The head of the municipality
tel.: (34995) 44-100; (34995) 3-00-21.
fax: (34995) 3-22-47

Official site of Nadym and Nadym region: www.nadymregion.ru

Nadym region was founded on December 10, 1930, with its center in the township of Khe, Yamal (Nenets) National Distict, Ural region. On January 17, 1934, the district territory joined Ob-Irtysh region, and later the same year was passed to Omsk region. On August 14, 1944, Tyumen region was formed; Nadym region was merged into it as a member of Yamal-Nenets National District.

The modern history of Nadym dates back to fall of 1967, when almost empty at that time cantonment was chosen as a support base for development of gas deposit Medvezhye. Alongside with heightened pace of exploration of Medvezhye, gas workers were setting up a city that was supposed to become one of the community and cultural centers of the North. In August 1971 in Nadym a celebratory ceremony of laying of the foundation stone of the first building was held; on March 9, 1972, the industrial community of Nadym got the status of a town.

As the development of Urengoyskoye deposit started, the role of Nadym as a key support base for builders and gas workers increased. Discovery of oil and gas reserves in the north of Yamal peninsula, as well as development of Yamburgskoye deposit, gave another impulse to the town growth and brought about the succeeding augmentation in the number of its people.

The municipality includes 10 townships, among them there are 3 townships where mainly representatives of native minorities of the far north live: the Nentsi, the Khanty, the Mansi, and the Komi-Zyrians. The region territory covers 110,000 square kilometers, the number of population - over 70,000 people, there are about 46,000 people living in Nadym.

The united municipality of Nadym and Nadym region includes Nadym itself, townships and rural settlements of Nadym region, like: Pangody, Stary Nadym, Pravaya Khetta, Longyugan, Priozerny, Yagelny, Yamburg, Nyda, Kutopyugan, and Nori. In settlements like Nyda, Nori, and Kutopyugan there live the natives of the North - the Nentsi, the Komi-Zyrians, the Selkups, and the Khanty.

In 2002 Nadym was 30. On this occasion, the inhabitants of Nadym were congratulated by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The salutatory telegram says the following: 'Nadym has been a strategic town for Russia for 30 years already. Here gas is extracted in severe natural environment, and this is vitally essential for dynamic development of our economy. A firm basis of prospective town development lies in the harmony of natural riches, technological power of enterprises, and creative potential of people.'

Nadym region plays a great part in the economy of both the region and the country, which is tightly connected with extraction and transportation of gas and oil. Moreover, today the town has stable prospects of economic growth. On the territory of Nadym region over 40 percent of all Russian gas is extracted. Over 36 developed deposits contribute to the future of the municipality. Due to development of new deposits, the output of hydrocarbon materials keeps going up. 37 percent of Yamal gas and 19 percent of oil is produced on the territory of Nadym region. Exploration and prospect evaluation surveys never stop in the region. The explored oil reserves come up to 250 million tons, gas reserves - over 7 trillion cubic meters.

Considering all rates of economic advancement, in 2004 Nadym was called the best town of the Russian Federation in the Ural Federal District: it became the winner of the third All-Russian competition of financial development of Russia 'Golden Ruble'. On November 26 in Moscow in the Council Hall of The Cathedral of Christ the Savior a festive ceremony of awarding the winners was held. In his address to the members of the ceremony, Moscow and All-Russia Patriarch Alexii II pointed out that, 'the high level of the members of the competition shows that most of our compatriots long for general unity and common undertaking for the sake of Russia's prosperity.'

Nadym became the winner of the All-Russian competition in growth rates of economic indexes and was given a high award for economic progress reached in recent years. The following figures give evidence of the dynamic development of the municipality. The volume of production of industrial products in 9 months of 2004 on the same period of last year was 157.4 percent, which is 34 percent of the volume of industrial products manufactured in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. Oil industry is the fastest to develop: the increase of oil extraction in 9 months of the current year came to be 22 percent. In 2005 manufacturing of industrial products is expected to grow by 12 percent. Of the total amount of investments to Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, the share of Nadym and Nadym region is 15 percent. The volume of building and assembly works carried out by construction units in 9 months of 2004 came to be 21 percent of the works carried out in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. The average salary per single worker throughout the municipality in 9 months of this year has gone up by 30.2 percent. According to the level of salaries, the municipality comes first among the cities and regions of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. In 2005 the average salary is expected to grow by 19 percent.

The territory of the municipality is capital intensive; basically, affiliates of Gazprom are based here. However, positive changes in social-economic development of Nadym and Nadym region are due to independent producers of oil and gas. Setting up targets in mutually advantageous cooperation with them, based on social partnership, becomes common in relations with the administration of Nadym and its region on one side and the companies on the other side. On the territory of the municipality there is a range of successfully active companies like: JSC RITEK, CJSC Yamalgasinvest, CJSC Northgas, OJSC Sibneft-Noyabrskneftegaz, etc. Nadym region today can be easily called not only a gas one, but oil possessing one as well. In connection with launching the first on the region territory oil pipe line, industrial oil-pool development started on Sredne-Khulymskoye deposit.

In its economic policies Nadym region aims at long-term prospects paying great attention to rational usage of hydrocarbon materials. It means that the region is getting ready for implementing technologies for extraction and processing of low-pressure gas, the reserves of which in the deposits are estimated at 20 percent of the initial inventory. Only in four old deposits of Nadym region there are still big reserves at relatively low pressures - 1.1-1.3 trillion of cubic meters of gas.

Development of new gas and oil deposits is impossible without moving to the north of the region where indigenous people have lived for centuries. Nadym is trying to solve these problems emphasizing real support of indigenous inhabitants of the North, about three thousands of who live in the municipality.

Annually, cosmopolitan Nadym holds Reindeer Herdsman Day. It is the celebration that gathers nomads from all over Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District to win the main prize - the Governor's Cup - in public tournaments.

A lot of policies in the municipality concern social security, which first of all means creation of an integral system of social security for population. The governor of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Yurii Neyelov talks about it, 'Nadym is one of the cities in Yamal where all the social questions are solved.' This was also pointed out by the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation to Ural Federal District Pyotr Latyshev, who, during his visit to the municipality, said, 'Nadym positively differs from its counterparts. In the constellation of the northern cities it produces the most powerful impression: compact, with a well-developed social infrastructure. The inhabitants of Nadym have something to be proud of.'

Modern Nadym is one of the most beautiful towns of the far north, having a special architecture appearance and a well-developed infrastructure. It is well-known as one of the centers of cultural, scientific, and medical life of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. The town with population of 46,000 people has a full scope of cultural and sport constructions, 9 comprehensive schools are active; there is an upper secondary school, a vocational school, musical schools, and a school of arts. The system of higher education is represented with one higher institution and branches of 6 higher institutions of Russia. Research Institute of Medical Problems of the Far North of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences works with high efficiency. Material and technical base of health care institutions keeps being renewed and accomplished; good working and recreation conditions are created for gas workers, builders, transport workers, as well as employees of other enterprises. The existing in the municipality social sphere provides satisfaction of basic educational and cultural needs of Nadym inhabitants in accordance with their requirements and demands. The locals believe that they greatly contribute to not only development of Yamal, but the whole Russia.

From year to year Nadym and Nadym region birthrate goes up; in the town itself over 800 babies are born annually. In Nadym it is considered to be an achievement not less significant than other accomplishments and advances. Growing birth rates truly evidence of high standard of living in the town which people commit themselves to.