Druzhba

(until 1962, Khutor-Mikhailovskii), a city in the Iampol’sk Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. It is the site of the Khutor-Mikhailovsk railroad junction, a sugar-refining plant, and railroad maintenance enterprises. The city was founded at the beginning of the 19th century.

an urban-type settlement in the Dagestan ASSR. It is located on the Sulak River, 48 km to the south of the Kizil’iurt railway station on the Gudermes-Makhachkala line. It arose in 1964 during the construction of the Chirkei hydroelectric power plant.

a seaside climatic health resort in Bulgaria, on the shore of the Black Sea, 10 km north of Varna. The climate is of the Mediterranean type; summers are sunny and very warm (average July temperature, 23.3°C), winters are mild (average January temperature, 2.4°C), and annual precipitation is approximately 430 mm. Aeroheliotherapy and sea bathing (from May to October) are used for the prophylaxis of various illnesses and the treatment of patients with nontubercular respiratory illnesses, functional disorders of the nervous system, and secondary anemias. The resort has sanatoriums, boardinghouses, vacation homes, hotels, parks, and recreational areas. There is a broad, sandy beach. The vacation home of the International Organization of Journalists is in Druzhba.

one of the major oil pipelines in the world, approximately 5,000 km in length. The Druzhba (Friendship) Pipeline was constructed jointly by the USSR, Poland, the German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary across the territory of these countries. The pipeline provides petroleum refineries with oil supplied from the Soviet Union and improves the fuel energy balances of the socialist countries. Construction of the first line, a 1,020 mm diameter pipe, was begun in 1960 and completed in 1964. A second line with a 1,220 mm diameter pipe, running parallel to the first line, is currently (1972) under construction. The pipeline is equipped with the latest automatic and remote control facilities.