Gubkin (city)

The first written evidence of Kursk iron ore dates back to the 18th century. From the documents it follows that Belgorod merchants more than 200 years ago founded companies for the extraction of iron in the "Belgorod province". Naturally, in those days it was possible to explore only ores that were exposed in ravines and gullies, washed away by groundwater. Extraction was carried out in a primitive, artisanal manner; its volumes were insignificant. They began to pay closer attention to this edge after a steady and incomprehensible deviation of the magnetic needle was discovered here. Since then, the secret of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (KMA) has constantly excited the minds of many scientists not only in Russia, but also in other countries of the world. The practical development of the local deposits was seriously taken up at the beginning of the 20th century. In the village of Saltykovo (now a microdistrict of the city) in September 1924, geologists discovered ore deposits with an iron content of over 50 percent at a depth of 116.3 meters. After some time, the Lebedinskoye field was discovered.

Worker Village

In September 1931, the first KMA exploration and development mine was laid, a small settlement appeared nearby, which in 1939, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, was categorized as working village and named Gubkin in honor of Academician Ivan Mikhailovich Gubkin, who led the pool for 19 years. KMA. The day of the Decree's release (September 19) is considered to be the birthday of the city.

The Great Patriotic War prevented further industrial development of deposits. Purely peaceful people became soldiers. About 1900 people left the young workers' village for the front, and almost 16000 people joined the ranks of the defenders of the Motherland from the region, of whom 9685 did not return from the battlefields.

After the liberation, the village of Gubkin was a joyless picture. Almost to the base, all buildings were destroyed, the mine was flooded, and most industrial and mining equipment was rendered unusable. But the most valuable thing remains - people's faith in the speedy development of the wealth of KMA.

City

Large-scale development of the wealth of KMA began in the 50s of the last century. In May 1953, the KMAruda plant, the first enterprise in the region to extract and process iron ore, was created on the basis of the KMA mine and two factories. Its formation and development contributed to the fact that a young mining town grew up on the site of the workers' village, which by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR of December 23, 1955 was classified as a city of regional subordination.

An important stage in its development was the construction of the Lebedinsky mine, where iron ore was mined for the first time in the Soviet Union. Its construction was announced by the All-Union Komsomol construction, and over 5 thousand young men and women came to the young city on trips.

The city grew rapidly. March 7, 1960 by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR Gubkin became a city of regional subordination.

The rapid growth of mining production, a significant increase in the urban population led to the reorganization of agriculture, its concentration and specialization. In 1965, the Gubkinsky district was formed, in which, in subsequent years, a lot of work was done to build new agricultural complexes and processing enterprises.

70s - 80s became a qualitatively new stage in the development of the mining industry of the region.

In 1972, the first launch complex of the Lebedinsky mining and processing plant with a capacity of 7.5 million tons of ore per year was commissioned.

In 1978, the Lebedinsky mine, formerly part of the KMAruda plant, became a part of LGOK.

The most intensive development of the city took place in the last decades of the past century.

In the 80s, along with the ongoing construction in the city center, the construction of a new Zhuravliki microdistrict with full infrastructure was started.

As part of the Russian Federation

In the 90s, much attention was paid to the construction of social facilities in the city and the region. New schools, houses of culture, health care institutions are being commissioned, improvement of the city and rural settlements begins.

Today Gubkin is a beautiful modern city, one of the industrial centers of the Belgorod region with rich cultural and spiritual traditions, and developed infrastructure. It is the administrative center of the Gubkinsky urban district, with a population of 120 thousand people.

The basis of the economy of the territory is formed by the mining industry, construction organizations, enterprises of the processing industry and agricultural purposes.

The main volume of output falls on the extraction of iron ore.

The road construction program is being successfully implemented in the city and rural settlements, for the implementation of which a number of specialized enterprises were created, asphalt concrete plants were reconstructed, a large number of modern equipment, road equipment and special vehicles were purchased. An efficiently operating road construction industry is now capable of fulfilling the planned volumes of work without involving nonresident contractors.

The streets are being expanded to additional lanes with the replacement of road signs, markings, the construction of new bus stops, parking areas for vehicles. To streamline the placement of vehicles in domestic areas and create favorable conditions for pedestrians, road markings are applied not only on central city streets, but also in domestic areas.

