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Khanty-Mansiysk is an oil boom town and the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the eastern bank of the Irtysh River, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from its confluence with the Ob.
It was founded in 1930 as a work settlement of Ostyako-Vogulsk (Остяко-Вогульск) after the obsolete names of Ostyaks and Voguls for the Khanty and Mansi peoples. In 1940, it was renamed Khanty-Mansiysk, and it was granted town status
in 1950, merging with the village of Samarovo, known since the 16th
century, along the way.
Today Khanty-Mansiysk is a flourishing town, which in recent years has
received considerable foreign investment. For example, in 2007, the
English architect Norman Foster signed an agreement to build a 280-meter (920 ft) high skyscraper in an attractive part of the town. When it is built, the Crystal Skyscraper will be one of the tallest buildings in Russia. Besides this, the Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat is planning to build a business complex in the town center.