Gay, Russia

Gay, Russia

Gay or Gai ( _ru. Гай, IPA2|ɡaɪ) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located km to mi|230 east of Orenburg. It is the administrative center of Gaysky District. Population: 41,100 (2005 est.); 41,621 (2002 Census); 41,668 (1989 Census).

Gay was founded in 1959 as an industrial settlement. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1965, and town status in 1979.

The coat of arms of Gay states: "Remember the Past. Believe in the Future."

External links

* [http://gai.boom.ru/ Official website of Gay]

ource

* _ru. В. Г. Альтов. "Города Оренбургской области" (V. G. Altov. "Cities and towns of Orenburg Oblast"). Chelyabinsk, Yuzhno-Uralskoye Publishing, 1974.


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