You may have heard about a Russian city like Novy Urengoy: someone was passing through there, and some still live permanently today. However, if you ask a person to tell about this settlement and even show its location on the map, most will fall into a stupor. To prevent this from happening, in this article we will tell you everything about Novy Urengoy: what region it belongs to, where it is located, what its history is and what both visiting tourists and indigenous residents can pay attention to here.
One of the cities of Western Siberia: general information
The city of Novy Urengoy - what region does it belong to? To Tyumen, which, in turn, is a constituent unit of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The city of Novy Urengoy is the largest populated area in the district and one of the few that is ahead of the administrative center of its subject both in industrial potential and in population (we are talking about comparison with Salekhard). The city discussed in this article is 450 kilometers east of the latter; It is separated from Moscow, located in the northeast of the capital, by 2,350 kilometers. In addition, residents of the city of Novy Urengoy, unlike Muscovites, live in a different time zone: for example, the New Year and other holidays are traditionally celebrated 2 hours earlier. Today the city is home to about 116 thousand people. Being a key link in the largest gas-bearing region, Novy Urengoy, the location map of which will be presented below, is unofficially called the gas-producing capital of the country.
New Urengoy Airport
In the city of Novy Urengoy there is an airport with one runway and artificial turf. The distance from the city center to the airport is 5 km to the southwest. Airfield type: civil. The airport is open every day from 1:30 to 13:30.
Novy Urengoy Airport serves aircraft of major Russian airlines: UTair, Aeroflot, Yamal, S7 Airlines, Gazpromavia. Popular destinations of regular and charter flights: Moscow, Ufa, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk. The annual passenger traffic is more than 900 thousand people.
Surrounding area
On the map, Novy Urengoy is located on the banks of the Evo-Yakha River, which is a tributary of the Pura. There are also 2 other rapids flowing through the city: Sede-Yakha and Tamchara-Yakha, which conditionally divide the settlement into Northern and Southern parts. The territory of urban areas is surrounded on all sides by the Purovsky district and heavily swampy areas. In total, Novy Urengoy (which region the city belongs to and what its general current position is has already been described above) occupies an area of 113 square kilometers. The Arctic Circle already begins 60 kilometers north of it.
Climatic conditions
So, if it has now been clarified which area Novy Urengoy belongs to, it’s time to move on to analyzing provisions that have more practical significance for humans - for example, what is the situation with the weather and average temperatures? The climate of the city can be characterized as sharply continental. What does this mean? Since this settlement is located at the intersection of 2 climatic zones of the forest-tundra zone, subarctic and temperate, there is a severe winter, the duration of which reaches 9 months, and a cool summer, which lasts on average only for a period of just over 1 month. Important factors that influence weather conditions and shape the climate include the presence of permafrost, the city’s proximity to the sea, as well as the continuous circulation of Atlantic air masses. The average temperature in January is -21.7 degrees, in June - +9.1; at the same time, the relative air humidity is 78%, and the average wind speed reaches only 3.4 m/second. Frequent temperature changes in Novy Urengoy (the map of Russia helps to analyze all the conditions and factors shaping the climate) are accompanied by blizzards, blizzards, and blizzards. Most of the flat terrain of the settlement is covered with permafrost ice, which in the summer thaws to a depth of only 1 to 2 meters!
The beginning of the story
It’s a pity that facts about the development of cities and, in particular, Novy Urengoy are not indicated on the map of Russia - there won’t be enough space, and the purpose of these reference books is different. Few people would think of studying the historical formation of this particular settlement, and it would be in vain! The history of the city reveals a lot of interesting things: from the very beginning it was closely intertwined with the development of the Urengoy gas field, discovered in June 1966. However, in fact, the roots of the city’s formation must be sought even earlier, namely in 1949, when, by order of Stalin, construction of a transpolar railway began in the subpolar tundra zone for the movement of trains along the Salekhard-Igarka route. It was not the plan of the builders, who mostly belonged to the rest of the thousands of camp prisoners sent to build the road, to linger at the former Urengoy trading post. However, Stalin died, the construction work was curtailed and forgotten, the built tracks were called “dead,” but for Urengoy it was a turning point: it was the once unfinished railway forks that helped drillers and seismic explorers discover deposits in these lands and quickly develop them. In January 1966, the opening of a new Urengoy structure took place here. The pioneering team was a company of employees of the seismic station V. Tsybenko, which occupied the barracks of a once abandoned camp where Gulag prisoners had previously lived.
