Gubkin
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Gubkin (Russian: Гу́бкин) is a town in Belgorod Oblast, Russia and the administrative center of Gubkinsky District. Gubkin is located 138 km north-east of Belgorod and 500 km south of Moscow and sits on the on the Oskolets River, a tributary of the Oskol River.
Gubkin has a population of 86,083 (2002 Census), up from 73,848 in 1989 Census. The town was founded in the 1930s in place of the village of Korobkovo and named after the geologist Ivan Gubkin. Since 1939 the town has the status of an Urban-type settlement; since 1955 the status of a town.
[edit] External links
- Offical Gubkin Administration Site (Russian)
- City Web Portal (Russian)
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