Muravlenko

Muravlenko (Russian Муравленко ) is a city in the autonomous district of the Yamal- Nenets (Russia) with 33 391 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located in the northern part of the West Siberian Plain, about 480 km southeast of the capital of the Autonomous Okrug Salechard.

The city Muravlenko forms a separate urban district, which is surrounded by the territory of Rajons Purowski.

Muravlenko is located 80 kilometers west of the station Chanymei which opened on this section 1984 railway Tyumen - Surgut - Novy Urengoy.

History

After the start of construction in 1982, the urban-type settlement Murawlenkowski was officially established in 1984. On August 6, 1990 it was awarded city status, 1991, the name changed to its present form. The name derives from Victor Muravlenko, a petroleum engineer and first director of Glawtjumenneftegas ( the headquarters of oil and gas exploration and extraction in West Siberia during the Soviet Union).

Demographics

Note: Census data (1989 rounded)

Culture, Education and sights

In Muravlenko there are branches of the Tyumen State University and the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University.

Economy

Muravlenko is the center of oil production on the deposits Murawlenkowskoje, Sutorminskoje, Kraineje, Sugmutskoje and others by Gazprom Neft (formerly Sibneft ).