In accordance with the rural water supply program, water wells, water towers, water supply networks, and iron removal stations are being built. To improve the sanitary-epidemiological state of the Gubkinsky territory and the environmental situation, a wastewater disinfection station with ultraviolet radiation was put into operation. Much attention is paid to the arrangement of springs and wells, in which the population takes an active part.

In order to improve the sanitary-epidemiological state of the Gubkinsky territory and the environmental situation, an ultraviolet wastewater disinfection station was put into operation. Active replacement of chlorination water disinfection stations with new, environmentally friendly Aquahlor and STELL installations is underway.

In the Gubkinsky urban district, all basic forms of social services to the population are operating. In accordance with federal and regional legislation, the provision of benefits and social guarantees for preferential and socially unprotected categories of citizens is organized. In order to improve the living conditions of the disabled, a social taxi was organized. All pensioners and beneficiaries were given the opportunity to use a single social travel ticket.

Support for family, motherhood and childhood is one of the priority areas in the work of local authorities. Targeted material assistance is provided to low-income families; events aimed at strengthening family traditions.

Every year, the network of medical institutions of the Gubkinsky urban district expands and improves. A branch of a children's clinic was built in the Zhuravliki microdistrict. After the reconstruction, the Gubkinskaya polyclinic equipped with modern equipment came into operation. In the renovated building, patients from the clinic in the Swan microdistrict receive patients. According to the wishes of the Gubkintsy, an Orthodox church in the name of St. Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg was erected at a rapid pace - the new unit of the hospital - the department of spiritual and rehabilitation treatment.

The material and technical base and rural health are being strengthened. The existing hospitals and medical and obstetric centers are undergoing major repairs and are being built. Programs are being implemented in the territory aimed at improving medical care, disease prevention, and the protection of motherhood and childhood. The national project “Health” fills them with real content. Medical institutions are equipped with new diagnostic equipment and apparatus, which allows for the prevention, early detection and effective treatment of diseases, and additional medical examinations.

Gubkin is a large cultural and scientific center of the Belgorod region.

There are branches of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys and the Belgorod University of Technology, the Mining Polytechnic and Music Colleges, two children's music schools and one art school. Fundamental in the work of educational institutions is the implementation of activities within the framework of the priority national project "Education". Their material and technical base is strengthened annually, and conditions are created for the high-quality organization of educational work. In 2007, the process of equipping all educational institutions with modern computer equipment, providing broadband access to the Internet was completed.

Institutions of additional education are successfully developing, in which more than 80% of urban and rural schoolchildren are involved.

In the activities of preschool educational institutions, special attention is paid to creating favorable conditions for solving educational, correctional, pedagogical, medical and health problems.

Gubkin land is rich in its cultural traditions, which are strengthened from year to year. In cultural and recreational institutions there are 271 amateur art groups.

Workers of culture and art make a significant contribution to preserving the cultural heritage of their small homeland, increasing its spiritual wealth, and developing folk art. Concerts, competitions, festivals, exhibitions have firmly entered the life of the Gubkintsy and have become its integral part.

Far beyond the boundaries of the region, the best Gubkin groups are known - laureates, diploma winners of international and national competitions and festivals.

Workers of culture and art make a significant contribution to the preservation of the cultural heritage of their small homeland, the increase of its spiritual wealth, and the development of folk art. Concerts, competitions, festivals, exhibitions have firmly entered the life of the Gubkintsy and have become its integral part.

Far beyond the boundaries of the region, the best Gubkin groups are known - laureates, diploma winners of international, all-Russian competitions and festivals.

Many glorious deeds of Gubkintsy, events of the history of the city are immortalized with monuments and memorial plaques. A monument to the soldiers who died during the liberation of the city from the Nazi occupiers in 1943 was erected in the square of the Fallen Heroes. In the open-air museum "Miner's Glory", a commemorative sign has been erected in honor of KMAstroy workers who did not return from the war fronts. On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the only monument to the Widow and the Soldier's Mother was erected near the village of Bobrovy Dvory in memory of the Heroes of the Soviet Union and the full cavaliers of the Order of Glory: busts were installed in their homeland. In the Avenue of Heroes, located in the central square of the city, in the year of the 60th anniversary of the Great Victory, busts were set for fellow countrymen - Heroes of the Soviet Union and full knights of the Order of Glory.

