russian, and gaz is herbal gas.

The economy of the metropolis remains petroleum-primarily based, and became a major center for the Russian oil employer YUKOS, which owned Yuganskneftegaz. In reality, the "Yu" in "YUKOS" comes from the "yu" in "Nefteyugansk" and consequently from "Yuganskneftegaz". The different three letters come from the oil-refining manufacturing unit "Kuibyshev-Org-Sintez", situated in Samara. On June 26, 1998, city mayor Vladimir Petukhov changed into shot lifeless at the way to his office. Before his homicide, Petukhov have been on a starvation strike traumatic that the chairmen of municipal and district tax workplaces be disregarded from their positions and a criminal case in opposition to Yukos be filed on counts of tax evasion.

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