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New Urengoy through the eyes of a resident. About climate, ecology, areas, real estate prices and work in the city. Pros and cons of living in Novy Urengoy. Reviews from residents and those who moved to the city.
Geographical location and history of Novy Urengoy
The city of Novy Urengoy is the unofficial gas capital of Russia, a city of gas workers, construction workers, unforgettable white nights and simply beloved Nur, so affectionately nicknamed by local residents. A city where white nights reign in summer, and gray snow rules in winter...
It is not surprising that throughout the summer it is as light at night as during the day. After all, Novy Urengoy is located in the northern part of Western Siberia, only 60 km south of the Arctic Circle on the coast of the Evoyakha River, a tributary of the Pura. And it seems that the very existence of Urengoy is also inextricably linked with rivers - two small rivers flow through the city - Tamchara-Yakha and Sede-Yakha, dividing its territory into two large regions - Northern and Southern.
And the name of the city “Urengoy” is due to the combination of the Khanty and Nenets words “Ure” and “Ngo”, meaning “oxbow lake” and “island” or an island on the site of the old river bed.
Some sources interpret the translation of the word “Urengoy” as “bald hill” or “hill covered with yellow grass,” but earlier the name of the city was translated as “a lost place,” so nicknamed by Gulag prisoners. Actually, it was from the Gulag that the history of the city began back in 1949, when, near New Urengoy, its prisoners, on the orders of Stalin, began to build the Salekhard-Igarka railway, which after his death was declared economically unfeasible, the work was curtailed, and the road was nicknamed “dead.”
Only years later, employees of the Tsibenko seismic station would borrow one of the Gulag camps as a base, and later discover the first gas field, later named Urengoyskoye. So in June 1966, in Urengoy, the team of master Polupanov would cut the first exploration well, and a new Urengoy natural gas field would appear on the geological map of the USSR - the largest in the world in terms of hydrocarbon production.
However, active development of the city will begin only in 1973, when the first convoy arrives from the village of Pangody to the site of the future settlement in order to begin construction of the city. In 1975, Novy Urengoy was registered as a village, and already in 1978, Urengoygazdobycha emerged - the largest production association, which reached the production of the first billion cubic meters of Urengoy gas by May 30 of the same year. Just two years later, in 1980, Novy Urengoy received the status of a city, and already in 1983, through the constructed Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline, Urengoy gas began to flow to Western European countries.
After which the city continues to develop at a rapid pace and soon surpasses the administrative capital of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Salekhard, in economic indicators and population, becoming the second largest city in the district and second only to Noyabrsk. Today, about 550 billion cubic meters of natural gas are produced annually in Yamal, where the leading role belongs to the enterprises of Novy Urengoy, and the city itself is among the top ten in terms of per capita income in the Russian Federation.
“I came out of the forest; there was a severe frost" or all about the climate and ecology of Novy Urengoy
However, this “income” is not so easy for the residents of Novy Urengoy, who live in harsh climatic conditions, as evidenced even by the entries in their work books - “Region of the Far North”. Despite the fact that Novy Urengoy is located in the temperate continental climate zone, the city’s territory falls on its northernmost part, bordering on a subarctic climate, and therefore the weather conditions here are appropriate. The average annual air temperature in the city fluctuates between – 5.7°C, and the average annual humidity is 78%.
Winters in Urengoy are long and cold (about 284 days a year) and, as in Nekrasov’s poem, are characterized by “severe frosts.” The lowest temperatures occur in January and February. And although the monthly averages for these months are -21.7 and -20.1°C, during this period the thermometer often drops below -30°C, often remaining at -45°C.
During periods of such severe cold weather, schoolchildren are announced on all local TV channels forced holidays - “aktiki”, and on days of particularly severe frosts, even some organizations are closed. Just as hard as the severe cold, local residents endure during the winter season is the short duration of daylight hours, averaging 1.5-2 hours, while on the shortest day of the year - the winter solstice - the sun appears in Novy Urengoy and only for 1 hour and 5 minutes.
But the main attraction of summer in the city, as opposed to winter, are the white nights, lasting from June to August, and the warmest period occurs in July with average monthly temperatures of +15.1°C. Despite the fact that summer in the city lasts only about 35 days, often at this time in Novy Urengoy there is suffocating heat of about +25..+30°C.
The amount of precipitation that falls during the year is quite insignificant and amounts to no more than 400 mm. Another characteristic feature of the city is strong winds (10-15 m/sec, or even higher) and sudden temperature changes, during which thermometers can change their readings by 15-20°C during the day.
But the environmental situation in the city, despite its “gas-producing status,” is characterized by enviable stability. The main industrial enterprises of Novy Urengoy are located far beyond the city limits, in its so-called industrial zone, household waste, along with snow in winter, is regularly removed, and any unauthorized landfills in Novy Urengoy are immediately punishable by huge fines. In 2010, a workshop for recycling mercury-containing lamps, including fluorescent lamps, was also opened in Nura.