Where to go with children
Novy Urengoy is a fairly young city and a large number of families with children live in it. There are several entertainment facilities for them where they can have an interesting time.
Children's ecological station
The only zoo in the entire Yamalo-Nenets District has been opened on the basis of the children's ecological station. During the visit, children and adults can observe the animals throughout the year. About a hundred pets live here, which are scattered across various themed rooms.
Also, the environmental station is engaged in educational activities. Thematic lectures are held here and a museum is organized, consisting of 3 exhibitions on the topic of flora and fauna.
The entomological exhibition is home to 300 butterflies brought from various parts of the country. At the conchological exhibition you can see mollusks and shells from various bodies of water.
The paleontology exhibition includes archaeological finds from the Silurian period:
- mammoth bones;
- teeth of ancient sharks;
- pieces of petrified trees.
Locomotive
An interesting modern monument is a real diesel locomotive, which is installed on the square in front of the station. For a long time it served as a tractor and pulled wagons with construction materials and other necessary items.
As a reward for its historical significance, the locomotive was turned into a monument.
Cinema
The city has a huge number of shopping centers with cinemas where you can watch family films.
The most popular of them:
- "Plaza Prospect";
- "Cesar Sunny";
- "October";
- "Premier Hall";
- "Cesar Hudson";
- "7D Avatar".
The way forward
Subsequently, active mining continued here: in June 1966, master V. Polupanov and his team drilled the first exploration well. It was after this that a footnote appeared on the map of the country indicating the unique Urengoy natural gas field. September 1973 was marked by the fact that on the site of a city that did not yet exist at that time, a peg was driven in with a sign and a symbolic inscription on it: “New Urengoy” (we, the descendants, now know where the city is located). In December, construction began on a settlement familiar to Russians today. The village developed rapidly, which was associated with an increase in the activity of the gas produced in it. In 1980, Novy Urengoy, previously not considered a city (to which region this place belongs and what its historical formation is, now everyone can answer) finally received the long-awaited status and was now called a city of district significance! Since 1984, gas from here began to be exported to Western Europe using the Urengoy - Pomary - Uzhgorod gas pipeline built in 1983.
In November 1984, the village of Korotchaevo came under the authority of Novy Urengoy and the city council representing it at the administrative level, and in May 1988, the village of Limbayakha. As a municipal entity, Novy Urengoy was formed only in January 1996 with reference to one of the relevant laws of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, and in 2004 the above-mentioned villages ceased to exist as independent administrative-territorial elements and became part of the city of Novy Urengoy. As a result, the city with a length of 80 km turned into one of the longest in the whole world!
What is Novy Urengoy famous for?
- The main symbol of the city of Novy Urengoy is a monument to a drilling well and people. The monument is made of valves and flanges that are used in gas production. The monument depicts workers standing near a borehole. There is also a plaque on the monument that says that the first exploration well was installed in June 1966.
- The Parus fountain is located in Friendship Park - the only fountain in the city, which was installed in 2005. In 2012, a large-scale reconstruction of the fountain took place. Every evening there are light shows here.
- In 2003, a monument to the “Pioneers of the Development of Urengoy” was erected in Novy Urengoy. The monument is located on the central square and is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Urengoygazprom. The author of the project is Russian artist Nikolai Raspopov. The height of the monument is 20 m, weight is more than 3 tons. The monument represents a woman holding a bowl with a torch and the power of the earth in her hands. The monument is made of granite.
- Near the Seraphim Church there is a monument to Borodino bread, which is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino. The monument is a granite pedestal on which there is a St. George ribbon and a loaf of rye bread.
- On the bank of the river there is the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov, which was built in the fall of 1922. The church is a wooden architecture. At night, the temple is beautifully illuminated.
- In 2013, the Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy stela was opened. At the site of the monument there is the conditional 66th parallel, beyond which the Arctic Circle begins. The stele has the shape of a sphere. The monument is made of metal. The monument depicts the coat of arms of the district, the symbol of Gazprom and the flag of the Russian Federation.
- In the southern part of New Urengoy there is a builders' park. In the center of the square there is a monument to Andrei Nalivaiko, a builder, according to whose designs a large number of buildings were built in the city. There is also a board of honor and a park area in the park.
- On Privokzalnaya Street there is a monument to the first train. The monument is dedicated to the memorable event of 1982. This year the tracks to the station were laid and the city received railway connections.
