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In the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, district subordination, 450 km east of Salekhard. Located in Western Siberia, on the river. Evoyakha (a tributary of the Pur River), 60 km south of the Arctic Circle. The railway station on the line Surgut N. U. ... ... Cities of Russia

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Geographical location and history of Novy Urengoy

The city of Novy Urengoy is the unofficial gas capital of Russia, the city of gas workers, builders, unforgettable white nights and simply beloved Nur, so affectionately nicknamed by the locals. A city where white nights reign in summer, and gray snows reign in winter ...

It is not surprising that throughout the summer it is as bright at night as it is during the day. After all, Novy Urengoy is located in the northern part of Western Siberia, only 60 km south of the Arctic Circle line on the coast of the Evoyakha River, a tributary of the Pur. And it seems that the very existence of Urengoy is also inextricably linked with rivers - two small rivers flow through the city - Tamchara-Yakha and Sede-Yakha, dividing its territory into two large regions - Northern and Southern.

And the name of the city "Urengoy" is due to a combination of the Khanty and Nenets words "Ure" and "Ngo", meaning "old woman" and "island" or an island in the place of the old riverbed.

Some sources interpret the translation of the word "Urengoy" as "bald hill" or "hill covered with yellow grass", while earlier the name of the city was translated as "dead place", so nicknamed by the prisoners of the Gulag. Actually, it was from the Gulag that the history of the city began back in 1949, when, near Novy Urengoy, its prisoners, on the orders of Stalin, began to build the Salekhard-Igarka railway, which, after his death, was recognized as economically inexpedient, the work was curtailed, and the road was nicknamed "dead".

Only years later, employees of the Tsibenko seismic station would borrow one of the Gulag camps as a base, and later discover the first gas field, later named Urengoyskoye. So in June 1966, in Urengoy, the team of master Polupanov will cut the first exploration well, and a new Urengoy natural gas field will appear on the geological map of the USSR - the largest in the world in terms of hydrocarbon production.

However, the active development of the city will begin only in 1973, when the first convoy will arrive at the site of the future settlement in order to start building the city from the village of Pangody. In 1975, Novy Urengoy was registered as a settlement, and already in 1978, Urengoygazdobycha, the largest production association, reached the production of the first billion cubic meters of Urengoy gas by May 30 of the same year. Just two years later, in 1980, Novy Urengoy received the status of a city, and already in 1983, through the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline, Urengoy gas began to flow to the states of Western Europe.

After that, the city continues to develop at a rapid pace and soon surpasses the administrative capital of the YaNAO - Salekhard in terms of economic indicators and population, becoming the second largest city in the district and second only to Noyabrsk. To date, about 550 billion cubic meters of natural gas are produced in Yamal annually, where the leading role belongs to the enterprises of Novy Urengoy, and the city itself is among the ten leaders in terms of per capita income in the Russian Federation.

“I came out of the forest; there was a severe frost "or all about the climate and ecology of Novy Urengoy

However, these “incomes” are not so easy for the residents of Novy Urengoy, who live in harsh climatic conditions, as evidenced even by entries in work books - “The Far North Region”. Despite the fact that Novy Urengoy is located in the temperate continental climate zone, the territory of the city falls on its northernmost part, bordering on the subarctic climate, and therefore the weather conditions here are appropriate. The mark of the average annual air temperature in the city ranges from -5.7°C, and the average annual humidity is 78%.

Winters in Urengoy are long and cold (about 284 days a year) and, as in Nekrasov's poem, are characterized by "severe frosts". The lowest temperatures are in January and February. And although the monthly averages of these months are -21.7 and -20.1°C, during this period, the thermometers often fall below -30°C, often staying at -45°C.

During periods of such a severe cold snap, schoolchildren are announced on all local TV channels forced vacations - “activities”, and on days of especially severe frosts, even some organizations are closed. As hard as severe cold, local residents endure in the winter season and the low duration of daylight hours, averaging 1.5-2 hours, while on the shortest day of the year - the winter solstice - the sun in Novy Urengoy is shown And at all only on 1 hour and 5 minutes.

But the main entourage of summer in the city, as opposed to winter, are the white nights, lasting from June to August, and the warmest period is in July with average monthly temperatures of +15.1°C. Despite the fact that summer in the city lasts only about 35 days, Novy Urengoy often has suffocating heat around +25..+30°C at this time.