The “multinational” face of Urengoy residents – features of the city’s population
Harsh natural conditions could not but affect the demographic characteristics of New Urengoy. And, despite the fact that the gas capital is the second most populous city in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, according to 2012 data, only 106 thousand people live in Novy Urengoy. However, for the conditions of the Far North, this is practically a record, especially considering the fact that in 1979 the number of Urengoy residents did not even reach the ten thousand mark, amounting to only 8,580 people.
But the development of the city proceeded at a rapid pace. After the opening of Urengoygazdobycha, the need for labor resources increased every year, an increasing number of people working in gas and engineering and construction specialties came to the city, and by 1989 more than 93 thousand people lived in Nura. It is after this point that the population begins to grow, mainly not due to incoming labor resources, but naturally due to the birth rate. In 2002, the number of Urengoy residents reached 94.5 thousand people, and statistics at the beginning of 2014 already indicate 115.8 thousand city residents.
It is not for nothing that Novy Urengoy is called the city of the future and youth. The demographic situation of Nur is characterized by enviable stability and with a birth rate of about 14 people per 1000 Urengoy residents (2011), today the number of its residents under the age of 18 is more than 25% of the total population of the city.
The working population of Urengoy is also large (over 60% of the total), which is primarily due to the fact that after retirement, most Urengoy residents move for permanent residence to the central regions of the country on their own or under a local resettlement program. The majority of the working population consists of workers at gas production enterprises with narrow technical specialties, engineers, builders and service workers.
Another typical feature of the population of the unofficial gas capital is its multinationality. Today, representatives of more than 40 nationalities live in Novy Urengoy, most of whom are Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Chechens and Dagestanis, Circassians, as well as other people from the southern Russian republics, including countries of the post-Soviet space. Based on this, the city’s believing population is divided into two main groups: Christians (the vast majority) and Muslims.
Districts and real estate of New Urengoy
But territorially, according to official documentation, the city of Novy Urengoy is divided into four large districts: northern and southern, as well as the districts of Limbayakha and Korotchaevo. The first two districts, popularly called “Severka” and “Yuzhka”, actually represent the city itself and are separated by a tundra zone and two rivers.
But the districts of Limbayakha and Korotchaevo are more than 70 km away from the center of New Urengoy, and until 2004 they were autonomous administrative-territorial units. However, in September 2004, a referendum was held among the population of these villages on the desire of the residents to become part of the city of Novy Urengoy, as a result of which, by a majority of votes, it was decided to transform the villages of Limbayakha and Korotchaevo into areas of the “gas capital”. Thus, Novy Urengoy acquired two districts significantly removed from its center and became one of the longest cities in the world with a total length of more than 80 km.
However, the Urengoy residents themselves still consider Korotchaevo and Limbayakha to be separate villages, and their two inextricably linked parts, the northern and the southern, are considered districts of the city.
Yuzhka, as a district of New Urengoy, is the oldest part of the city, from which the history of the emergence and development of Urengoy actually began. It was here on September 23, 1973, on the site of the future city, under the famous words of the Minister of Gas Industry Sabit Orujov: “Here will be the city of gas workers and builders Urengoy,” a symbolic peg was driven into the ground.
Today, the southern part of the city is the location of most administrative and public institutions. The main places of “meeting and parting” in the city are located here - the railway station and the airport,
and the main points of “treatment and rehabilitation” of New Urengoy - the Municipal City Hospital and the largest private medical clinic “Scanner”, as well as the “favorite authorities” of entrepreneurs, accountants and the rest of the working population of the city - pension, social insurance and tax services.
Geographically, the south also owns the migration service, the registry office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the traffic police, a mosque and an Orthodox church under construction. Actually, the main city-forming and largest gas industry enterprises are concentrated in the southern part of the city. These are Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy and Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, as well as Burgaz, Rospan International, Rosneftegaz, etc.
But the “conventional center” of the southern part of New Urengoy is occupied by the Gazodobytchik Cultural and Sports Center and the main square of the city, where all the most significant events of the “gas capital” take place. Not far from the square is the picturesque Nameless Lake, surrounded by a small park. In summer, seasonal cafes operate along its shores, and in winter, you can ride on a snowmobile or a reindeer sleigh on the frozen lake (during the holiday of the Northern Peoples).
Although, unlike the northern part of New Urengoy, the fabric of the south is mostly woven from parallel and intersecting streets (central Leningradsky Prospekt, Sibirskaya Street, Geologorazvedchikov, 26 Congress of the CPSU, etc.), and not from the usual microdistricts, the location of residential buildings is here also distinguished by its “northern compactness”.
And each “mini-group” of residential high-rise buildings certainly has its own school, kindergarten, pharmacy and supermarket (shopping center) or several grocery stores.
And in order to become the owner of an apartment in one of these residential areas of New Urengoy, you will have to pay a tidy sum. Thus, according to average estimates, the cost of one-room apartments in the southern part of the city today on the secondary market is about 3.2-3.5 million rubles (depending on the condition of the housing, square footage, number of floors, distance from the bus stop, etc.).
Housing in wooden houses, the so-called KDMO, is much cheaper, and there are fewer and fewer of them in Novy Urengoy every year. So, on average, a one-room apartment in such a building can cost a potential buyer 2 million rubles. But since such real estate is often sold even without a warrant (at prices of 100-300 thousand rubles), there are very few, if not very few, people willing to purchase it.
