Nyagan

Nyagan is a town within the northwest of Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, placed near the Ob River and 230 kilometers northwest of Khanty-Mansiysk. It is called after the Nyagan-Yugan River, a tributary of the Ob River. Nyagan is one of the youngest towns in Western Siberia. It became installed in 1965 as a forestry middle; it is now mainly a center of the petroleum and herbal fuel industries, and was in the beginning named Nyakh. This toponym appeared on maps inside the identical twelve months, but the city turned into renamed on August 15, 1985. The town territory is a waterlogged area, and the region is incredible for unexpected temperature drops.

The railway from Yekaterinburg to the Ob place has exceeded thru Nyagan because of the fact April 2, 1967. Nyagan Airport, which opened in 1993, handles the Russian Antonov An-24, Yakovlev Yak-forty, and Tupolev Tu-134 plane. Within the framework of administrative divisions, it's far incorporated due to the fact the city of okrug importance of Nyagan—an administrative unit with the popularity equal to that of the districts. As a municipal department, the town of okrug importance of Nyagan is incorporated as Nyagan Urban Okrug. On September 1, 2000 a neighborhood museum opened in Nyagan.