- Recently, a monument dedicated to the poet and singer V. Vysotsky appeared in the city. The initiators of the installation of the monument were fans of Vysotsky’s work from among the employees of Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy.
- In 1984, the Novy Urengoy City Museum of Fine Arts opened in the city - the only museum in the entire district. Here are ethnographic instruments of Nenets culture, works of craftsmen who are dedicated to the construction of the gas pipeline. In total, the museum houses more than 2,000 historical objects. Various master classes and exhibitions are also held here.
- In the central part of the city there is a shopping mall. The main distinguishing feature of the shopping center is the helicopter, which is installed on the roof of the building. Thanks to this, the owners of the shopping complex tried to attract the attention of local residents and tourists to the shopping center.
Serious measures
An interesting fact is that in 2012 the city actually became closed, given that there was no actual legal basis for this. Entry into the city could only be done with a special pass. Such drastic measures were needed because the crime level in this territory was approaching a critically high level. Various terrorist organizations were active here, and therefore the situation had to be resolved on an emergency basis. There is also an unconfirmed hypothesis that this practice of a permit system was introduced to regulate population migration and limit the internal and external “turnover” of residents. Be that as it may, such a system in Urengoy, whose name translated from one of the local Nenets dialects means “lost place,” lasted about six months and then was abolished.
Industry
Novy Urengoy, being a fairly young city, manages to demonstrate extraordinary industrial potential. Thus, within the settlement there are 3 pillars of the gas production industry, each of which is a subsidiary: Tyumenburgaz, Yamburggazodobycha and Urengoygazprom. They account for about 74% of all gas produced in the country! Construction work to restore railway lines is being carried out by the Yamal Railway Company. 80% of river transportation occurs at the Urengoy river port, which has dozens of ferries and tractors.
Attractions
Among the key places in Novy Urengoy, a map with the streets of which will be offered below, we can highlight the Museum of Fine Arts, a multifunctional, modern and technologically advanced station commissioned in 2015, the largest fountain in the Far North, visually reminiscent of a sail. On the roof of the shopping mall, which is designed in an eye-catching color scheme, visitors can see a model of a real rotary-wing aircraft. The city is also home to monuments and temples - real examples of architectural art and architecture (for example, the Epiphany Cathedral, built in 2015, which is the tallest building in the city).
Natural attractions
New Urengoy or “freezer city” is one of the youngest and coldest cities in Russia. Despite this, there are several noteworthy natural attractions located here.
Tazovskaya tundra
This is one of the most beautiful places in the northern latitude. This is a valley on the right bank of the Taz River, which is distinguished by a variety of vegetation and has a Siberian charm. In the summer months the place abounds with berries; in the autumn-spring periods it pleases the eye with bright colors.
In winter, you can admire the northern lights here. The entire area is covered with numerous swamps, so tourists are not recommended to walk through the tundra alone.
Pur River
The river and river bank called Pur is a favorite vacation spot for the local population. Especially on weekends or holidays, you can see a huge number of fishermen or outdoor picnic lovers here. In the warm season, people quite often come here with tents and stay overnight. The Pur River is navigable, here you can watch ships passing by.
Lake Molodezhnoe
Lake Molodezhnoe is located on the street. Geologists in Novy Urengoy. It is located within the city and is especially popular in the warm season. People often have picnics on its coast or simply enjoy nature. In the spring, a large-scale festival of the peoples of the North is held annually on the shore of the lake.
Concerts are held here, various competitions or sports tournaments are held. The performance of songs by indigenous peoples is considered very popular. During the festive events, you have the opportunity to ride a real reindeer sleigh and try local traditional cuisine.
Education
There are many universities operating on the territory of New Urengoy, including:
- branch of the Moscow State Open University;
- branch of Tyumen Oil and Gas University;
- branch of the Tobolsk State Pedagogical Institute named after. DI. Mendeleev;
- branch of Tomsk State University of Radioelectronics and Control Systems;
- branch of the Moscow Open Social University (Institute) and others.
As you can see, here, in one of the cities of the Tyumen region, you can not only live, but do it successfully: study, work and make plans for the future.