The amount of precipitation falling during the year is rather insignificant and does not exceed 400 mm. Another characteristic feature of the city is strong winds (10-15 m/s, or even higher) and sudden temperature changes, during which during the day the thermometers can change their readings by 15-20°C.

But the ecological situation in the city, despite its "gas producing status", is remarkable for its enviable stability. The main industrial enterprises of Novy Urengoy are located far outside the city, in its so-called industrial zone, household waste, along with snow in winter, is regularly removed, and any unauthorized dumps in Novy Urengoy are instantly punished with huge fines. In 2010, Nur also opened a workshop for the disposal of mercury-containing, including fluorescent, lamps.

The "multinational" face of the Urengoi people - features of the city's population

The harsh natural conditions could not but affect the demographic features of Novy Urengoy. And, despite the fact that the gas capital is the second largest city in the YNAO, according to data for 2012, only 106 thousand people live in Novy Urengoy. However, for the conditions of the Far North, this is practically a record, especially considering the fact that in 1979 the number of Urengoi did not even reach the ten thousand mark, amounting to only 8580 people.

But the development of the city proceeded at a rapid pace. After the opening of Urengoygazdobycha, the need for labor resources increased every year, an increasing number of people with “gas” and engineering and construction specialties came to the city, and by 1989 more than 93 thousand people lived in Nur. It is after this mark that the population begins to grow, mainly not due to incoming labor resources, but naturally due to the birth rate. In 2002, the number of Urengoy residents reaches 94.5 thousand people, and statistics at the beginning of 2014 indicate already 115.8 thousand residents of the city.

It is not for nothing that Novy Urengoy is called the city of the future and youth. The demographic situation of Nur is distinguished by enviable stability and with a birth rate of about 14 people per 1000 Urengoi residents (2011), today the number of its residents under the age of 18 is more than 25% of the total population of the city.

The number of able-bodied population of Urengoy is also large (over 60% of the total), which is primarily due to the fact that after retirement, most Urengoy residents move to permanent residence in the central regions of the country on their own or under a local resettlement program. The majority of the working population is made up of employees of gas producing enterprises with narrow technical specialties, engineers, builders and service workers.

Another typical feature of the population of the unofficial gas capital is its multinationality. Today, representatives of more than 40 nationalities live in Novy Urengoy, a large proportion of which are Russian residents, Ukrainians, Tatars, Chechens and Dagestanis, Circassians, as well as other immigrants from the southern Russian republics, including the post-Soviet countries. Based on this, the believing population of the city is divided into two main groups: Christians (the vast majority) and Muslims.

Districts and real estate of Novy Urengoy

But territorially, according to official documentation, the city of Novy Urengoy is divided into four large districts: northern and southern, as well as the districts of Limbayakha and Korotchaevo. The first two districts, commonly referred to as "Severka" and "Yuzhka", actually represent the city itself and are separated by a tundra zone and two rivers.

But the districts of Limbyakha and Korotchaevo are more than 70 km away from the center of Novy Urengoy, and until 2004 they were autonomous administrative-territorial units. However, in September 2004, a referendum was held among the population of these settlements on the desire of the inhabitants to join the city of Novy Urengoy, as a result of which, by a majority of votes, it was decided to transform the settlements of Limbyakha and Korotchaevo into areas of the "gas capital". So Novy Urengoy acquired two districts that are significantly remote from its center and became one of the longest cities in the world with a total length of more than 80 km.

Nevertheless, the Urengoi people themselves still consider Korotchaevo and Limbayakha to be separate villages, and two of its inextricably linked parts, northern and southern, are attributed to the districts of the city.

Yuzhka, as a district of Novy Urengoy, is the oldest part of the city, from which the history of the emergence and development of Urengoy actually began. It was here that on September 23, 1973, on the site of the future city, under the famous words of the Minister of the Gas Industry Sabit Orudzhev: “Here there will be a city of gas workers and builders Urengoy,” a symbolic peg was hammered into the ground.

Today, the southern part of the city is the location of most administrative and public institutions. Here are located the main places of "meetings and partings" in the city - the railway station and the airport,

and the main points of "treatment and rehabilitation" of Novy Urengoy - the Municipal City Hospital and the largest private medical clinic "Scanner", as well as the "favorite instances" of entrepreneurs, accountants and the rest of the working population of the city - pension, social insurance and tax services.

