Kurgan Oblast, Administrative region in southwestern Siberia, Russia.
Description
Kurgan Oblast is an administrative region in southwestern Siberia that stretches between the Ural Mountains and the West Siberian Plain. The territory blends forest steppe in the north with open grassland in the south, crossed by rivers and dotted with lakes that sit in gentle depressions.
History
The region was formed in 1943 by merging eastern districts from Chelyabinsk with four districts from Omsk. During World War II, many factories were relocated here, speeding up industrialization across the territory.
Culture
The name comes from kurgans, ancient burial mounds from pre-Celtic times scattered across the steppe landscape. These earthen hills recall the nomadic peoples who once moved through the flat terrain and laid their dead to rest here.
Practical
The region sits along the Trans-Siberian Railway, which passes through several towns and provides connections to the east and west. The continental climate brings cold, snowy winters and warm, mostly dry summers.
Did you know?
Many villages still preserve wooden houses with carved window frames, a legacy of 19th-century peasant life. In summer, locals sell fresh berries and mushrooms from surrounding forests at small roadside stands.
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Dalmatovsky Monastery
136.5 km
Ingala Valley
119.2 km
Saint Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Kurgan
40 km
Central Park
39.4 km
Kurgan Oblast Duma
39.9 kmШәмилә (күл)
164 km
Gagarina, 41
43.3 kmGorodskoy Garden
40.1 km
Savin-1
58.1 km
Ялуторовский музейный комплекс
154.6 km
The Transfiguration Cathedral
90 km
Troickaya Square, 1
40.8 kmPresnowka
215.9 km
Statue of Argentovskaya in Kurgan
40.7 km
Троицкий собор (Курган)
40.8 km
Kurgan Mosque
41.3 km
Шадринский государственный драматический театр
90.2 km
Statue of Lenin at the Lenin Square in Kurgan
39.8 km
Пожарная каланча (Курган)
40.6 km
Kurgan State Drama Theatre
40 km
Pushkina, 137
39.6 kmOmsk bridge
44.4 kmMuseum of the History of the Center of Academic G. A. Ilizarov
35.7 km
Некрасовский мост (Курган)
39.6 km
Reinforced concrete overpass
37.9 kmКурганская детская железная дорога
39.6 km
Kurgan Puppet Theatre "Gulliver"
40.5 km
Statue of Krasin in Kurgan
40.2 km
Almenevsky District
Belozersky District, Kurgan Oblast
Vargashinsky District
Dalmatovsky District
Zverinogolovsky District
Kargapolsky District
Kataysky District
Ketovsky District
Kurtamyshsky District
Lebyazhyevsky District
Makushinsky District
Mishkinsky District, Kurgan Oblast
Mokrousovsky District
Petukhovsky District
Polovinsky District
Pritobolny District
Safakulevsky District
Tselinny District
Chastoozersky District
Shadrinsky District
Shatrovsky District
Shumikhinsky District
Shchuchansky District
Yurgamyshsky District
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