Raduschny (Chanting and Mansi)

city Raduzhny Raduzhny flag coat of arms Federal district Ural region Autonomous circle of the Khanty and Mansi / Ugra Urban district Raduschny mayor Viktor Kussmaul Founded 1973 City since 1985 surface 170  km² population 43,399 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 255 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 65  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34668 Post Code 628461-628464 License Plate 86, 186 OKATO 71 137 Website www.admrad.ru Geographical location Coordinates 62 ° 8 ′  N , 77 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 62 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 77 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra

List of cities in Russia

Raduschny ( Russian Радужный ) is a city in West Siberia , in the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra ( Russia ) with 43,399 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located north of the Ob in the West Siberian lowlands , about 140 km northeast of Nizhnevartovsk on the Agan River . The climate is continental.

Raduzhny forms a separate city district , the territory from the Rajons is enclosed Nizhnevartovsk.

The city is connected to Nizhnevartovsk by a road and has an airport.

history

Radushny was established in 1973 as a geological and oil workers' settlement in connection with the development of the Varyegan oil field (Варьеганское месторождение) and other deposits in the area. 1985 the place received city rights. The name is derived from the Russian word raduga (радуга) for rainbow .

Population development

year	Residents
1989	43,726
2002	47,060
2010	43,399

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Since 2000 there has been a small local museum in Raduschny under the name Ecological-Ethnographic Museum . The museum is mainly dedicated to the culture of the Chanten and Nenets , the indigenous people of the area.

economy

Raduschny is a center of oil production. Here are u. a. the companies Warjeganneftegas (Варьеганнефтегаз), Warjeganneft (Варьеганнефть) and Negusneft (Негуснефть).

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexei Volkov (* 1988), biathlete

See also

• List of cities in the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra

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

Commons : Raduschny  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Raduschny on mojgorod.ru (Russian)