Malgobek

In 1934, the selo of Voznesenskoye was granted work settlement status.{{citation needed|date=December 2009}} It served then recently discovered oilfields, on the territory of former Ingush villages of Malgobek-Balka ({{lang|ru|Малгобек-Балка}}). Town status was granted to it in 1939.{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://www.malgobek.ru/index.php/malgobek-gorod-voinskoj-slavy/istoriya-goroda|publisher=Republic of Ingushetia|language=russian|access-date=September 3, 2017}}

During World War II, Malgobek was occupied by the German forces from Saturday, September 12, 1942 to January 3, 1943, when it was recaptured by the Red Army. In October 2007, Malgobek was conferred the status of City of Military Glory by President Vladimir Putin for heroically stopping the German forces at its borders.{{Cite Russian law

|ru_entity=Президент Российской Федерации

|ru_type=Указ

|ru_number=1344

|ru_date=8 октября 2007

|ru_title=О присвоении г. Малгобеку почетного звания Российской Федерации "Город воинской славы"

|ru_url=http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=041897

|en_entity=President of the Russian Federation

|en_type=Decree

|en_number=1344

|en_date=October 8, 2007

|en_title=On Granting the Honorary Title of the Russian Federation "City of Military Glory" to the Town of Malgobek

}}

In the 1990s, the town's population doubled due to an influx of refugees from the neighboring war-torn Chechen Republic.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Malgobek serves as the administrative center of Malgobeksky District, even though it is not a part of it.{{citation needed|date=December 2009}} As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Malgobek—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.{{citation needed|date=December 2009}} As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Malgobek is incorporated as Malgobek Urban Okrug.Law #5-RZ

Besides the oil activities of the company Ingushneftegazprom, the town's industry includes woodworking and food related industries.

Malgobek has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa).

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| Jan high C =0.5

| Feb high C =2.0

| Mar high C =7.4

| Apr high C =15.9

| May high C =22.0

| Jun high C =25.8

| Jul high C =28.1

| Aug high C =27.7

| Sep high C =22.4

| Oct high C =15.6

| Nov high C =8.1

| Dec high C =3.0

| Jan mean C =-3.3

| Feb mean C =-2.2

| Mar mean C =2.8

| Apr mean C =9.8

| May mean C =15.8

| Jun mean C =19.6

| Jul mean C =22.1

| Aug mean C =21.6

| Sep mean C =16.4

| Oct mean C =10.2

| Nov mean C =4.0

| Dec mean C =-0.7

| Jan low C =-7.1

| Feb low C =-6.4

| Mar low C =-1.7

| Apr low C =3.8

| May low C =9.7

| Jun low C =13.5

| Jul low C =16.2

| Aug low C =15.5

| Sep low C =10.5

| Oct low C =4.9

| Nov low C =0.0

| Dec low C =-4.3

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| Jan precipitation mm =26

| Feb precipitation mm =27

| Mar precipitation mm =35

| Apr precipitation mm =55

| May precipitation mm =85

| Jun precipitation mm =106

| Jul precipitation mm =83

| Aug precipitation mm =69

| Sep precipitation mm =50

| Oct precipitation mm =40

| Nov precipitation mm =36

| Dec precipitation mm =31

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|title = Climate: Malgobek

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{{Republic of Ingushetia}}

{{Cities of Military Glory}}

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Category:Cities and towns in Ingushetia

Category:1939 establishments in Russia

Category:Populated places established in 1939