Gai (Russia)

city Gai Гай coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Orenburg Urban district Gai mayor Fyodor Ivanov Founded 1959 City since 1979 surface 85  km² population 38,301 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 451 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 380  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 35362 Post Code 462630-462635 License Plate 56 OKATO 53 413 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 28 '  N , 58 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 28 '0 "  N , 58 ° 27' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Orenburg Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Gai ( Russian Гай ) is a medium-sized town with 38,301 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Orenburg Oblast, southeast of the Urals in the Russian Federation .

geography

The city is located about 35 km north of the two major cities Orsk and Novotroitsk , and about 330 km east of the regional capital Orenburg . There is a spa about six kilometers from the city.

history

Gai was founded in 1959 as a location for a copper ore mining combine, which has remained the main employer in the city to this day. The name Gai is a South Russian regionalism for grove, small (deciduous) forest and refers to a birch forest that is said to have existed there when the city was founded.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	1.923
1970	28,250
1979	35,700
1989	41,668
2002	41,621
2010	38,301

Note: census data

economy

The most important enterprise is the mining and processing combine of Gai AG (АО "Гайский горно-обогатительный комбинат”). The copper ore is mined both underground and above ground and processed in our own factory. The company employs nearly 7,000 people and accounts for about 60% of the city's budget.

Another large company is the non-ferrous metal processing factory (Гайский завод по обработке цветных металлов). Here, strips, sheets and foils are made from copper and various metal alloys.

There is also a poultry factory, a large dairy and a bread factory.

traffic

There is a railway connection to Gai, but it is only used for freight traffic. There are regular buses to the nearby city of Orsk and the regional capital Orenburg . There is public transport in the city with buses.

sons and daughters of the town

• Vladimir (Maschtanow) (* 1965), Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Olga Subowa (* 1993), weightlifter

Web links

Commons : Gai  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Gai on mojgorod.ru
• On the story of Gai (Russian)
• АО «Гайский горно-обогатительный комбинат» (Mining and Processing Combine)
• Гайский завод по обработке цветных металлов (factory for non-ferrous metal processing)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Владимир, епископ Шадринский и Далматовский (Маштанов Василий Валентинович) , patriarchia.ru (Russian)