Gubkinsky (Russian: Губкинский) is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the left bank of the Pyakupur River, south of Salekhard.
[7] The town is named after the Soviet geologist Ivan Gubkin.
[citation needed] Town status was granted to it in 1997.
[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of okrug significance of Gubkinsky—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
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