Map
| Novy Urengoy: maps |
Novy Urengoy: photo from space (Google Maps) Novy Urengoy: photo from space (Microsoft Virtual Earth)
| New Urengoy. Nearest cities. Distances in km. on the map (in brackets along roads) + direction. Using the hyperlink in the distance , you can get the route (information courtesy of the AutoTransInfo website) | |||
| 1 | Urengoy | 77 (82) | IN |
| 2 | Pangodas | 103 (92) | Z |
| 3 | Tarko-Sale | 139 (207) | YU |
| 4 | Tazovsky | 178 () | NE |
| 5 | Purpe | 178 (265) | YU |
| 6 | Gubkinsky | 183 (273) | YU |
| 7 | Nadym | 199 (226) | Z |
| 8 | Krasnoselkup | 265 () | IN |
| 9 | Yar-Sale | 274 () | Z |
| 10 | Muravlenko | 275 (400) | SW |
| 11 | Noyabrsk | 325 (435) | YU |
| 12 | Aksarka | 400 () | Z |
a brief description of
Located in Western Siberia, on the river. Evoyakha, 60 km south of the Arctic Circle, 450 km east of Salekhard. Railway station (departmental, Ministry of Railways - Korotchaevo).
Territory (sq. km): 227
Information about the city of Novy Urengoy on the Russian Wikipedia site
Historical sketch
It arose in connection with the development of the Urengoy gas condensate field.
September 22, 1973 is considered the founding day of New Urengoy. On this day, geologists hammered a peg with a sign “Novy Urengoy” at the work site. In 1975, when gas workers completed drilling the first production well, Novy Urengoy was registered as a village. In 1975, the airport was built and the first technical flight was carried out. In 1977, the Surgut-Novy Urengoy railway was built.
City since June 16, 1980. The definition “new” in the name is associated with the existence of the workers’ village of Urengoy, which arose somewhat earlier on the right bank of the river. Pur, almost 100 km east of Novy Urengoy. The toponym Urengoy is explained as Nenets “deaf, dense.”
Since 1984, Novy Urengoy gas began to flow to Europe via the Urengoy - Pomary - Uzhgorod gas pipeline.
Municipal indicators
| Index | 1999 | 2001 | 2005 |
| Demography | |||
| Number of births, per 1000 population | 10.7 | 11.3 | 12.7 |
| Number of deaths, per 1000 population | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| Natural increase (decrease), per 1000 population | 6.5 | 6.7 | 8.8 |
| Standard of living of the population and social sphere | |||
| Average monthly nominal accrued wages, rub. | 7628 | 14692 | 30950 |
| Average housing area per inhabitant (at the end of the year), sq.m. | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.8 |
| Number of preschool institutions, pcs. | 39 | 38 | 38 |
| Number of children in preschool institutions, thousand people | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| Enrollment of children in preschool educational institutions (at the end of the year), as a percentage of the number of children of the corresponding age, % | 82.8 | ||
| Number of daytime educational institutions (at the beginning of the school year), pcs. | 25 | 24 | 23 |
| Number of students in daytime educational institutions, thousand people | 19.9 | 18.6 | 15.6 |
| Number of doctors, people. | 334 | 390 | 485 |
| Number of nursing staff, people. | 1053 | 1135 | 1278 |
| Number of hospital institutions, pcs. | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Number of hospital beds, thousand units | 1.1 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Number of medical outpatient clinics, pcs. | 7 | 10 | 13 |
| Capacity of medical outpatient clinics, visits per shift, thousand units. | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Number of registered crimes, pcs. | 1862 | 1791 | 2706 |
| Persons who committed crimes were identified, persons. | 1119 | 1125 | 920 |
| Economy, industry | |||
| Number of enterprises and organizations (at the end of the year), pcs. | 2286 | 2570 | 1711 |
| Number of operating enterprises by type of activity: mining (at the end of the year), pcs. | 19 | ||
| Number of operating enterprises by type of activity: manufacturing (at the end of the year), pcs. | 38 | ||
| Number of operating enterprises by type of activity production and distribution of electricity, gas and water (at the end of the year), pcs. | 54 | ||
| Volume of shipped goods of own production by type of mining (in actual prices), million rubles. | 54098.8 | ||
| Volume of shipped goods of own production by type of manufacturing (in actual prices), million rubles. | 19041.2 | ||
| Volume of shipped goods of own production by type of production and distribution of electricity, gas and water (in actual current prices), million rubles. | 2324.2 | ||
| Construction | |||
| Volume of work performed by type of activity “Construction” (until 2004 - volume of work performed under construction contracts), million rubles. | 3499.5 | 17253.1 | 14940.9 |
| Commissioning of residential buildings, thousand sq.m. of total area | 23.9 | 8.6 | 21 |