Urengoy residents are also in no hurry to buy up the newfangled townhouses that have recently sprung up like mushrooms on the outskirts of the southern part of the city. And although their prices are not much higher than the prices for housing in apartment buildings, not everyone dares to buy a private house built on permafrost territory.
Housing in the northern part of the city, which was developed later than the southern part and is rightfully considered its residential area, is no less expensive, if not more. Well, since most of the houses here are newer than in the south, the cost of one-room apartments ranges from 3.2-3.7 million rubles (resale), and the residential buildings themselves are located in the city’s neighborhoods adjacent to each other: Druzhba, Mirny, Yubileiny , Soviet, Eastern and Student.
As in the south, almost every district has complete infrastructure - its own school, kindergarten, pharmacy and a number of shops or even a shopping center. By the way, all residential buildings in the city are maintained by management companies and the administration in good, often excellent condition: every spring, snow and ice are cleared from the roofs, and the facades of the most “dilapidated” houses are re-plastered, repainted, and sometimes even re-clad.
In the northern part of New Urengoy there are much fewer administrative and public buildings than in the southern part. The city administration and departments of the clinic and passport office are located here. Among the city-forming enterprises in the north, one can name the Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy branch. But the real decorations of the north are rightfully considered its temple, “campus” and park.
Beyond the outskirts of the Druzhba microdistrict, on the picturesque coast of the Sede-Yakha River, the wooden temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov rises majestically.
Just a few minutes walk from it there is a young park with a unique summer fountain. Well, in the very “heart” of the northern part of the city there is a student town with the Novy Urengoy Technical School of the Gas Industry and the square with the Victory Monument located in front of it.
Infrastructure of Nur - a paradise in three dimensions
As they say, we won’t take it with one, but with the other. And if the natural conditions of the city, with their harshness, are not conducive to a joyful stay in it, then the infrastructure of New Urengoy, on the contrary, is thought out to the smallest detail for the joy and convenience of local residents. Moreover, this can be said with confidence both about transport and about the industrial and social infrastructure of Nura - a kind of paradise in three dimensions.
Thus, Novy Urengoy can safely boast of 100% availability of all means of transportation. At the same time, air transport has always been and remains the most popular in the city. Today, the local airport receives aircraft from Moscow (3-5 flights daily), the northern capital - St. Petersburg (at least a flight per week), as well as Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Salekhard, etc. During the “warm period”, seasonal flights operate between Novy Urengoy and Krasnodar, as well as Nur and Mineralnye Vody.
No less developed in the gas capital is the railway service, represented mainly by Russian Railways trains. So, a train departs from Urengoy every day to Moscow, and according to this message, the Yamal branded train also runs on schedule. In addition, trains depart from the Urengoy station to Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, etc., and the railway connection itself plays an important role in freight turnover. The local river port, located in Korotchaevo and being a transport artery between the cities and towns of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Northern Sea Route, also plays an equally important role in the city’s economy. The Urengoy River Port bears the lion's share of cargo delivery for local construction and gas production enterprises.
The city's transport network is also very developed: in addition to the main roads crossing the territory of Nur, the city has bypass routes, and in its southern part a local viaduct was built for optimal transport interchange.
That is why there are practically no traffic jams in Novy Urengoy, with the exception of a slight congestion of the highway in the morning hours (from 7 to 9 am), and the main ones are caused either by accidents on the roads or by the “slipping” of freight trains under the viaduct. The road surface in the city itself is of high quality; moreover, in “problem areas”, repair work is carried out every summer and new asphalt is laid. In recent years, a tradition has emerged every summer to expand the highway in some area of Urengoy.
In addition, due to the city’s low supply of garages, the Urengoy administration annually increases the area of “parking spaces” near houses by increasing the driveways in front of them.
As mentioned earlier, housing and communal services are not lagging behind: the areas adjacent to houses, as well as the entrances to them, are regularly cleaned by Urengoyzhilservice employees, and in winter they are cleared of snow. Actually, this diligence is partly caused by the high prices for utilities in Nura, where, for example, 1 cubic meter of hot water costs Urengoy residents on average 104 rubles, cold water - 28 rubles, with the cost of a cubic meter of sewerage being 31 rubles. And the very “maintenance” of housing, for example, a small one-room apartment, will cost about 1,400 rubles per month; a slightly smaller amount, about 1,150 rubles, will have to be paid for its monthly heat supply. At the same time, the cost of 1 thousand cubic meters of natural gas costs Urengoy residents 2,686 rubles, which is only 27 rubles per month for the maintenance of one stove. Average prices for electricity in the city are 1.7 rubles per 1 kWh.
Social infrastructure is also very developed in Novy Urengoy. There are more than 38 preschool institutions, 24 schools in the city, including a local gymnasium, a secondary evening school and 2 elementary schools. The doors of the local Support Center are open for children with developmental disabilities, and Urengoy youth can receive secondary vocational education in a number of local schools, including the gas industry technical school. In addition, 7 branches of Russian universities have been opened in the city, the most important among which is the Yamal Oil and Gas Institute.