Gubkintsy love their small homeland, are justly proud of a clean, comfortable and equipped city; unique in its beauty the Transfiguration Cathedral, the second largest of the most recently built in Russia.

The rational use of material, technical, investment, natural resources, intellectual, spiritual and cultural potential is the main further successful work of the Gubkintsy to implement the governor's program to improve the quality of life of the population and priority national projects.

Climate

Gubkin's climate is temperate continental, with warm, variable summers and variable, moderately cold winters. Sudden temperature changes of 5-8 ° C are often several times a month. Precipitation is 480-550 mm per year, mainly during the warm period. According to many years of observation, the average annual temperature is +5.9 ° C. In the coldest winters, the temperature can sometimes drop to −25 ... -30 ° C or lower. An important feature is that the soil cover of the region represents the richest reserves of chernozem , the layer thickness of which in some places reaches one meter.

• The average annual temperature is +5.9 ° C
• The average annual humidity is 76%
• The average annual wind speed is 5-7 m / s

As of January 1, 2019, in terms of population, the city was in 194th place out of 1115 ^[21] cities of the Russian Federation ^[22] .

Mayor

• 1996 - n. at. Anatoly Alekseevich Kretov

The basis of the economy is the mining industry, which develops the wealth of the Kursk magnetic anomaly. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 274 dated March 16, 2018 “On the creation of the territory of the advanced socio-economic development of Gubkin”, the Gubkin city district was granted the status of TOSED.

• Lebedinsky mining and processing plant
• Combine "KMAruda"
• KMArudstroy
• Gubkinsky meat factory
• Enterprise "Khlebny Dom"
• Enterprise "AutoDor"
• Sewing factory
• Shoe factory
• Factory of plastic windows "Vector-Plast"
• The company "KMArudoremont" ^[23]
• Gubkinskaya TPP
• Paint Factory "RICcolor"
• Reinforced Concrete Plant
• KMAelektromontazh OJSC

Construction

The city is actively expanding. Preference is given to individual construction. Gubkin is surrounded by housing estates built up by cottages. In the development prospect, new IZHS microdistricts will appear in the city, after the completion of the construction of microdistrict No. 3 in Zhuravliki, it is planned to build a new residential complex Yuzhny (the predicted population of about 20 thousand people)

Banks

• Moscow Industrial Bank
• Sberbank of Russia
• VTB 24
• Orient Express Bank
• Russian Agricultural Bank
• Consent Bank
• Rosbank
• Post Bank

Trade

• Shopping and entertainment center "Sputnik-Gubkin" "Auchan"
• Shopping and entertainment center "Atrium"
• Shopping center "Europe18"
• Shopping center "Line"
• Shopping center "Construction"
• Hypermarket "Magnet Family"

Infrastructure and Housing

• Water supply is carried out year-round with the help of 73 water wells from 8 city water intakes and 89 local water intakes located in neighboring villages.
• Secondary water treatment is carried out at 3 treatment facilities: in the city, in the villages of Nikanorovka and Skorodny.
• Gubkin’s complete central heating system is provided by 27 heat sources — the Gubkinskaya TPP, the Zhuravliki TPP and the Troitsk TPP. About 200 km of heating networks are operated to supply the city with hot water and for heating.
• Waste storage and disposal of solid waste is carried out at a landfill located next to the South Boxes industrial zone. Service coverage is 93%.

Railway

Через Губкин проходит железная дорога Старый Оскол — Ржава (« Дорога Мужества »), эта ветка на тепловозной тяге) соединяется с основными линиями направлений: Москва — Симферополь и Москва — Донбасс. В городе имеется железнодорожный вокзал (в 2011—2012 годах проведена реконструкция здания с благоустройством станционной инфраструктуры, был построен современный пешеходный переход над железнодорожными путями). Поезда следуют до станций Белгород, Воронеж, Запорожье, Курск, Москва, Новосибирск, Омск, Орёл, Пенза, Ржава, Самара, Симферополь, Старый Оскол, Сызрань, Тамбов, Тула, Уфа, Харьков, Челябинск и др. В течение некоторого времени ходил поезд до Санкт-Петербурга. В перспективе развития железнодорожных сетей в РФ планируется электрифицировать ветку Старый Оскол — Ржава.

