Malgobek

Federal district	North Caucasus
republic	Ingushetia
Urban district	Malgobek
head	Muchmad Korigow
Founded	1935
City since	1939
surface	17 km²
population	31,018 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	1825 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center	360 m
Time zone	UTC + 3
Telephone code	(+7) 87342
Post Code	386300-386304
License Plate	06
OKATO	26 405
Website	http://www.malgobek.ru/
Geographical location
Coordinates	43 ° 31 ' N , 44 ° 35' E Coordinates: 43 ° 31 '0 " N , 44 ° 35' 0" E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in Ingushetia
	List of cities in Russia

Malgobek ( Russian Малгобек , Ingush МагӀалбике / Maghalbike) is a city in the Republic of Ingushetia in the Russian federal district of North Caucasus with 31,018 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the northern edge of the Greater Caucasus , immediately south of the Terek ridge, about 40 km north of the republic capital Magas .

Malgobek is administratively directly subordinate to the republic and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

The nearest railway station is Mosdok in North Ossetia-Alania , about 35 kilometers by road to the north.

history

Malgobek was founded as a workers' settlement in 1935 after oil deposits were discovered there. The Chechen villages of Malgobek-Balka and Chechen-Balka had previously existed in the vicinity . The Ingush name stands for the title of the commander in chief who owned this area in earlier times. Already in 1939 the place received city rights. After the town was founded, the majority of the population consisted of Russians , who were the largest ethnic group in Malgobek until the 1960s.

During the Second World War , Malgobek was captured by the German troops as part of the Edelweiß company on September 12, 1942 and recaptured by the Red Army on January 3, 1943 .

In the 1990s, the city's population doubled due to refugees as a result of the Chechen War . Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov has repeatedly made territorial claims of his republic on Malgobek and the surrounding area.

Most of the city's Russian population has left Malgobek since the 1960s; In 2010 there were only about 500 Russians left in the city.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	12,419
1959	13,949
1970	20,548
1979	20,563
1989	20,364
2002	41,876
2010	31,018

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Malgobek has a local museum.

economy

In addition to the crude oil production through Ingushneftegasprom , which has been adversely affected in recent years by its proximity to Chechnya, there are companies in the construction and food industries.

sons and daughters of the town

Magomed Jewlojew (1971-2008), journalist

Web links

City administration website (Russian)
Malgobek on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

↑ ^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)
↑ Kadyrov tests his power in the North Caucasus. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 10, 2012, accessed May 28, 2013 .

[einwohner_aktuell-1] 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] Kadyrov tests his power in the North Caucasus. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 10, 2012, accessed May 28, 2013 .