Nur's healthcare sector is represented by 11 medical institutions, with the largest of them being the municipal city multidisciplinary hospital. In addition, the gas capital has 17 sports institutions, as well as a number of city palaces and cultural and sports centers.
Deserved status of the gas capital - enterprises and work in Novy Urengoy
In fact, Novy Urengoy received the unofficial status of the “gas capital” of Russia quite deservedly, because the leading role in the economic complex of the city belongs to the gas industry. Thus, the city-forming enterprises of Nur are such global industrial giants as Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy, Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, a branch of Urengoy Drilling, Gazprom Podzemremont Urengoy, as well as other large enterprises such as Rospan International, " Arcticgaz", "Achimgaz", "Rosneftegaz", etc., which own more than 74% of all gas production in the Russian Federation.
It is worth noting that the fuel and energy industry of the city employs more than 80% of the city’s labor resources. At the same time, the main players in the fuel sector are Urengoygazprom, Yamburggazdobycha, Burgaz, Sibneftegaz, etc., while in the foreground in the electric power industry are Tyumenenergo, Urengoyskaya GRES, Mobile Power Stations Urengoy. and “Mobile Energy”.
Second fiddle after the fuel and energy complex in the economy of New Urengoy is played by the food industry, represented by a number of enterprises producing fish, meat and sausage, smoke-dried and dairy products, as well as various semi-finished products and bakery products. The actual production of confectionery and bakery products makes up a large part of the food industry in New Urengoy. And here it is impossible not to mention such leaders as the branch of Zapsibgaztorg - Urengoygaztorg, Yamal-plus, Ankor, Topaz and Revansh.
In the gas capital, the Novy Urengoy Water and Clean Water enterprises also produce soft drinks and drinking water, and the Assortment and Urengoygazdorstroymaterialy organizations supply local beer to the city’s shelves. In addition, about 400 retail trade enterprises, 6 food, mixed and clothing markets, as well as 36 public catering organizations and about 13 consumer services enterprises supply city residents with industrial and food products.
In recent years, namely a decade, several large shopping centers and entertainment complexes have been built in the city.
These include the Helicopter and Hudson shopping centers, which belong to the same owners and are essentially one chain based on the Anchor grocery supermarket, which is also represented in the city and in other shopping centers, for example, in the Yamal shopping and entertainment complex. .
But the pioneers include the Urengoygaztorg retail chain, whose products are presented in the large shopping centers “Siberia”, “Victoria”, “White Nights” and “Desyatochka”.
There are also chains of supermarkets for household chemicals and cosmetics in the city, such as Optima and Lyubimy, Letual, as well as large furniture stores and electronics supermarkets, including M-Video and Expert. Pharmacy chains in Novy Urengoy are represented by pharmacies “Rigla”, “Scanner”, “Health of the North”, etc.
In recent years, incredible competition has also flared up in the field of “fashion and beauty” - more than 10 beauty salons, hairdressers and ateliers have been opened in the city, as well as in the provision of legal and accounting services. The banking sector is dominated by two Russian giants - Sberbank, Gazprombank - and several largest Siberian banks Zapsibkombank, Sibneftebank, Khanty-Mansiysk Bank, etc. And all of the above for only 106 thousand inhabitants, which indicates high economic development of the city.
But the sphere of information support in Novy Urengoy is occupied by four print media and a similar number of local television and radio companies.
Criminal Novy Urengoy – gangster 90s and “clan” 2000s
By the way, a considerable share of the latter’s broadcasting is occupied by local crime reports. And if in the fateful 90s they were mainly devoted to local gang wars on the topic of “redividing an already divided world,” as well as reports about growing drug addiction, including children’s, then in the last decade, more and more often, reports about resonant conflicts based on interethnic strife. And the main participants in them are representatives of local southern diasporas, for example, the Chechen one, and “clanism” in Urengoy still remains one of the main problems of the local police.
So in 2008, during a birthday celebration, which was attended by about 10 people of Slavic nationality, a group of Caucasians of about 40 people suddenly appeared at the celebration, who subsequently started a fight using knives and shooting. As it turned out, one of the guys present at the birthday party had previously had a conflict with them, which the Caucasians decided to “resolve” at the time of their arrival. The result of the fight was the murder of a young man, Alexander Stakhov, and two more guys with knife wounds were urgently hospitalized in a local hospital.
After this incident, there were several more interethnic conflicts in the city, ending in fights and shootings. That is why later in Novy Urengoy, additional round-the-clock patrols of Nur were introduced to help the police in order to strengthen control over the criminal situation in the city.
At the beginning of 2012, steps were also taken to “close” Novy Urengoy as a city of industrial importance, to which visitors could only enter strictly by invitation or challenge. At the entrance to the city, “border” posts were set up, and inspection at the airport was supplemented by passport control. However, this practice did not last long and once again, for about the tenth time, the so-called “closure” of the city was a fiasco.
Urengoy tourist
In fact, ordinary guests of the city, tourists, as well as people coming to Urengoy on business visits, for whom the closure of the gas capital meant, first of all, paperwork, could not help but rejoice at this fiasco. Today they can freely visit the city, because, despite its obvious “youth” for the city, Novy Urengoy can safely boast of the presence of many local attractions.