Bus

В городе есть междугородный автовокзал и городская автостанция. Междугородный автовокзал обслуживает следующие направления: Алексеевка, Белгород, Брянск, Валуйки, Волгоград, Волоконовка, Воронеж, Горшечное, Грайворон, Днепропетровск, Донецк, Елец, Курск, Липецк, Москва, Новый Оскол, Саратов, Старый Оскол (маршрут № 120), Павловск, Рязань. Городская автостанция охватывает весь город и пригородные населённые пункты. Городской транспорт представлен автобусами большой вместимости и маршрутными такси. В общей сложности, по городу курсируют около 40 различных маршрутов. Дорожная инфраструктура обновлена в 2013 году и продолжается обновляться. К 2017 году администрацией города планируется ввести единый электронный проездной билет, оборудовать все транспортные средства навигацией ГЛОНАСС .

Такси

В городе функционируют более 20 фирм такси с машинами различных марок. Средняя стоимость поездки по городу не превышает 100 рублей.

В городе находится 19 общеобразовательных школ, 35 дошкольных учреждений, церковно-приходская школа, детская музыкальная школа, детская школа искусств, художественная школа, школа парикмахерского искусства, школа моделей, дом детского творчества, станция юного натуралиста и юного техника, а также ГОУ СПО:

• Губкинский филиал Белгородского государственного института искусств и культуры
• Губкинский горно-политехнический колледж

филиалы вузов (ВПО):

• Губкинский филиал БелГТУ имени В. Г. Шухова
• СТИ НИТУ «МИСиС»

• Губкинская центральная районная больница (терапевтический и хирургический корпуса, компьютерная томография, инфекционный корпус), а также при больнице действует:
  • Поликлиника для взрослого населения (в 2008 году сделан ремонт и в 2013 году введена система электронной очереди);
  • Клинико-диагностическая лаборатория.
• Губкинская городская детская больница (несколько корпусов в микрорайоне Журавлики), при больнице действует:
  • Поликлиника на улице Дзержинского, имеет 2 филиала : в микрорайоне Лебеди и в микрорайоне Журавлики, в перспективе планируется перевести поликлинику из центра города в отремонтированный корпус в микрорайоне Журавлики;
• Туберкулёзный диспансер в микрорайоне Лебеди;
• Областная психиатрическая больница в с. Бобровы Дворы;
• Губкинская стоматологическая поликлиника для взрослого населения;
• Детская стоматологическая поликлиника.

Также в городе существует несколько частных клиник и врачебных кабинетов.

Дворцы культуры

• Дворец культуры «Форум».
• Дворец культуры «Строитель».
• Дворец детского (юношеского) творчества «Юный губкинец»

Театры и кинотеатр

• Губкинский народный театр «Гротеск».
• Театр юного зрителя.
• Губкинский театр для детей и молодёжи
• Кинотеатр Россия
• Кинотеатры в ТЦ "Ашан"

Museums

• Губкинский краеведческий музей.
• Губкинский музей истории Курской магнитной аномалии ^[24] .

Танцевальная школа и библиотеки

• Школа танцев «Импульс».
• Central City Library
• Центральная детская библиотека

Monuments

• Братская могил советских воинов, погибших в годы Великой Отечественной войны
• Аллея героев
• Памятник горнякам-первопроходцам, погибшим на фронтах
• Памятный знак губкинцам - участникам Великой Отечественной войны
• Памятник воинам-интерционалистам
• Стела труженикам тыла
• Памятник Алесандру Пушкин

• Памятник Ивану Губкину

• Мемориал погибшим воинам
• Памятник в честь горнорабочих
• Glory to the conquerors of KMA

On the urban territory there are three hotels "Swan", "Ore" and "Miner". On the territory of the urban district (outside the city) there are five recreation centers. The city has six picturesque squares with fountains and a park with an artificial reservoir, a city beach. There is a cinema, the Miracle-Yudo-Grad Children's Amusement Park, which is very popular not only among residents of the city, region, but also in a number of neighboring regions. In the old city park, city officials plan to rebuild the amusement park by attracting private investment. Also, with the attraction of private investment, it is planned to build a water park.

