Gubkin
Encyclopedia
Gubkin is a town and the administrative center of Gubkinsky District
of Belgorod Oblast
, Russia
, located 138 kilometres (85.7 mi) northeast of Belgorod
and 500 kilometres (310.7 mi) south of Moscow
on the Oskolets River, a tributary of the Oskol River
. Population:
. In 1939, it was granted urban-type settlement
status. Town status was granted to it on December 23, 1955. It was elevated in status to that of a town of oblast significance on March 7, 1960.
of Gubkin—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts
.
Municipally, the territories of the town of oblast significance of Gubkin and of Gubkinsky District
are incorporated as Gubkinsky Urban Okrug
.
Gubkinsky District
Gubkinsky District is an administrative district , one of the 21 in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, the territory of the district, together with the territory of the town of oblast significance of Gubkin, is incorporated as Gubkinsky Urban Okrug. Its administrative center is the town of...
of Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population: 1,532,670 .-History:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located 138 kilometres (85.7 mi) northeast of Belgorod
Belgorod
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and 500 kilometres (310.7 mi) south of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
on the Oskolets River, a tributary of the Oskol River
Oskol River
Oskol is a river in Russia and Ukraine. It is a left tributary of the Seversky Donets. It is 436 km long, with a drainage basin of 14,680 km²....
. Population:
History
It was founded in the 1930s in place of the village of Korobkovo and named after the geologist Ivan GubkinIvan Gubkin
Ivan Mikhaylovich Gubkin was a Russian geologist and president of the 1937 International Geological Congress in Moscow. He was a petroleum geologist particularly interested the region between the Volga and the Urals....
. In 1939, it was granted urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
status. Town status was granted to it on December 23, 1955. It was elevated in status to that of a town of oblast significance on March 7, 1960.
Administrative and municipal status
Administratively, it is incorporated as the town of oblast significanceCity of federal subject significance
City of federal subject significance is an umbrella term used to refer to a type of an administrative division of a federal subject of Russia which is equal in status to a district but is organized around a large city; occasionally with surrounding rural territories.According to the 1993...
of Gubkin—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts
Administrative divisions of Belgorod Oblast
*Cities and towns under the oblast's jurisdiction:**Belgorod ***city okrugs:****Vostochny ****Zapadny **Alexeyevka **Gubkin **Shebekino...
.
Municipally, the territories of the town of oblast significance of Gubkin and of Gubkinsky District
Gubkinsky District
Gubkinsky District is an administrative district , one of the 21 in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, the territory of the district, together with the territory of the town of oblast significance of Gubkin, is incorporated as Gubkinsky Urban Okrug. Its administrative center is the town of...
are incorporated as Gubkinsky Urban Okrug
Gubkinsky Urban Okrug, Belgorod Oblast
Gubkinsky Urban Okrug is a municipal formation in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, one of the three urban okrugs in the oblast. Its territory comprises the territories of two administrative divisions of Belgorod Oblast—Gubkinsky District and the town of oblast significance of Gubkin.It was established by...
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