Guests of the city should first of all visit the local stela of New Urengoy - a symbolic monument to the gas capital, located at the entrance to the city. And of course, cross the “invisible” line - the border of the Arctic Circle, on which a unique metal monument in the form of a sphere is installed.
Also in the city you can see a themed Victory memorial, where flowers are laid on each anniversary,
get acquainted with the pedestal “Pioneers of the development of Urengoy”, located in front of one of the divisions of Urengoygazprom,
visit the local city museum of fine arts and simply relax in the green park area “Druzhba” with its luxurious sail fountain.
Nature lovers can also visit Nameless Lake, which borders a small residential area in the southern part of the city.
Well, for those guests who love to eat deliciously, dance and relax in style, there are dozens of Urengoy cafes, restaurants and night clubs. The restaurants “Old Castle”, “Banker”, “Polar Owl” and “Lyon” are distinguished by their special sophistication, but a stay in them may seem somewhat expensive to guests who are not accustomed to “northern” prices. Thus, a table at the Banker club will cost its visitors about 4,000 rubles: payment for tables in this club is required, and for this amount you can order about two servings of excellent shish kebab, a side dish, a couple of salads and light cocktails.
The Madagascar cafe and a number of cafes and eateries in the Hudson, Helicopter and Siberia shopping centers have more affordable prices. Here you can simply chat with friends over a cup of aromatic coffee with cinnamon and taste excellent cottage cheese pie. But the famous McDonald's is not in the city yet, but it is being successfully replaced by a cafe with a similar menu - “In Great Demand”. In the city you can relax in two bowling clubs in “Polar Owl” and “Yamal”, and lovers of active recreation can play paintball and conquer the local skald.
In winter, you can ride snowmobiles and admire the local ice town, which is built every year on the main square by genius architects. Actually, in Novy Urengoy in winter, even mini-bell towers are built from snow on Epiphany days, and on the Sede-Yakha River, ice holes are cut and fonts are installed for all Christians who want to take a dip. Well, after just a month and a half, in early to mid-March, great folk festivities begin - the Festival of the Peoples of the North, where you can taste delicious venison and kebab from northern fish, ride a sleigh in a reindeer sled and just admire the faces of those who inhabited this city long before its development.
There is a huge number of various monuments in Novy Urengoy. The site presents the most significant and interesting monuments of New Urengoy.
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This monument is located not far from the administrative building of Gazprom, the choice of location was not accidental, it is here that the 66th parallel is located, so to speak, a conventional line beyond which the territory of the Arctic Circle begins. Previously, a monument was erected at this place; local residents and guests of Novy Urengoy came here to perform various rituals or make a wish. Very often newlyweds came here to tie a ribbon and take memorable photographs. And now, a few years later, the old monument was replaced by a new one.
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One of the main attractions of the city is the monument to the Pioneers of the development of Urengoy. It was entirely designed by the architect Nikolai Raspopov, Honored Artist of Russia. The monument was erected in honor of the anniversary of Urengoygazprom, 25 years have passed since its opening. The opening day of the monument was chosen on the eve of a holiday dedicated to all workers in the oil and gas industry.
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This monument fully embodies the city's past. It is one of the main symbols of the city. It is here, where the monument is now located, that the history of the entire city began. In addition, the great history of modern Gazprom began in this same place. A significant date is June 6, 1966, it was on this day that a fountain of natural gas came out with enormous force from the first exploration well, which was drilled to a depth of 1300 meters. This brigade was under the leadership of V. Polupanov.
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This monument is one of the interesting attractions in the city. It is located in the square in front of the Temple, in the northern part of the city. Many public figures and the entire city administration came to its opening. The memorial sign was unveiled on the eve of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino. Near the monument, the cadets laid a capsule with soil. The lighting ceremony for the monument was conducted by Oleg Nelin, rector of the Temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov. After the illumination, he distributed pieces of Borodino bread to everyone who wanted it.
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Another attraction in Novy Urengoy is the locomotive monument. Such an unusual monument was erected in connection with the history of the city, because the railway plays an important role in the city. To build the city, a large amount of building materials was needed, and various foodstuffs for the residents; trains brought everything they needed, and nothing interfered with the construction of the city. It was decided to erect the monument near the central station, on Privokzalnaya Street.
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The fate of the city is very closely connected with the name of this man. In 1973, on September 23, Sabit Atayevich uttered the phrase “A new city of builders and gas workers will be built here.” Sabit Atayevich was a scientist, organizer of the country's energy complex, as well as a Hero of Socialist Labor, and during the USSR he was appointed Minister of the Gas Industry. He made a huge contribution to the development of gas fields in Novy Urengoy.
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The main attractions of the city include the Memorial. It is located on the square of the same name, which was built in honor of the memory of those killed during the Great Patriotic War. War veterans, various representatives of public organizations, and local residents approached the city administration with a request to open a memorial monument in honor of the Urengoy residents who fell on the battlefield. On February 12, 2005, a decision was made to build a square and install a memorial on it. Many sketches were proposed, but the best was the work of Moscow sculptor Andrei Frangulyan.