Geographically, the south also owns the migration service, the registry office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the traffic police, a mosque and an Orthodox church under construction. Actually in the southern part of the city, both the main city-forming and the largest enterprises of the gas industry are concentrated. These are Gazprom dobycha Urengoy and Gazprom dobycha Yamburg, as well as Burgaz, Rospan International, Rosneftegaz, etc.

But the “conditional center” of the southern part of Novy Urengoy is occupied by the Cultural and Sports Center “Gazodobytchik” and the main square of the city, where all the most significant events of the “gas capital” take place. Not far from the square is the picturesque Nameless Lake, surrounded by a small park. In summer, seasonal cafes operate along its shores, and in winter, you can ride snowmobiles or sleighs in reindeer sleds along the frozen lake (during the holidays of the Peoples of the North).

Although, unlike the northern part of Novy Urengoy, the canvas of the south is mostly woven from parallel and intersecting streets (central Leningradsky Prospekt, Sibirskaya Street, Geologists, 26 Congress of the CPSU, etc.), and not from the usual microdistricts, the location of residential buildings here also distinguished by "northern compactness".

And each “mini-group” of residential high-rise buildings certainly has its own school, kindergarten, pharmacy and supermarket (TC) or several grocery stores.

And in order to become the owner of an apartment in one of these residential areas of Novy Urengoy, you will have to pay a tidy sum. So, according to average estimates, the cost of one-room apartments in the southern part of the city today in the secondary market is about 3.2-3.5 million rubles (depending on the condition of housing, square footage, number of storeys, distance from the stop, etc.).

Much cheaper is housing in wooden houses - the so-called KDMO, which in Novy Urengoy is becoming less and less every year. So, on average, a one-room apartment in such a house can cost a potential buyer 2 million rubles. But since such real estate is often sold even without a warrant (at prices of 100-300 thousand rubles), there are very few, if not a few, who want to buy it.

The residents of Urengoy are not in a hurry to buy up newfangled townhouses that have recently grown like mushrooms on the outskirts of the southern part of the city. And although the prices for them bite not much more than the prices for housing in apartment buildings, not everyone dares to buy a private house built on the territory of permafrost.

Housing in the northern part of the city, which was built up later than the southern part, is also distinguished by no lesser cost, if not more, and is rightfully considered its sleeping area. Well, since most of the houses here are newer than in the south, the cost of one-room apartments ranges from 3.2-3.7 million rubles (secondary housing), and the residential buildings themselves are located in neighborhoods of the city adjacent to each other: Druzhba, Mirny, Yubileyny , Soviet, Eastern and Student.

As in the south, almost every district has a complete infrastructure - its own school, kindergarten, pharmacy and a number of shops or even a shopping center. By the way, all residential buildings in the city are maintained by management companies and administration in good, often excellent condition: every spring, snow and ice are removed from the roofs, and the facades of the most “dilapidated” houses are re-plastered, repainted, and sometimes even clad.

There are much fewer administrative and public buildings in the northern part of Novy Urengoy than in the southern part. Here are located: the city administration and the departments of the clinic and the passport office. Of the city-forming enterprises in the north, one can name the branch of Gazprom doby Urengoy. But the real decorations of the Severka are rightfully considered its temple, "campus" and park.

Beyond the outskirts of the Druzhba microdistrict, on the picturesque coast of the Sede-Yakha River, the wooden church of St. Seraphim of Sarov majestically rises.

Just a few minutes walk from it is a young park with a unique summer fountain. Well, in the very "heart" of the northern part of the city there is a student campus with the Novy Urengoy Technical School of the Gas Industry and the square in front of it with the Victory Monument.

Infrastructure Nur - a paradise in three dimensions

As they say, we will take not one, but another. And if the natural conditions of the city, with their severity, do not have a joyful stay in it, then the infrastructure of Novy Urengoy, on the contrary, is thought out to the smallest detail for the joy and convenience of local residents. Moreover, this can be said with confidence both about transport, and about the industrial and social infrastructure of Nur - a kind of paradise in three dimensions.

So, Novy Urengoy can safely boast of one hundred percent security with all means of transportation. At the same time, air transport has always been and remains the most popular in the city. Today, the local airport receives aircraft from Moscow (3-5 flights daily), the northern capital - St. Petersburg (at least a flight per week), as well as Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Salekhard, etc. During the "warm period" seasonal flights run between Novy Urengoy and Krasnodar, as well as Nur and Mineralnye Vody.

