Raduzhny, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Raduschny (Russian Радужный ) is a town in western Siberia, in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District / Yugra (Russia) with 43 ​​399 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located north of the Ob in the West Siberian Plain, about 140 km north-east of Nizhnevartovsk the river Agan. The climate is continental.

Raduschny forms a separate urban district, which is surrounded by the territory of Rajons Nizhnevartovsk.

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

History

Radushny was created in 1973 as a geologist and petroleum workers' settlement in connection with the development of the Warjegan - oil field ( Варьеганское месторождение ) and other deposits in the area. In 1985, the site of a town. The name is derived from the Russian word raduga ( радуга ) for rainbow.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Culture and sights

Since 2000 there Raduschny in a small museum under the name Eco - ethnographic museum. The museum is mainly the culture of the Khanty and Nenets, the indigenous population of the area, dedicated.

Economy

Raduschny is a center of oil production. Here are, inter alia, the company Warjeganneftegas ( Варьеганнефтегаз ) Warjeganneft ( Варьеганнефть ) and Negusneft ( Негуснефть ) resident.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Alexei Volkov (* 1988), biathlete