Sibai is a city in the Republic of Bashkortostan of the Russian
Federation. The city of republican significance. Forms the
municipality of the city of Sibay with the status of an urban
district.
It is an industrial, cultural and educational
center of the Bashkir Trans-Urals, unofficially bearing the status
of its capital.
The name of the city goes back to the name of Sibay
Abzanov, the pioneer of the village of Old Sibay (Ataysal).
In the period between 1844-1849, a few kilometers east of the
village of Stary Sibay, on the Kamyshly-Uzyak river, the village of
Novo-Sibaevo arose. In 1850 it had 12, in 1859 - 15 households and
88 residents, in 1866 - 64 residents, in 1892 18 households and 99
residents, in 1901 - 11 households, 83 residents.
According
to legend, a hunter from the village of Stary Sibay, digging a
marten hole, came across a heavy red clay with luster of pyrite,
typical of many copper ore deposits. At the end of 1912, a resident
of the village of Novo-Sibaevo, Amir Abdulkasimovich Khudaiberdin,
took away several bags of clay and took to Baymak the managing
director of the South Ural Mining Joint Stock Company A.F. Kabanov.
Analyzes have shown that this is a brown iron ore with a significant
content of gold and silver.
In 1913, the Sibayskoye
copper-pyrite deposit was discovered, in 1915 an exploration mine
was drilled. In 1917, the Novo-Sibaevsky farm was mentioned with 237
inhabitants and 37 households. In the village of Novo-Sibaevo, 102
residents lived in 20 yards.
During the Civil War, the mine
was flooded and abandoned; its restoration began only in 1925. Ore
mining began and its shipment to the Baimak copper smelter. In 1925,
settlements were recorded: the Sibaevsky mine with one yard, the
Novo-Sibaevsky farm with 31 yards and the village of Novo-Sibaevo
with 18 yards, which subsequently merged into one settlement. In
1938 Sibay received the status of a working village. On November 21,
1955, by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the
RSFSR, Sibay received the status of a city of republican
subordination.
External land transport
Passenger train No. 675/676 Ufa - Sibay;
bus;
Taxi;
In
1954, traffic on the Magnitogorsk - Sibay railway line was opened.
In 1972, the first passenger train from Ufa arrived at Sibay
station, which runs to this day. The current route through Inzer and
Beloretsk has been following since 1979.
According to the
medium-term development program of the Bashkir Trans-Urals, it was
planned to build a railway branch from Sibay station to the south to
Sara station of the South Ural railway, but by mid-2016 only a few
tens of meters of railway track were laid. The project of this
branch was first depicted in detail in the 1944 atlas of the USSR
railways.
Domestic land transport
bus;
Taxi;
Air
Transport
Sibay airport
There are currently no regular flights
from the airport.
Located in the Southern Urals, in the spurs of the Irendyka ridge, on the Karagaily River, 95 km southwest of the city of Magnitogorsk, 464 km southeast of the capital of the republic, the city of Ufa, and 173 km southeast of the city of Beloretsk.
The climate is moderate continental. Summers are hot and often dry,
winters are cold, with a lot of snow.
Average annual air
temperature: +3.3 °C.
Relative humidity: 66.8%.
Average wind
speed: 4.1 m/s.
According to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census: Bashkirs - 53%,
Russians - 35.6%, Tatars - 8.3%, people of other nationalities - 3.1%.
According to the 2020 census, 57,140 people lived in Sibay, of which
55,366 people indicated their nationality.
The Sibay copper-pyrite deposit was discovered in 1913, development
began in 1925. In 1939, the Novo-Sibaysky section of the field was
discovered. In January 1944, a copper smelter was launched, and in 1948
the Bashkir Copper and Sulfur Combine was founded. The Sibay quarry is
one of the deepest in the world. Its depth exceeds 500 meters and its
diameter is 2 kilometers.
Enterprises
OJSC Bashkir Copper and
Sulfur Plant, since 2004 - Sibay branch of OJSC Uchalinsky Mining and
Processing Plant. The activity has ceased.
PJSC "Bashkir Mining
Directorate"
Sibay electrical networks of Bashkirenergo LLC.
Zauralskaya CHPP.
Telecommunications
Internet, television,
telephony: Bashinformsvyaz (now Rostelecom), Infocom, Freedom, Ufanet.
Sibay Institute of Ufa University of Science and Technology.
Sibay
College of Construction and Service.
Sibay multidisciplinary
professional college.
Sibay Pedagogical College.
Sibay Medical
College.
Sibay College of Arts.
There are 14 general education
institutions, 12 preschool educational institutions, 3 additional
education institutions, 2 country children's camps.
The leading religions in the city are Sunni Islam and Orthodox Christianity. Currently, the cathedral mosque “Takva” and the temple of the icon of the Mother of God “Consolation and Consolation” are functioning in the city. There are mosques in the village of Arkaim and the village of Zoloto.
The Sibay State Bashkir Drama Theater named after Arslan Mubaryakov
and the Sibay State Concert and Theater Association operate.
There is a local history museum.
Football club "Pegasus".
Football club "Shakhtostroitel".
Football club "Olympus"
Hockey club "Gornyak".
Equestrian club
"Veterok"
Sibay Greco-Roman wrestling club “Fortogen”.
Kickboxing
club "Shonkar".
Oriental martial arts club “Black Dragon” (Muay Thai,
Wushu, Ninjutsu).
Youth Sports School "Boxing Club".
Boxing club
"Dynamo".
Trans-Ural branch of the Aikido Federation of the Republic
of Bashkortostan.
Historical fencing club "Morning Star".
Kyokushin karate club “Tamashi-ryu”.
Traditional karate-do clubs
“Jion” and “Shotokan”.
Aikido Club "Wakikai".
Volleyball club
"Gazprom".
Volleyball club "Sibai-Youth Sports School".
Volleyball
club TsTD "Impulse".
Children's and Youth Sports School "Basketball
Club".
Fight Club "Old Fortress"
Club of historical medieval
battle "Heritage"