ИШИМБАЙ | Прогулка по городу. Родина Башкирской НЕФТЯНОЙ ПРОМЫШЛЕННОСТИ

Ishimbay is the administrative center of the Ishimbay District of the Republic of Bashkortostan. It has been called a city of labor valor and glory (since 2016). Located in the south of Bashkortostan, 160 km from Ufa, on the banks of the Belaya River and at the mouth of the Tairuk River. It was founded in 1934 as a workers' settlement in connection with the development of the Ishimbay oil field. Population: 64,000. Along with Salavat and Sterlitamak, it forms the South Bashkortostan polycentric agglomeration-conurbation with a population of approximately 700,000. A city with a well-developed infrastructure, one of the major industrial centers in southern Bashkortostan, the first flagship of the region's oil production and refining industry, the capital of Second Baku, and the birthplace of the city of Salavat. The emergence and economic development of Ishimbay is linked to the discovery of an oil field in 1932, the formation of Second Baku. The city is named after Ishimbay Akberdin, who founded the village of Ishimbaevo in 1815. Monument to the Discoverers of Bashkir Oil (1969, sculptors Tamara Nechayeva and Boris Fuseyev, architect Lev Khikhlukha). Pedestal: diameter 4.5 x 6.3 m, height 0.6 m; sculpture: height 12 m. The pedestal and sculpture are made of gray granite. It is located on Bashkir Oil Discoverers Square. An outstanding piece of monumental art. The main symbol of the city of Ishimbay and the oil industry of Bashkortostan. A cultural heritage site of the peoples of the Russian Federation of regional significance (Bashkortostan). A cultural heritage site of Russia of regional significance. OTHER CITIES: Moscow. Tverskaya -    • МОСКВА | Прогулка по ТВЕРСКОЙ: от Триумфал...   Saint Petersburg -    • САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ. НЕВСКИЙ ПРОСПЕКТ | Велико...   Kazan -    • КАЗАНЬ | Шикарная прогулка по БАУМАНА, КРЕ...   Staraya Ladoga -    • СТАРАЯ ЛАДОГА - Первая Столица России! (Го...   Yekaterinburg -    • ЕКАТЕРИНБУРГ! Прогулка по центру: Плотинка...   Volgograd -    • ВОЛГОГРАД! Прогулка по городу: Набережная,...   Samara -    • САМАРА! Прогулка по улицам КУЙБЫШЕВА и ЛЕН...   Saratov -    • САРАТОВ! Прогулка по городу: пешеходный Пр...   Ufa -    • УФА! Прогулка по историческому центру горо...   Ufa (Chernikovka) -    • УФА | ЧЕРНИКОВКА - поистине ЛУЧШИЙ район г...   Chelyabinsk -    • ЧЕЛЯБИНСК! Прогулка по прекрасному городу ...   Perm -    • ПЕРМЬ! Прогулка по центру города, где СЧАС...   Sterlitamak -    • СТЕРЛИТАМАК | От ПОЧТОВОГО Яма и СОЛЯНОЙ П...   Salavat -    • САЛАВАТ | Прогулка по городу. Нефтехимичес...   Asha -    • АША | Город металлургов рядом с местом кру...   Minyar -    • МИНЬЯР | Щебеночный моногород среди гор в ...