Gubkin
Sign in to saveGubkin (, ) is a town in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Belgorod on the Oskolets River, a tributary of the Oskol River. Population:
Key facts
- Russian town.en_name
- Gubkin
- Russian town.ru_name
- Губкин
- Russian town.image_skyline
- Губкин со стороны заправки Салтыково.jpg
- Russian town.map_label_position
- bottom
- Russian town.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Gubkin (Belgorod oblast).svg
- Russian town.image_flag
- Flag of Gubkin (Belgorod oblast).svg
- Russian town.federal_subject
- Belgorod Oblast
- Russian town.adm_city_jur
- town of oblast significance of Gubkin
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of1
- Gubkinsky District
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of2
- town of oblast significance of Gubkin
- Russian town.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian town.urban_okrug_jur
- Gubkinsky Urban Okrug
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of
- Gubkinsky Urban Okrug
- Russian town.pop_2010census
- 88560
- Russian town.pop_2010census_rank
- 190th
- Russian town.established_date
- 1930s
- Russian town.current_cat_date
- December 23, 1955
- Russian town.website
- http://www.gubkinadm.ru
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Gubkin (, ) is a town in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Belgorod on the Oskolets River, a tributary of the Oskol River. Population:
==History== It was founded in the 1930s in place of the village of Korobkovo and named after geologist Ivan Gubkin. In 1939, it was granted urban-type settlement status. Town status was granted to it on December 23, 1955. It was elevated in status to that of a town of oblast significance on March 7, 1960.