Oktyabrsky (Bashkortostan)
city
Oktyabrsky
Октябрьский
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Oktjabrski ( Russian Октя́брьский ) is an independent city with 109,474 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the autonomous republic of Bashkortostan in Russia .
geography
The city is located on the right bank of the right Kama tributary Ik, around 160 km west of the republic capital Ufa on the M 5 trunk road . In terms of population, Oktyabrsky is the fifth largest city in Bashkortostan. Immediately to the west of the city is the subject boundary between Bashkortostan and the Republic of Tatarstan . The nearest town, Bawly , 17 km southwest , is also in Tatarstan.
history
Oktjabrski was founded as a settlement in 1937 in order to develop one of the local oil and gas deposits. In 1942 the place got its current name - literally "October City" - on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the October Revolution . In 1946 Oktjabrski received town charter. When oil production declined in the 1950s, the city's economy shifted to producing consumer goods.
Population development
year | Residents |
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1959 | 64,717 |
1970 | 77.054 |
1979 | 88.030 |
1989 | 104,732 |
2002 | 108,647 |
2010 | 109,474 |
Note: census data
Economy and Transport
Today Oktjabrski is both a center of oil production and an industrial city. The most important local businesses include a branch of the Baschneft raw materials company , a factory for oil production systems, as well as mechanical engineering, building materials and auto parts industries, a power line technology factory and a ceramics factory. A research institute for oil production is also located in the city.
Web links
- City website (Russian)
- Oktjabrski on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
- Unofficial Portal (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)