Railway communication is no less developed in the gas capital, represented mainly by Russian Railways trains. So, a train to Moscow departs daily from Urengoy, according to this message, the branded train "Yamal" also runs according to the schedule. In addition, trains depart from the Urengoy station to Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, etc., and the railway communication itself plays an important role in the freight turnover. An equally important role in the city's economy is played by the local river port, located in Korotchaevo and being a transport artery between cities and towns of the YaNAO and the Northern Sea Route. The lion's share of cargo delivery for local construction and gas production enterprises lies on the shoulders of the Urengoy River Port.

The transport network of the city is also highly developed: in addition to the main roads crossing the territory of Nur, there are bypass roads in the city, and a local viaduct was built in its southern part for optimal transport interchange.

That is why there are practically no traffic jams in Novy Urengoy, with the exception of a small highway congestion in the morning hours (from 7 to 9 am), and the main ones are caused either by accidents on the roads or by the “skidding” of freight trains under the viaduct. The road surface in the city itself is of high quality, moreover, in the "problem areas" every summer repairs are carried out and new asphalt is laid. In recent years, there has been a tradition to expand the highway every summer in some area of ​​Urengoy.

In addition, in view of the low provision of the city with garages, the administration of Urengoy annually increases the territory of "parking spaces" near houses by increasing the driveways in front of them.

As mentioned earlier, housing and communal services are not lagging behind: the territories adjacent to the houses, as well as the entrances to them, are regularly cleaned by the employees of Urengoyzhilservis, and in winter they are cleared of snow. In fact, such diligence is partly due to the high prices for utilities in Nur, where, for example, 1 cubic meter of hot water costs Urengoy residents an average of 104 rubles, cold - 28 rubles, while the cost of a wastewater cube is 31 rubles. And the very “maintenance” of housing, for example, a small one-room apartment per month will cost about 1400 rubles, a slightly smaller amount, about 1150 rubles, will have to be paid for its monthly heat supply. At the same time, the cost of 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas costs Urengoy residents 2,686 rubles, which is only 27 rubles a month for the maintenance of one stove. The average electricity prices in the city are 1.7 rubles per 1 kWh.

The social infrastructure is also highly developed in Novy Urengoy. There are more than 38 preschool institutions, 24 schools in the city, including a local gymnasium, a secondary evening school and 2 elementary schools. For children with developmental disabilities, the doors of the local Support Center are open, and Urengoy youth can receive secondary vocational education in a number of local schools, including the technical school of the gas industry. In addition, 7 branches of Russian universities have been opened in the city, the most important among which is the Yamal Oil and Gas Institute.

Health Nur is represented by 11 medical institutions with the largest of them - the municipal city multidisciplinary hospital. In addition, the gas capital has 17 sports facilities, as well as a number of city palaces and cultural and sports centers.

Deserved status of the gas capital - enterprises and work in Novy Urengoy

Actually, Novy Urengoy received the unofficial status of the “gas capital” of Russia quite deservedly, because the leading role in the economic complex of the city belongs to the gas industry. Thus, the city-forming enterprises of Nur are such global industrial giants as Gazprom dobycha Urengoy, Gazprom dobycha Yamburg, Urengoy drilling branch, Gazprom Podzemremont Urengoy, as well as other large enterprises such as Rospan International, Arktikgaz, Achimgaz, Rosneftegaz, etc., which own more than 74% of all gas production in the Russian Federation.

It should be noted that more than 80% of the city's labor resources are employed in the fuel and energy industry of the city. At the same time, the main players in the fuel sector are Urengoygazprom, Yamburggazdobycha, Burgaz, Sibneftegaz, etc., while Tyumenenergo, Urengoyskaya GRES, Urengoy Mobile Power Plants are in the foreground in the electric power industry. and Mobile Energy.

The second violin after the fuel and energy complex in the economy of Novy Urengoy is played by the food industry, represented by a number of enterprises producing fish, meat and sausage, smoked and dried and dairy products, as well as various semi-finished products and bakery products. Actually, the production of confectionery and bakery products makes up a large part of the Novy Urengoy food industry. And here it is impossible not to mention its leaders such as the branch of Zapsibgaztorg - Urengoygaztorg, Yamal-plus, Ankor, Topaz and Revenge.

