Novokuybyshevsk

Novokuybyshevsk
Новокуйбышевск
City
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Novokuybyshevsk is located in Russia
Novokuybyshevsk
Novokuybyshevsk
Location of Novokuybyshevsk
Novokuybyshevsk is located in Samara Oblast
Novokuybyshevsk
Novokuybyshevsk
Novokuybyshevsk (Samara Oblast)
Coordinates: 53°06′N 49°56′E / 53.100°N 49.933°E / 53.100; 49.933
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSamara Oblast
Founded1946
City status sinceFebruary 22, 1952
Government
 • Head [ru]Alexey Korobkov
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total
108,438
 • Estimate 
(2025)
95,862 (−11.6%)
 • Rank150th in 2010
 • Subordinated tocity of oblast significance of Novokuybyshevsk
 • Capital ofcity of oblast significance of Novokuybyshevsk
 • Urban okrugNovokuybyshevsk Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofNovokuybyshevsk Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK+1 Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code
446200Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID36713000001

Novokuybyshevsk (Russian: Новоку́йбышевск) is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern bank of the Volga River, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) away from it. Population: 108,438 (2010 census); 112,973 (2002 census); 112,987 (1989 Soviet census).

During the Russian Civil War, the area where the city now stands was a place of ferocious battles with the White Russians.

On February 22, 1952, following the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Novo-Kuybyshev was granted town status and renamed Novokuybyshevsk.[citation needed] The name means "New Kuybyshev", Kuybyshev being the name of the nearby city of Samara from 1935 until 1991.


Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with seven rural localities, incorporated as the city of oblast significance of Novokuybyshevsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Novokuybyshevsk is incorporated as Novokuybyshevsk Urban Okrug.

Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery

In 1946, shortly after World War II, the Soviets constructed an oil refinery in Novokuybyshevsk, which resulted in the establishment of a large village of approximately 14,000 people.[citation needed] The location soon turned out to be so advantageous that the government decided to develop the village into a major industrial center.

In March 2024, Russia claimed that a drone strike was prevented when they intercepted a drone over the Novokuibyshevsk refinery. On 10 March 2025, Ukrainian drones struck the oil refinery. Locals reported several explosions in the city. The refinery was further attacked by Ukrainian drones on 2 August, that year. On 20 September 2025, according to the SHOT channel, five explosions occurred at the refinery. Locals recorded footage of a fire at the refinery, while the pumping stations, on the Kuibyshev-Tikhoretsk pipeline, were also attacked. On 2 January, the following year, Ukrainian drones struck the facility once again. Another drone attack struck on 18 April with Russian Telegram channels reporting a large fire at the oil refinery.

Notable residents

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Charter of Samara Oblast
  2. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ↑ Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2025 года (in Russian), Moscow: Federal State Statistics Service, April 25, 2025, Wikidata Q133797648, archived from the original on April 26, 2026
  4. 1 2 3 Law #189-GD
  5. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ↑ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. ↑ "One Dead, Oil Refinery on Fire After Drone Attacks in Russia". The Moscow Times. March 23, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ukrainian intelligence strikes Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery – source". ukrinform. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  11. ↑ OLEH VELHAN (September 20, 2025). "Explosions rock Novokuybyshevsk as Russians report fire near oil refinery". RBC Ukraine News. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
  12. ↑ OLGA KATSIMON (September 20, 2025). "Ukraine's Security Service and Special Forces strike Russian oil pumping stations with drones". Ukrainian Pravda. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  13. ↑ Kozatskyi, Sania (January 2, 2026). "Drones Attack Oil Refinery in Russia's Samara Region". militarnyi. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  14. ↑ Sonya Bandouil; Dmytro Basmat (April 18, 2026). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 17, 2026". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved April 18, 2026.

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