| Commissioning of residential buildings, apartments | 390 | 156 | 379 |
| Commissioning of preschool institutions, places | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Commissioning of educational institutions, places | 0 | 825 | 0 |
| Commissioning of hospital facilities, beds | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Commissioning of outpatient clinics, visits per shift | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Transport | |||
| Number of bus routes (in intracity traffic), pcs. | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| Number of passengers transported by buses per year (in intracity traffic), million people. | 24 | 18.7 | 13.1 |
| Connection | |||
| Number of residential telephone sets of the city public telephone network, thousand units. | 21.5 | 23.8 | 26.2 |
| Number of payphones of the city telephone network (including universal ones), pcs. | 145 | ||
| Trade and services to the population | |||
| Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), million rubles. | 2389 | 4327 | 13085.1 |
| Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 24153 | 43712 | 118096.1 |
| Index of physical volume of retail trade turnover, % compared to the previous year | 121 | ||
| Public catering turnover (in actual prices), million rubles. | 169.2 | 396 | 1782.2 |
| Index of physical volume of public catering turnover, % compared to the previous year | 115 | ||
| Number of stores, pavilions (at the end of the year), pcs. | 8 | ||
| Sales area of shops, pavilions (at the end of the year), sq.m. | 526 | ||
| Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles. | 427.7 | 864.6 | 3508 |
| Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 4324 | 8734 | 31660.5 |
| Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles. | 30.8 | 48.5 | 87.9 |
| Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 312 | 490 | 793.4 |
| Investments | |||
| Investments in fixed assets (in actual prices), million rubles. | 5707.6 | 8235.2 | 20961.7 |
| Share of investments in fixed assets financed from budgetary funds in the total volume of investments, % | 5.2 | 3 | 6.1 |
Data sources:
- Regions of Russia. Main characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. - M:, 2003.
- Regions of Russia. Volume 1. Statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. - M:, 2001. p. 438
- Regions of Russia. Basic socio-economic indicators of cities. 2006. Statistical collection. Rosstat. - M:, 2006. p. 277
Economy
The subsidiaries of OJSC Gazprom are Urengoygazprom and Yamburggazdobycha, which account for 74% of all gas in Russia.
Main enterprises
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION
Urengoygazprom LLC
629300, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novy Urengoy, st.
Embankment, 26 Offered by:
Yamburggazdobycha LLC
629300, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novy Urengoy, st.
Taiga, 27 Offers:
TRANSPORT
OJSC "Sevtyumentransput"
629300, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novy Urengoy, st.
Privokzalnaya, 1 Offers:
Construction and railway transportation
INLAND WATER TRANSPORT
Branch "River Port Urengoy" JSC "OIRP"
629300, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novy Urengoy, village.
Korotchaevo Offers:
Transportation of dry cargo, oil cargo, passengers
Universities of the city
Novy Urengoy branch of the Russian New University
629300, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novy Urengoy, st. 26th Congress of the CPSU, 4-G
Tyumen State University (Novo-Urengoy branch)
629300, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novy Urengoy, Gubkin Ave., 13
Branch of the Moscow State Open University in Novy Urengoy
629300, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novy Urengoy, Yubileiny microdistrict, 6 bldg. 3
Branch of Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics in Novy Urengoy
629300, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novy Urengoy, st. Yubileinaya, 10
Yamal Oil and Gas Institute (branch) of Tyumen State Oil and Gas University
629300, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novy Urengoy, Student microdistrict, 2
Museums, galleries, exhibition halls
Novy Urengoy City Museum of Fine Arts 629300, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Novy Urengoy, st. Molodezhnaya, 17 Phone(s)
| Population by year (thousands of inhabitants) | |||||||
| 1979 | 8.6 | 2000 | 89.2 | 2010 | 119.6 | 2017 | 113.3 |
| 1980 | 16.5 | 2001 | 89.6 | 2011 | 104.1 | 2018 | 114.8 |
| 1986 | 72 | 2003 | 94.5 | 2012 | 112.2 | 2019 | 116.9 |
| 1989 | 93.2 | 2005 | 109.1 | 2013 | 116.5 | 2020 | 118.0 |
| 1992 | 90.2 | 2006 | 112.5 | 2014 | 115.8 | 2021 | 118.1 |
| 1996 | 90 | 2007 | 117.0 | 2015 | 115.1 | ||
| 1998 | 89.9 | 2008 | 118.4 | 2016 | 111.2 | ||