In the gas capital, the Novourengoyskaya Voda and Chistaya Voda enterprises also produce soft drinks and drinking water, while the Assortiment and Urengoygazdorstroymaterialy organizations supply local beer to the city's shelves. In addition, about 400 retail trade enterprises, 6 food, mixed and clothing markets, as well as 36 public catering organizations and about 13 consumer services enterprises supply the inhabitants of the city with goods for industrial and food purposes.

In recent years, namely a decade, several large shopping centers and entertainment complexes have been built in the city.

These include the Helicopter and Hudson shopping centers, owned by the same owners and, in fact, being one chain based on the Ankor grocery supermarket, which is also represented in the city and in other shopping centers, for example, in the Yamal shopping and entertainment complex .

But the pioneers should include the trade network "Urengoygaztorg", whose products are presented in large shopping centers "Siberia", "Victoria", "White Nights" and "Desyatochka".

The city also has chains of household chemicals and cosmetics supermarkets, such as Optima and Lyubimiy, Letual, as well as large furniture stores, electronics supermarkets, including M-Video and Expert. Pharmacy chains in Novy Urengoy are represented by Rigla, Scaner, Severa Zdorovye, etc. pharmacies.

In recent years, incredible competition has flared up in the field of “fashion and beauty” - more than 10 beauty salons, hairdressers and ateliers have been opened in the city, as well as in the provision of legal and accounting services. The banking sector is dominated by two Russian giants - Sberbank, Gazprombank - and several largest Siberian banks - Zapsibkombank, Sibneftebank, Khanty-Mansiysk Bank, etc. And all of the above for only 106 thousand inhabitants, which indicates high economic development of the city.

But the sphere of information support of Novy Urengoy is occupied by four print media and a similar number of local television and radio companies.

Criminal Novy Urengoy - gangster 90s and "clan" 2000s

By the way, a considerable share of the broadcasting of the latter is occupied by local criminal reports. And if in the fateful 90s they were mainly devoted to local gang warfare on the topic of “reshaping the already divided world”, as well as reports on growing drug addiction, including children’s addiction, then in the last decade, messages about resonant conflicts based on ethnic strife. And the main part in them is taken by representatives of the local southern diasporas, for example, the Chechen one, and the "clan" in Urengoy still remains one of the main problems of the local police.

So in 2008, during the celebration of a birthday, which was attended by about 10 people of Slavic nationality, a group of Caucasians of about 40 people unexpectedly appeared at the celebration, who subsequently unleashed a fight with the use of knives and shooting. As it turned out, one of the guys present at the birthday party had a conflict with them earlier, which the Caucasians decided to “resolve” at the time of their arrival. The result of the fight was the murder of a young man - Alexander Stakhov, and two more guys with stab wounds were urgently hospitalized in a local hospital.

After this incident, there were several more ethnic conflicts in the city, ending in fights with shootings. That is why, later, in Novy Urengoy, additional round-the-clock patrolling of Nur was introduced to help the police in order to strengthen control over the criminal situation in the city.

At the beginning of 2012, steps were also taken to “close” Novy Urengoy as a city of industrial importance, in which visitors could enter strictly by invitation or call. At the entrance to the city, "border" posts were set up, and the inspection at the airport was supplemented by passport control. However, this practice did not last long and for the next, about the tenth time, the so-called "closure" of the city failed.

Urengoy tourist

In fact, ordinary guests of the city, tourists, as well as people who come to Urengoy on business trips, for whom the closure of the gas capital meant, first of all, paperwork, could not help but rejoice at this fiasco. Today, they can freely visit the city, because, despite its obvious “youth” for the city, Novy Urengoy can safely boast of the presence of many local attractions.

First of all, guests of the city should visit the local stele of Novy Urengoy - a symbolic monument of the gas capital, located at the entrance to the city. And of course, to cross the "invisible" line - the border of the Arctic Circle, on which a kind of metal monument in the form of a sphere is installed.

Also in the city you can see the thematic Victory Memorial, where flowers are laid on each of its anniversary,

get acquainted with the pedestal "To the Pioneers of the Development of Urengoy", located in front of one of the divisions of Urengoygazprom,

visit the local city museum of fine arts and just relax in the green park area "Friendship" with its luxurious fountain-sail.

