Kuiksk

Kuiksk (Finn. Kuikkala, Russ. Куикск) is a Uralican city located in western Yugra on a stretch of Highway UH-6 approaching the border with Southeast Uralica. It is only 15 kilometres northeast of Yugorsk along this highway, and is 43 kilometres northeast of Chetyrgoroda, another major centre in the area. It is also an important stop along the West Yugra Highway, Highway UH-34.

Founded as Sovetsk in 1963, the city's initial industry was logging, which still happens to some degree. Later, oil from nearby cities would be refined in this settlement. Although these two industries still exist in Kuiksk, they no longer dominate like they once did. Instead, consumer-goods manufacturing of all types, especially hi-tech and furniture-making, claims the largest share of Kuiksk's industry. The city was renamed before annexation (specifically in September of 2009) to align itself with Uralica's policy of "de-Sovietisation," but was briefly named "Kanansk" after the small river than runs nearby. The name of Kuiksk would come three months later as the result of a contest. The name was actually first suggested by a 17-year-old Russian teenage girl who idolised Vaido Kuik, the founder of the Uralicist Movement.

Culture
Oddly enough, Kuiksk didn't begin taking on Estonians until after the name was changed, and they still form a relatively small part of the population. Ethnic Russians are dominant in the city, with Finns, Khants, Hungarians and a few Mansis living in the city as well.

As a new city, there are very few cultural tourist traps in Kuiksk. There are a few very beautiful churches, though - the Cathedral of Sankt Pavel Apostol in the Catholic tradition, the Temple of Sankt Arkady The Uralican Martyr in the Orthodox Tradition (Arkady Martynenko was a half-Udmurt Orthodox missionary and ERHDC member who was killed in Long Rifle by Amerzican troops in May of 2008, and was eventually canonised in early 2010), and Joyful Noise Baptist Church in the south of the city are among these.

Although cultural tourist spots are lacking in the city, there are instead some "fun places" to go, like a massive UralTek video arcade, an amusement park, an indoor water park that is open year-round, and two large public skate parks.

Neighbourhoods and Suburbs

 * Kompressornyy
 * Kanansk
 * Fudbolsk