| En Name: | Almetyevsk |
| Ru Name: | Альметьевск |
| Loc Name1: | Әлмәт |
| Loc Lang1: | Tatar |
| Coordinates: | 54.9°N 70°W |
| Map Label Position: | top |
| Image Coa: | Герб АМР(2).png |
| Federal Subject: | Republic of Tatarstan |
| Adm City Jur: | city of republic significance of Almetyevsk |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | city of republic significance of Almetyevsk |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | Almetyevsky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | City |
| Mun District Jur: | Almetyevsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Almetyevsk Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Almetyevsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Almetyevsk Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 146393 |
| Pop 2010Census Rank: | 117th |
| Pop Density: | 3845 |
| Pop Latest: | 157673 |
| Pop Latest Date: | 2012 |
| Established Date: | 1720 |
| Established Title: | First mention |
| Current Cat Date: | 1953 |
| Postal Codes: | 423450-423465 |
| Dialing Codes: | 8553 |
Almetyevsk (Russian: Альме́тьевск; pronounced as /ru/; Tatar: Әлмәт) is a city in Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Zay River (Kama's tributary) 265km (165miles) southeast of Kazan. Population: 77,000 (1969); 49,000 (1959).
Almetyevsk is one of the youngest cities in the republic. Located along the federal highway (Russian: автотрасса федерального значения) R239 "Orenburgsky" Kazan - Orenburg (in Cyrillic P239 (Russian: "Оренбургский"),[1] it was founded as an oil-processing settlement northwest of the Almetyevskaya railway station (79 km marker) on the Kuybyshev Railway[2] [3] near Leninogorsk and the Akbash (Bugulminsky District) - Agryz railway line and was granted town status in 1953.[4]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Almetyevsk serves as the administrative center of Almetyevsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[5] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the city of republic significance of Almetyevsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Almetyevsk is incorporated within Almetyevsky Municipal District as Almetyevsk Urban Settlement.[6]
Almetyevsk has created highly developed cycling infrastructure, considered the best in Russia, thanks to which the bicycle has become a full-fledged and popular type of street transport used year-round. Its creation began in 2016, as part of a set of measures to increase the attractiveness of the city.[7] [8] Thanks to its cycling infrastructure, Almetyevsk has received the unofficial title of the cycling capital of Russia.
Almetyevsk is an important center of Russia's oil industry. Since 1960, the Druzhba pipeline has started in Almetyevsk.[9] Pipelines to Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, and Subkhankulovo also start in this city. The city houses several oil equipment plants producing pipes, pumps and other oil tools. OAO Tatneft (Russian: ОАО "Татнефть") has offices here and is a major operator of the Romashkino Field in the Volga-Ural oil and gas region, also called the "Second Baku."[9] [10] [11]
On 25 May 2017, Denis or Danis Nurgaliev (Russian: Данис Карлович Нургалиев; born 1 September 1956, Abdullyeno, Burayevsky Raion, Republic of Bashkortostan, USSR), who is the vice president and director of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies, led a Russian delegation from the Kazan Federal University (KFU) to Karamay and met with Zhao Wenquan, who was the secretary of the Karamay municipal committee, in which he proposed that Almetyevsk would begin a friendly relationship with Karamay.[12] [13] In October 2016, he had visited Karamay to begin a cooperation agreement with the Southwest Petroleum University and Xinjiang Branch Force New Technology Development Co Ltd.[12]
Major sport enterprise in the city is an ice-hockey team "Neftyanik" presented in VHL league and sponsored by TatNeft. The team's main records are bronze medalists of Russian Championship Higher League (2002/2003 years), gold medalists of Russian Championship Higher League (1997-1998 and 1999–2000), silver medalists of VHL 2010/2011 year, 2015/2016 Bratina Cup winners