Nature lovers can also visit Nameless Lake, which fringes a small residential area in the southern part of the city,

Well, to the location of those guests who love to eat deliciously, dance and relax in style, there are dozens of Urengoy cafes, restaurants and nightclubs. The Stariy Zamok, Banker, Polar Owl and Lyon restaurants are distinguished by a special sophistication, but guests who are not accustomed to the "northern" prices may find it a little expensive to rest in them. Thus, a table in the Banker club will cost its visitors about 4,000 rubles: tables in this club are obligatory, and for this amount you can order about two servings of excellent shish kebab, a side dish, a couple of salads and light cocktails.

More democratic prices differ cafe "Madagascar" and a number of cafes and eateries in the shopping center "Hudson", "Helicopter" and "Siberia". Here you can just chat with friends over a cup of fragrant coffee with cinnamon and taste an excellent cottage cheese cake - cheesecake. But the famous McDonald's is not yet in the city, but it is successfully replaced by a cafe with a similar menu - Snapped up. In the city, you can also relax in two bowling clubs in Polar Owl and Yamal, and outdoor enthusiasts can play paintball and conquer the local skaldom.

In winter, you can ride snowmobiles and admire the local ice town, which is built every year on the main square by genius architects. Actually, in Novy Urengoy in winter, even mini-bell towers are built from snow on Epiphany days, and ice-holes are cut through on the Sede-Yakha River and fonts are installed for all Christians who want to take a dip. Well, after only a month and a half, in early-mid March, great folk festivals begin - the holiday of the Peoples of the North, where you can taste delicious venison and barbecue from northern fish, ride a sleigh in reindeer teams and just admire the faces of those who inhabited this city long before its development.

Talking about this northern city of Russia, it is necessary to concentrate on two things: history and climatic conditions. This is what we will do in our article. Of course, we will not forget to mention the main sights of Novy Urengoy. "What to see in the city?" - such a question will certainly be asked by a rare guest of the "gas capital".

Geographic location and climate

The 100,000th city of Novy Urengoy is located in the north of Western Siberia. Two small rivers (Sede-Yakha and Tamchara-Yakha) divide it into two halves - Northern and Southern. In winter, snow and fierce frosts rule here, and in summer - white nights. And this is not surprising, given that the city is located only 50 kilometers from the Arctic Circle.

Local residents affectionately call their city Nur, and the rest of the country proudly call it the "gas capital of Russia." Today, about 110 thousand people live here. Among them are not only Russians, but also Ukrainians, Nogais, Bashkirs, Tatars, Circassians, Chechens... In total, over forty nationalities! There are many Muslims in the city, so here, along with Orthodox churches, you can also see a small mosque.

The climate of Novy Urengoy is quite severe and also changeable. Summer here is incredibly short, while winter lasts 284 days! The coldest month of the year is January. At this time, the air temperature in the city often drops to -30 degrees. When it gets even colder, schools and some state institutions are closed in Nur. Another "trouble" of the Urengoy weather is strong, gusty winds, often reaching speeds of 10-15 m/s.

History and sights of the city

Alas, not rich in attractions. There are no historical or architectural monuments here at all. This is due to the "modest" age of the city. In 2015, he celebrated his fiftieth birthday.

In 1966, a team of workers led by foreman Polupanov drilled an exploratory well here. When the workers reached a depth of 1300 m, a gas "fountain" burst out of it with great force and power. This is how the Urengoyskoye field appeared on the map of the Soviet Union - one of the largest in the world in terms of natural gas production.

Shortly after this event, the construction of the future city begins. In 1975, a settlement called Novy Urengoy was registered. A year later, a railroad began to be laid to it. The construction of the railway line lasted almost six years and was completed in 1982. From that moment on, the city began to develop at a frantic pace.

The sights of Novy Urengoy are, first of all, monuments and monuments dedicated to certain events. Many of them are inextricably linked with the history of the "gas capital". Below we offer the reader a list of the eight main attractions of Novy Urengoy:

1. Monument to the first borehole.
2. Fountain "Sailboat".
3. Memorial of Memory on the square of the same name.
4. Monument to the pioneers of the development of Urengoy.
5. Orthodox Church of Seraphim of Sarov.
6. Monument to the architect A.I. Nalivaiko (many buildings in the city were built according to his sketches).
7. Art Museum.
8. Theater "Northern Stage".

Monument to the first borehole

It is logical to start the description of the sights of Novy Urengoy with this monument. It is located two kilometers east of the city. This is the most iconic monument of Novy Urengoy, because it tells about the people who were directly involved in the construction of the very first borehole in the city.

