Poikowski

Urban-type settlement Poikowski Poikovsky coat of arms Federal district Ural region Autonomous circle of the Khanty and Mansi / Ugra Rajon Nefteyugansk mayor Yevgeny Bordachev Founded 1964 Urban-type settlement since 1968 population 25,594 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 40  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 3463 Post Code 628331 License Plate 86, 186 OKATO 71 118 657 Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 0 ′  N , 71 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 0 ′ 0 "  N , 71 ° 54 ′ 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra

List of large settlements in Russia

Poikowski ( Russian По́йковский ) is an urban-type settlement in the West Siberian Autonomous Okrug of Khanty and Mansi / Ugra ( Russia ) with 25,594 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in the West Siberian lowlands a good 150 kilometers east of the administrative center of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug on the left bank of the Bolshaya Yuganskaya , the southernmost left arm of the Ob on this section . The main arm of the river runs about 30 kilometers north of Poikowski. Not far from the settlement, the Poika (or Poik ) river flows into the Ob-Arm, which gave the place its name.

Poikowski belongs to Nefteyugansk Raion ; whose administrative center Nefteyugansk is about 50 kilometers east of Poikowski.

history

Poikowski was built in 1964 as an oil workers' settlement on the site of the old village of Mushkino , which was named after its founders, the Mushkin brothers. In 1967 the place got its current name after the river and on May 15, 1968 the status of an urban-type settlement .

In 1998 Poikowski was recognized as the best developed urban settlement in a regional competition.

Population development

year	Residents
1970	2,875
1979	6,448
1989	14,901
2002	27,540
2010	25,594

Note: census data

Chess tournament

Poikowski became a household name in the chess world because an annual world-class tournament has been held here since 2000, named after the 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov .

The previous winners:

1. 2000 - Viktor Bologan
2. 2001 - Viktor Bologan
3. 2002 - Alexander Onischuk
4. 2003 - Joël Lautier and Pjotr ​​Swidler
5. 2004 - Alexander Grishchuk and Sergei Rublevsky
6. 2005 - Étienne Bacrot
7. 2006 - Alexei Shirov
8. 2007 - Dmitri Yakovenko
9. 2008 - Sergei Rublyovsky, Dmitri Jakowenko, Vüqar Həşimov and Alexei Schirow
10. 2009 - Alexander Motylev
11. 2010 - Sergey Karjakin and Viktor Bologan
12. 2011 - Étienne Bacrot
13. 2012 - Dmitri Yakovenko
14. 2013 - Pavel Elyanov
15. 2014 - Alexander Morozevich
16. 2015 - Anton Korobov
17. 2016 - Anton Korobov

Economy and Infrastructure

The main branch of the economy is oil production .

The regional road R404 , which connects Surgut and Nefteyugansk with Khanty-Mansiysk, runs south past Poikowski.

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)

Web links

• Poikowski on the Nefteyugansk Raion Administration website (in Russian)