New Urengoy is a large city in the Tyumen region of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the “gas capital” of Russia, “the city of gas producers and builders.” The northern settlement deservedly bears these names.
The main industry of New Urengoy is gas. Thus, the leading giant enterprises in this area are GazProm Dobycha Urengoy, GazProm Dobycha Yamburg, Arcticgaz, Rosneftegaz, the Urengoy Drilling branch and other important large enterprises.
Almost all labor resources (over 80%) are employed in the fuel and energy industries. Some of the main enterprises in these areas: Burgaz, Urengoygazprom, Tyumenenergo, Mobile Energy and others. On the territory of the Russian Federation, Urengoy is among the top ten in terms of per capita income.
However, despite such profitable city-forming conditions, wages for city residents in these harsh climatic conditions are not so easy to obtain. The city is located in the north of Western Siberia and once again cannot pamper its residents with good weather. The warmest month here is July with an average temperature of plus 17.1 °C.
New Ugengoy is also called the “city of white nights”. Almost all summer it is as bright as day here. This is explained by its proximity to the Arctic Circle. The townspeople themselves affectionately call their Urenga “Nur”.
Despite the unfavorable natural conditions, the infrastructure of New Urengoy is pleasantly pleasing. Everything here is thought out to the smallest detail. Nur can safely boast about his means of transportation. Surprisingly, air transport is still the most popular. Seasonal flights between Novy Urengoy and Mineralnye Vody are popular. The railway is well developed, represented mainly by Russian Railways trains, but there is also a branded train “Yamal”
The city's road network is well developed; in addition to the main roads, there are also bypass routes; there are almost no traffic jams.
Nur’s social infrastructure is also encouraging: about 40 preschool institutions, 24 schools, a local “Support” Center for children with disabilities, 7 branches of Russian higher educational institutions have been opened, among which is the Yamal Oil and Gas Institute.
Healthcare is well developed, there are 11 medical institutions. In addition, the gas capital has a number of sports institutions, city palaces, as well as cultural and sports centers.
However, Novy Urengoy cannot boast of many of its attractions. Their list is quite modest. In any case, upon arrival in the city, you can.
The Novy Urengoy Museum of Fine Arts, which opened its doors to visitors in 1984, is definitely worth a visit. It is located on Molodezhnaya Street a stone's throw from the center. The museum collection contains paintings and graphics by local artists and young talents. The paintings mostly depict the construction of gas pipelines.
Right here, in the city center, you can admire the favorite place of Yamal residents in the summer - the “Sail of the Cool Summer” fountain. Its streams of water have an unusual color - milky white. Moreover, each of them consists of a huge number of bubbles.
At the same time, this fountain resembles a “blue flower” of gas.
It is also worth looking at the monument to the great Russian scientist, who at one time was involved in organizing the entire energy complex - Sabit Atayevich Orujev.
At the base of the monument to the Pioneers there is a capsule with a message to the residents of New Urengoy in 2028.
Novy Urengoy residents visit the wooden church of St. Seraphim of Sarov. The temple is located on the outskirts of the Druzhba microdistrict on the banks of the Sede-Yakha River. In the fall of 2014, it is planned to complete the construction of the tallest building in the city - the Epiphany Cathedral.
The construction of a new multifunctional station has been completed.
One of the attractions of New Urengoy is clean air. The natural attractions here can delight you with their beauty. Among them is the picturesque Lake Molodezhnoe. Every winter it hosts a festival of the peoples of the north, where mass celebrations and competitions in various sports are held.
What can I say, the harsh Siberian conditions attract few people. People go to the northern city of Novy Urengoy mainly in search of work, the pay for which is quite decent. Having come here once, you may stay here for a long time: some will be attracted by the income and well-established social sphere, and others by the harsh and at the same time purest and picturesque nature.
The cities of Russia amaze with their beauty and grandeur and attract a large number of tourists. And it doesn’t matter at all whether it’s an ancient city or a young one. Each of them is unique and attractive.
The city of Novy Urengoy is located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. This city is known to everyone as the “gas capital” of our country. And, although its history is only tens of years old, there is a lot to see and interesting places where you can enjoy your vacation.
The city is located on the banks of the Evo-Yakha River, a tributary of the Pura; two rivers flow through the city itself - Tamchara-Yakha and Sede-Yakha, dividing it into the Northern and Southern parts.
Since 1949, the construction of a railway was carried out in the tundra, at the direction of Stalin, by the hands of Gulag prisoners, whose work later helped gas producers discover large deposits of natural gas. The official date of birth of the city is August 18, 1975, which at that time had the status of a village. Then it developed at a rapid pace, and already on June 16, 1980 it received the status of a city, but the year of its foundation is still considered to be 1975, and City Day is celebrated in September, as in most other cities in Russia.
You can get to it by road, rail and air. The extracted natural gas is supplied both within the country and abroad, a huge number of fields are exploited, which allows us to rightfully consider this city the “gas capital” of Russia.
Guests of the city who reach it by rail will certainly enjoy the monument to the locomotive. It stands on Privokzalnaya Street, not far from the central station.
