The city of Novokuybyshevsk is a small but significant center of the petrochemical and oil refining industry of the Samara region. Manufacturing makes a great economic contribution not only to the life of the region, but also to the entire country. Large fuel enterprises are actively working and developing, glorifying the city and Samara as a regional center.
By the standards of modern cities, Novokuybyshevsk is not the largest, but it is a very cozy city in the entire Volga region. As the head of the city likes to say, the main local wealth is not even oil, but the city’s residents, because it is through their efforts and enthusiasm that the city lives.
In these places, on the banks of the Volga, back in the 18th century there was a small settlement of various nationalities: Russians, Chuvash and Mordovians. Since ancient times, waterways served trade purposes and were a real route of life. The settlements grew larger, and during the Second World War, in 1946, the first oil refining complex was founded. It was planned to develop only a workers' settlement here, but people filled the local population so quickly that by 1952 Novokuibyshevsk received the status of a city, its history began to count, which is now reflected in its main attractions.
Latest job center vacancies
Vacancies for mid-2022 are varied, both in the nature of the work and in the amount of wages. The most common salary is about 11 thousand rubles, and this value is found even in qualified professions: emergency doctor, plumber, master, doctor, teacher, teacher, pharmacist.
Lower salaries for doctors, storekeepers, choir artists, ballet dancers.
Salaries in the range of 20–30 thousand are found in a third of vacancies, and places with salaries in the range from 11 to 20 thousand rubles are quite rare. Salaries over 20 thousand rubles. mainly characteristic of heavy work: welder, machine operator, turner, chemist, installer, accountant and site manager. The highest salary for a diesel locomotive driver is 31 thousand rubles.
About a third of the vacancies list part-time or part-time work, which indicates an unfavorable situation in the local labor market.
Crime
Assessing the criminal situation in Novokuybyshevsk, in general, by the standards of the city, which is one of the leading cities in the Samara region, the situation is calm. If crimes do occur, they are mostly small (thefts, hooliganism, petty robberies, etc.).
If we look back at major crimes in the city over the past 15 years, only one thing stands out. November 15, 2011 A high-profile murder took place in Novokuibyshevsk. At 13:20 in the afternoon, the general director of the Cosmos shopping center was shot in the neck and shoulder. He died from his injuries at the scene.
Shopping center Cosmos, st. Sverdlova
As a result of the investigation, the criminal was never found, despite a significant number of eyewitnesses.
Population of Novokuibyshevsk
With the growth of the city, the population in Novokuibyshevsk changed from year to year. At the very beginning of population registration, back in 1959, 62,755 people lived in the city. This population consisted mainly of workers who came from different parts of the USSR for the purpose of building a new industrial city and production. Having completed construction, people gradually began to settle in it, start families, and by 2010. 110,374 people lived in Novokuybyshevsk. However, if we look at the dynamics of recent years, the population is gradually migrating within the region and rapidly leaving Novokuibyshevsk, moving to Samara. Statistics for 2014 confirm this - 106,023 people live in the industrial city. The majority of residents are mature people over 40, who have been working at local factories for many years.
Maslenitsa. Photo of Kurganochka (https://fotki.yandex.ru/users/zoy-bikova/)
The younger generation mainly seeks to leave Novokuibyshevsk. This dynamic is primarily due to the fact that after graduating from school, young people leave the regional city for the center in order to obtain higher education and often never return.
It is extremely difficult to categorically assess the moral component of the city’s population, because it is heterogeneous (both culturally and religiously). However, we can say with confidence that the city is rich in kind and sympathetic people who sincerely love their Home. This is manifested in the positioning of the settlement by local residents. If, while traveling around Samara, you meet a resident of Novokuybyshevsk and ask where he is from, then with 100% certainty you will receive the answer: “I’m from Ensk! (Novokuibyshevsk)". Moreover, this answer will be filled with pride. The reasons for such pride are most likely the topic of another article.
State of the city's infrastructure
Considering the fact that the entire city is relatively young, there are very few old and completely dilapidated houses, and if there are any, they are mainly located near the city bus station and are already being prepared for demolition.
Anyone who was last in the city 2-3 years ago will be pleasantly surprised by the ongoing construction of new housing in different parts of Novokuibyshevsk. Another advantage, according to the majority of city residents, is the construction of a McDonald's restaurant at the intersection of Pobeda and Sverdlov streets.
Crossing the street Sverdlova/ Ave. Victory
If you evaluate the condition of city streets and the entire infrastructure as a whole, then only one thing comes to mind: “Everything is like in Russia.” The roads are equally poor in all directions, not counting the main highway that runs through the entire city - Pobeda Avenue and the exit from the city in an adjacent direction. Backyard streets, adjacent roads, roundabouts and junctions are broken, driving around the city is a rally with a test drive of the car's suspension.