The monument is a stylized drilling rig. Nearby are gilded figures of two drillers, one of whom joyfully greets all the guests of the city with his right hand. The monument was erected in the 60s and has not changed much since then.

Fountain "Sailboat"

It is difficult to imagine a sailboat in a city that is cold and far from the seas and oceans. And he is here! The impressive metal structure installed in the Friendship Park really looks like a sailboat - it has both a mast and sails. In summer, water splashes here, and in winter, the structure turns into a beautiful light composition. The Sailboat Fountain is one of the main attractions of Novy Urengoy and a certain symbol of this city.

Temple of Seraphim of Sarov

Urengoy miracle - this is how the locals call this temple. It was built of wood in 1995. But two years later, the church completely burned out due to faulty electrical wiring. The parishioners organized a charity marathon to raise funds and restored the temple in record time (in just a couple of months). And it has become much more beautiful than the original version!

Monument to the pioneers of the development of Urengoy

Another iconic landmark of Novy Urengoy is a monument to the pioneers of the development of the city. Its author was the famous architect Nikolai Raspopov. The total height of the stele is 12 meters. The copper statue of a woman holds a burning torch in her right hand. The weight of the sculpture is quite solid - three tons. The monument adorns one of the central city squares.

Novy Urengoy: where to go?

The sights of the city are mainly monuments. You can see them in just a few hours. Then the tourist has a natural question: what to do next?

If you arrived in Novy Urengoy on the eve of the New Year holidays, feel free to go to the main square of the city. At this time, the most beautiful figures made of ice are traditionally installed there. And every year the sculptures are different. Thanks to the special backlight, they look just fantastic! You should definitely visit the Ice Park in order to tune in to the festive mood.

At the beginning of September, Novy Urengoy celebrates the City Day noisily and cheerfully. Leningradsky Prospekt becomes the center of the holiday - it is "occupied" by local musicians, artists and other masters, entertaining all guests with their talents. But in March, on the shores of Molodezhnoye Lake, a holiday of the peoples of the North is held, with folk festivals, reindeer and dog sled races.

In addition, at any time of the year in Novy Urengoy you can visit the local museum of fine arts, which has more than 3 thousand exhibits, as well as the unique theater "Northern Stage", the only one in Yamal. The theater's repertoire includes more than 20 performances for both adults and children.

General information and history

Novy Urengoy is located in the center of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug on the Tamchara-Yakha, Evo-Yakha and Sede-Yakha rivers. It is the largest city in its subject, and in terms of population and industry surpasses its capital, Salekhard. Novy Urengoy can also be called the "gas producing capital of the Russian Federation."

In 1949, the construction of the Igarka - Salekhard railway began. Mostly Gulag prisoners worked here. After Stalin's death, all work was curtailed. Despite the failure of this project, in the future it helped the drillers and seismic explorers to discover the local deposits and quickly develop them. Because the specialists settled in the barracks of one of the former camps. In 1966, the Urengoy natural gas field was discovered.

In 1975, the village of Novy Urengoy was built and an airport appeared. Three years later, the industrial exploitation of the deposit began. The settlement developed intensively, more and more gas was produced every year, and as a result, in 1980, it was given city status. Four years later, gas went to Western Europe via the Urengoy - Pomary - Uzhgorod gas pipeline.

At the end of 2012, the city actually became closed, due to the fact that migrants from other regions of the Russian Federation and neighboring countries carried out terrorist activities in Novy Urengoy and committed many crimes.

Districts of Novy Urengoy

• Districts: Western, Eastern and Northern industrial zones, Northern and Southern residential areas.
• Neighborhoods: 1,2,3,4, Aviator, Armavir, Vostochny, Donskoy, Dorozhnikov, Druzhba, Zaozerny, Zvezdny, Krasnogradsky, Mirny, Montazhnikov, Hope, Olympic, Polar, Lakeside, Rainbow, SMP-700, Creators, Soviet, Builders, Student, Tundra, Cozy, Finnish residential complex, Enthusiasts, Yubileiny and Yagelny.
• Quarters: A, B, G, D, E, G, Crimean, Southern and Northern communal zone.
• Settlements included in the city: Limbyakha, MK-126, 144, Korotchaevo and Uralets.

