Nizhnevartovsk is the second largest city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located along the right bank of the Ob River.
It was founded in 1909; its development into a large city was boosted in the 1960s by the discovery of the Samotlor Oil Field, the largest in the country. Town status was granted to it on March 9, 1972.
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