It was on this diesel locomotive, donated to the city for the thirty-year anniversary of the station, that many years ago materials for the construction of the city were delivered. For people looking at the train, it reminds them of the development of the region and its history.
Location: Privokzalnaya street (in the park).
Next to the administrative building of Gazprom, stands a majestic monument, a symbol of the gas production of the industrial center. It was created in the shape of a sphere, the material is metal, and it was opened in April 2013. The emblem of Yamal, the symbol of Gazprom, is visible on the sphere. Before the installation of the monument, residents came here to make wishes; this tradition has survived to this day.
Location: Zheleznodorozhnaya street - 8.
In 2003, a monument was erected in the city, decorating the central square. Reminiscent of the image of the Motherland in the form of a woman holding a torch in her right hand, which invites everyone to follow the pioneers of the city.
The figure is made in full height, captivating with its powerful appearance and impressive 12-meter size. The author of the sculpture is the great artist of Russia, Nikolai Raspopov. At the base they laid a time capsule, a kind of message to descendants, and it will be opened in 11 years, when the Urengoygazprom company turns 50 years old.
Location: street 26 Congress of the CPSU - 12.
The history of Novy Urengoy is clearly depicted in the main attraction, in the monument to the drilling well and people. It is not located in the city itself, a few kilometers away, but is always included in the route of city sightseeing tours. This is exactly the place where 51 years ago a high fountain of natural gas gushed from a well; this is where the great history of the Gazprom organization began, and this monument stands here.
The monument represents two workers standing at a drilling derrick, it reminds where development began and how the city came into being. A wonderful monument is a symbol of the feat of strong and courageous people.
Location: Magistralnaya street.
You can enjoy a family holiday and walks with children by visiting the builders' park. It received its name thanks to the famous builder Andrey Ivanovich Nalivaiko, according to whose designs many city buildings were built.
In the park there is a large sculpture depicting architectural structures, next to it is a board of honor for people who show themselves better than others in their field, in their work. In the summer, the square is attractive for its park area with benches and paths, flower beds, lanterns, and in winter people come here to enjoy the beauty of the ice sculptures.
Location: Yamalskaya street.
In 2005, a fountain, the first in the city, was opened in Friendship Park. It was named Sail because of the structure in the fountain, made in the shape of sails fluttering in the wind; there is both a mast and a stern; it personifies the city’s movement forward, the desire of residents for its development. And, although the city is located in the Far North, in permafrost, there are quite hot summer days when people come to the fountain in search of freshness.
The City Museum of Fine Arts of New Urengoy was created in 1984; at the very beginning it was an art gallery, which later turned into a large museum, the only one in the area.
The museum's collection contains a huge number of exhibits from the Far North and the Tyumen region. Here you can see examples of decorative and applied arts; collection: Novy Urengoy – both city and destiny; works by artists of New Urengoy; samples of clothing of the indigenous peoples of the North; temporary exhibitions are held dedicated to important events of the country, for example, on Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War.
Location: Molodezhnaya street - 17.
Soviet theater and film actor, poet, author and performer of songs, everyone’s favorite Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky sunk into the souls of millions of Soviet and then Russian residents. This also affected the pioneers of Novy Urengoy; now a monument has been erected to him in the city, which attracts all fans of his work.
A bronze realistic statue, made in full height, Vysotsky holds a guitar in his right hand, holds his jacket hanging over his shoulder with his left hand, a deep look, all this gives a lot of impressions.
Location: Leningradsky Prospekt - 12.
The temple near the Arctic Circle, an amazing Urengoy miracle, the money for the construction of which was collected in the shortest possible time - just two days, and construction was completed six weeks later. Belongs to the Salekhard diocese.
It is made in the style of wooden architecture. The amazing murals on the church walls were painted by local artists O. Denisova and A. Belyaev; there is a children's gymnasium at the church. The temple is located on the banks of a picturesque river, fits perfectly into the natural landscape, which creates an even deeper feeling of calm and tranquility.
Location: Vatolina K.F. street
In 2012, an interesting monument was erected next to the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov - a monument to Borodino bread.
It reminds people of the victory over Napoleon, and of the soldiers who died a brave death, bravely fighting for their Motherland. And it is no coincidence that this particular type of bread was chosen as a symbol of memory, because traditionally it is a funeral one. The monument represents a large loaf of bread, rye bread, Borodino bread, with a cut piece, lying on a pedestal with the memorial inscription “Bread of our memory.”
In the northern part of the city there is a shopping center, it contains everything you need, retail outlets for clothes and shoes, fabrics, telephones. Fast food outlets, snack bars and cafes are represented. There is a cinema.
A modern shopping center where you can find all the necessary goods for every person. It is located between the northern and southern parts of the city. There are many shops, the opportunity to eat in cafes and restaurants of the shopping center, you can visit beauty salons, an excellent place for entertainment in the gaming rooms with a large selection of entertainment services. A helicopter is visible on the facade of the building, reminding everyone of the most important means of transportation for the northerners.
Location: Podshibyakina street - 1/2A.
An excellent place for a family holiday. A clean, cozy cafe, a relaxing place for couples, business partners, and young people. A large abundance of dishes of various tastes and price categories.