The population of Novy Urengoy for 2018 and 2019. Number of inhabitants of Novy Urengoy

The data on the number of city residents are taken from the federal state statistics service. The official website of the Rosstat service www.gks.ru. Also, the data were taken from the unified interdepartmental information and statistical system, the official website of the EMISS www.fedstat.ru. The site published data on the number of inhabitants of Novy Urengoy. The table shows the distribution of the number of inhabitants of Novy Urengoy by years, the graph below shows the demographic trend in different years.

Graph of change in the population of Novy Urengoy:

The total population in 2014 was about 116 thousand people. The birth rate in the city in 2011 was 14 newborns per thousand people. A quarter of Novy Urengoy residents are currently minors, 60% are people of working age. After retirement, city dwellers usually move to Central Russia.

Representatives of over 40 peoples live in Novy Urengoy. The national composition in 2010 was distributed as follows: Russians (64.14%), Ukrainians (10.76%), Tatars (4.99%), Nogais (2.61%), Kumyks (2.06%), Azerbaijanis (1.95%), Bashkirs (1.69%), Belarusians, Chechens (1.12% each), Moldovans (1.06%), Chuvashs (0.61%), other nationalities (5.54%) . 2.34% did not indicate nationality.

Burial name: (Novo) Urengoy, (Novo) Urengoy, (Novo) Urengoi.

The territory of the Urengoy gas condensate field is located in the north of Western Siberia in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District of the Tyumen Region. The regional center is Novy Urengoy.

Climate

Climatically, the territory of the deposit is not homogeneous. The northern part belongs to the Atlantic subarctic temperate maritime - temperate continental climate type, the central and southern parts to the Atlantic, northern temperate continental - continental climate type. The state of the atmosphere throughout the year, especially in autumn and early winter, is influenced by the western transport of air masses. This is due to the fairly frequent passage of cyclones and a large number of clouds, which significantly reduces the influx of solar radiation.

To characterize the radiation balance of the Urengoy gas field, materials from the Tarko-Sale meteorological station were used. Air temperature for the period from 1881 to 1960 and snow cover were analyzed at the Tazovskoye and Urengoy meteorological stations. The duration of the period with a positive average monthly air temperature in this area is 4 months (from June to September). The maximum average monthly temperature in July is +13.4 +14.6?С (Fig. 1.1). The minimum average monthly air temperature is observed in January -26.7 to -25.7?C. The average annual temperature in the northern and southern parts of the deposit differ by approximately 1.5°. The average annual amplitude of air temperature is approximately 40? (table 1.1).

The average annual rainfall is 450 - 500 mm. The warm period accounts for about 50% of all precipitation.

Rice. 1.1

Symbols: row 1 - m / s Urengoy, row 2 - m / s Tazovskoye.

The annual value of the radiation balance at the Tarko-Sale meteorological station is 19.2 kcal/cm? year, i.e. about 25% of the total incoming radiation. The period with a negative radiation balance is 6 months, its value for this period is only - 5.2 kcal/cm? year. The temperature regime of soils and the depth of seasonal freezing - thawing is mainly affected by the radiation balance of the thermal period of the year.

Table 1.1

Average monthly and annual air temperature (1881-1960)

Weather stations

Tazovskoye

Due to the radiation balance, the sum of summer degree-months increases by 6.5 deg. months, and is 40.5 deg. for the southern part of the deposit. months, for the northern - 46. deg. months Snow cover appears by the end of autumn (in some years in the first decade of September). The average snow cover height for open areas is 20-35 cm, for protected areas 50-70 cm, and in some years up to 120 cm (Table 1.2). There is some increase in the height of the snow cover in the southern part of the field. On average, for this territory, the wind of the southern quarter prevails in winter, therefore, the slopes of the northern exposure, as a rule, have snow blows up to 1.5 m. In general, the southern part of the Urengoy gas field is characterized by milder climatic conditions. This is expressed in an increase in the average annual air temperature, an increase in the depth of snow cover, etc.

Table 1.2 Characterization of the Urengoy gas field

The influence of the Arctic circulation is manifested in increased air humidity. Absolute humidity is, on average, 4.3 mm Hg per year, relative humidity reaches 70 - 80%.

In winter, south and southwest winds prevail in the study area, and north and northwest winds prevail in spring and summer. Winds with speeds of 2.5 - 6.7 m/s are most often observed (annual average is 4.9 m/s).