There are practically no traffic jams in Novokuibyshevsk, not counting small congestions during prime time on weekdays. This is due, first of all, to the fact that there are not so many residents and cars to create difficulties on the road. If you do not have a personal car and you decide to take a ride around the city, then an exhaustive number of routes (buses, minibuses, trolleybuses) are at your service, ready to transport you from anywhere in the city to your destination without transfers. If you need to get there urgently or just in comfort, then by calling a taxi (there are more than 5 different services in the city), you can get there for only 50 rubles. drive around the city.
If we evaluate the situation with schools and kindergartens in Novokuibyshevsk, then it is very positive. There are no queues in the gardens, as there are more than 30 of them in each district. The schools are fully equipped with classrooms, even though there are 15 secondary educational institutions in the city.
Novokuibyshevsk has its own central city hospital with professional staff and a number of “ordinary” clinics in each of the city districts. In general, the citywide level of medical care is average and fully meets the requirements of the regional city. For any complex consultations, the population in 90% of cases turns to the city district. Samara.
The development of medicine in the city and region is directly related to the economic development of the region.
Climate and ecology of Novokuibyshevsk
Thanks to the construction of a large number of enterprises around the city, the ecology of Novokuybyshevsk is under constant attack. Over the past 2013, more than 150 cases of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere occurred in Novokuibyshevsk. Such values are an indicator that allows us to confidently say that the air in Novokuybyshevsk is very dirty.
As for the serious illnesses of local residents, the main problem is lung diseases and oncological lesions of the body. The rate of such diseases in Novokuybyshevsk is significantly higher than the Russian average. The main reason for these misfortunes in the city and region are petrochemical enterprises, thermal power plants located around the city, and the constant increase in the number of vehicles also plays a significant role.
On the streets of the city. Photo by suhina (https://fotki.yandex.ru/users/bio565/)
The climate in Novokuybyshevsk is moderate, as in the entire central European part of Russia. However, the proximity of the river has a special influence. Volga, which leads to cold winds in winter and cool breezes in hot summers. The average daily temperature in summer is from +25 to +35 degrees Celsius. Winters are most often snowy, and temperatures vary from −15 to −30 degrees. High humidity adds special severity to the winter cold when it comes to the city with the winter months.
General information about Novokuibyshevsk
The city of Novokuybyshevsk originates from a small settlement on the banks of the river. Volga back in the 18th century. Even then, settlers of various nationalities began to populate the left bank of the river. Thanks to water resources, which were the basis of trade routes and the life of Russian people, various nationalities came here and settled: Russian, Mordovian and Chuvash.
Ave. Pobeda, entrance to Novokuibyshevsk
Villages and settlements began to grow and expand, and in May 1946, construction began on the country's largest oil refining complex and a settlement for oil industry workers.
Already in 1949, the village of Novo-Kuibyshevsky received the title of a workers' village. Initially, the settlement was planned to consist only of workers, exclusively for oil production and its refining. The total number of residents should not exceed 14 thousand people. However, due to the rapid growth of the petrochemical industry in the region, already on February 22, 1952, the workers' settlement was given the status of a city, and it was from that moment that Novokuybyshevsk began to record its history.
Enterprises and work in Novokuibyshevsk
Although Novokuibyshevsk is a small city, however, this does not diminish its importance in the region, because it is “NSK” that forms the bulk of the budget of the Samara region at the expense of its largest enterprises, the main of which is the Novokuibyshevsky Oil Refinery. This enterprise is one of the most “elite” in the region, and getting hired as an employee is task No. 1 for students of Petroleum Technology faculties of all nearby regions. Employees of this enterprise often work here for generations and have family continuity. Typically, employees involved in Rosneft and the Novokuybyshevsk Refinery are proud of the fact that they work there and have found themselves in circles where, as a rule, it is extremely difficult to enter.
Other chemical enterprises in Novokuibyshevsk, such as SANORS Holding, and in the past - a synthetic alcohol plant and the Novokuibyshevsk petrochemical plant; the knitted fabric factory, Novokuibyshevsky catalyst plant and others also make a significant contribution to the development of the city and region, providing a large number of jobs for city residents. The employees who work at these enterprises are, as they say, “simpler”; there is practically no continuity, salaries are lower, but the condition of the factories themselves is worse, because the attitude towards oil refining is mediocre, and in our country they live by the principle: everything that is not related to oil and gas production is in greater neglect than everything related to the “key” industries. The equipment is mostly of Soviet production, the personnel working at these enterprises is also mostly of Soviet times. Young people are less willing to come here because of the hazardous nature of production.
Oil refining complex Novokuibyshevsk
The main shopping center of the city is City Park. By the standards of nearby settlements, this shopping center is a very popular place. Here, every evening, the city’s youth gather at its entrance, and during the day hundreds of people work here in the trade sector.