Cafes and restaurants, bars and clubs The city has a lot of cozy places for recreation:

• cafe "Rus"
• cafe "Yolkin Dvor"
• cafe-bar "Sadko"
• cafe-bar "Skala"
• cafe "Sakura"
• restaurant "Swan"
• restaurant "Ore"
• restaurant "Agate"
• restaurant "Zolotonosha"
• food courts in Auchan shopping center
• food courts in the shopping center "Europe"
• night club "Yolkin Dvor"
• night club "Shambhala"
• Billiard Club "31st Region"

For sports in the city there is a children's and youth sports school (DYUSSH), there is also a swimming pool "Dolphin", a sports complex "Crystal", which includes an ice palace, a mini-football room, a gym, aerobics sections, two tennis courts. The complex has a football field with artificial turf.

After the 2012/2013 season, FC Gubkin , previously successfully playing in the second division (Center zone), ceased to exist due to financial problems. In the 2010 season, the team achieved its highest achievement, taking 2nd place, losing the ticket to the FNL only to the Moscow Torpedo.

Gornyak Sports Complex: athletic arena, shooting range, ping-pong tables, chess club. The Gornyak football stadium, owned by Gubkin FC, is also located there.

Tennis courts are also available in the Miracle-Yudo-Grad children's town. In the sports complex "Orlyonok", in addition to the playing fields, there is a lighted ski-roller track.

The schools have developed the Russian national team game with a ball and a bat - bast shoes, weight-lifting is popular.

Ice-football boxes and sports fields in residential areas are being built in the city under the program of promoting a healthy lifestyle.

About 10 FM stations, 6 TV channels work on the air. There are 2 independent city television channels, 4 city radio stations, 2 television and radio committees, there is the Gubkinsky city printing house. The administration has its own website, where, in addition to information materials, there is also an Internet reception, where anyone can ask a question about the problems and life of the city, almost all questions are answered. In addition, in 2016, an online news portal began to operate.

Print Editions

• City newspaper "New time"
• City newspaper "Ether Gubkina"
• Newspaper LGOK “Working tribune”
• The newspaper KMAruda "Miner"

Online Media

• Gubkin's Online Edition Time31
• News portal Gubkin.city

Radio stations

• 69.23 Autoradio
• 88.2 Road Radio
• 88.6 Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda
• 89.9 Comedy Radio
• 91.3 Radio Record
• 94.8 Maroussia FM
• 98.3 Radio Russia
• 100.0 Radio Cottage
• 106.0 Retro FM

Television

• 3 UIA Gubkinsky Teleradiocommittee / TNT
• 27 STS / Lebedinsky Express
• 57 World Belogorye / TV Prioskolye
• Ether-D (the channel works only on Kirov street)

Digital TV

Actively introducing digital television technology IPTV. The digital TV service is provided through fiber optic lines by the operators of:

• Domolink (OJSC Rostelecom);
• Sigma TV LLC;
• Trunk Telecom (CJSC Belgorod Digital Highways);
• TV-Service CJSC;
• KMAtelecom CJSC;
• Beeline (OJSC "Vympel-Communications").

Also, the city receives television channels broadcasting in Stary Oskol .

Mail

Today in the Gubkinsky city district there are 14 post offices.

Mobile operators

Currently, there are 5 mobile operators in the city of Gubkin:

• MTS
• Beeline
• Megaphone,
• Tele2,
• Yota.

All operators provide third-generation 3G services. In 2014, MTS launched in Gubkin ultra-fast Internet access using 4G LTE technology.

Internet

In recent years, the services of providing broadband Internet access have been greatly developed. Each operator company has its own technologies and tariffs for providing Internet access:

• Domolink (ADSL and FTTx),
• Just Lan (FTTx),
• MTS (UMTS, WCDMA, LTE),
• Sigma TV (FTTx),
• MegaFon (UMTS and WCDMA),
• Tele2 Internet (UMTS),
• Beeline (UMTS and WCDMA),
• Telecom Trunk (FTTx and CDMA),
• Reinfocom (ADSL and FTTx),
• FreshTel (4G)
• NetbyNet (FTTx)

•   Stary Oskol .

• Gubkinsky city district
• Kursk magnetic anomaly
• Stary Oskol
• Gubkin, Ivan Mikhailovich

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