Large, spacious hall, comfortable tables, quality service, entertainment programs, karaoke, celebrations and banquets, New Year's and corporate parties.
Location: Sovetsky microdistrict - 6.
A tempting place for young people, friendly entertainment, corporate recreation. There are six lanes and tables for snacks. Good music and a pleasant relaxing atmosphere.
Location: Yubileinaya street - 5.
On weekends and holidays, the best place to relax for the majority of the population is still nature. You can walk through the vast expanses of the tundra, stop for the night, either on your own with friends and family, or by ordering walking tours from local tour operators. Residents admire the beauty of the full-flowing Pur River, the view of which helps to escape from the bustle of the city. Fishing in the waters of the tundra also leaves a lot of unforgettable impressions and pleasure.
Every year, around the end of March, a large-scale holiday is celebrated, the festival of the peoples of the north, showing a fabulous picture of life in New Urengoy.
Various events are held here, for example, unforgettable reindeer sledding or snowmobiling; spectators are given the opportunity to see northern all-around tournaments, see elements of the national northern culture, remember legends, hear songs of the peoples of the north, and taste folk cuisine.
A fascinating sight, for which you can travel thousands of kilometers, the northern lights. Watching him takes your breath away, your heart beats faster, you can watch it for hours.
Like many other cities, Novy Urengoy has exhibitions that deserve attention. Despite its young age (the settlement of gas producers received city status in 1980), the collections of local museums cannot be called meager.
Art Museum
The first exhibition within the museum opened in 1984. This museum is the only exhibition in the Yamalo-Nenets Okrug that presents fine art.
Residents and guests of Novy Urengoy can get acquainted with the works of local artists. The basis of the collection is painting and graphics. Thematic evenings are often held here, and meetings with young artists are held. The task of the museum staff is to discover new talents for which the northern region is famous.
Address: st. Youth, 17.
Shopping center "Helicopter"
There is a building in the city that attracts the attention of all tourists. The guests whisper in surprise: “What, is he real?” What are we talking about?
The highlight of the modern complex is a helicopter installed on the roof of the building. In this original way, the owners of the shopping center decided to draw attention to their establishment.
The idea worked 100%. The floors of the shopping center are always crowded.
In the “Helicopter” shopping center you can not only buy something you like or buy souvenirs, but also sit in a cozy cafe, visit a beauty salon, and have fun in the game rooms. An excellent place for shopping and a pleasant stay. Address: st. Gubkina, 5.
In Novy Urengoy there are several monuments familiar to every resident of the gas-producing capital. Some were installed in honor of geologists, gas workers and builders. See monuments in honor of the labor feats of courageous people.
Stele "Gazpromdobycha Urengoy".
Monument to the drilling rig and people.
In 2005, a Memorial of Memory appeared in the city as a sign of gratitude to the fallen soldiers of the Great Patriotic War for saving the world from fascism. The majestic complex is located on Memory Square.
Local residents are proud of the unusual work of art in the Druzhba neighborhood. The original Sailboat fountain is installed in the center of the park.
The elegant design resembles a real sailboat. During the opening ceremony of the fountain, according to tradition, a bottle of champagne was broken on the side of the miracle ship and the wish was “seven feet under the keel.”
In summer, hundreds of jets gush from under the openwork lattice, and in winter you can admire a delightful light show “featuring” the original fountain. Photos against the backdrop of an unusual sailboat turn out great.
Monument to the First Train
Next to the railway station building, on a pedestal, there is the TEZ-3003 locomotive, which was the first to arrive in Novy Urengoy with construction materials and food supplies. On the day of the 30th anniversary of the Novy Urengoy station, the management of the Yamal Railway Company presented the city with this original gift.
Address: pl. Privokzalnaya, 1.
Monument to Borodino bread
The touching composition appeared in the city of gas workers in 2012. The opening of the monument was timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the victory in the Patriotic War.
On the pedestal there is a loaf of rye bread, cut into even pieces. This type of bread is popularly called funeral bread. It is for this reason that Borodino bread was chosen as a symbol of memory of the feat of the Russian people during the struggle against Napoleon.
Address: st. Vatolina, 2.
Builders Square
Visit this beautiful recreation area on Magistralnaya Street. Flowerbeds have been laid out, paths have been laid, benches and lanterns have been installed. In the center of the square there is a monument to the famous builder A.I. Nalivaiko, according to whose designs many buildings in the city were built.
On Universitetskaya Street, look at the monument to another great man, without whom the fate of Novy Urengoy could have turned out completely differently. It was Sabit Atayevich Oruzhdev who organized the construction of a new city on the harsh land of the Far North and planned the development of gas fields in this region.
Temple of Seraphim of Sarov
The beautiful church is located near the Arctic Circle. Local residents call the temple nothing more than the “Urengoy miracle”.
In 1995, worship services began in a small building, and a Sunday school was opened. Unfortunately, in 1997, a fire occurred due to an electrical fault. The fire completely destroyed the temple.
The residents decided to restore the church. The required amount was collected at a charity marathon organized to raise money. The temple was built in record time - in just two months. They say it has become even more beautiful than the original version.
Address: Zakharenkova str.
