Kurgan Oblast

province of Russia

AI overview

Kurgan Oblast is a province in Russia located in the Urals region of southwestern Siberia. It matters as an administrative division of Russia with historical significance in the development of Siberia and the Urals.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Kurgan Oblast is referenced by 830 other articles, and connects out to Ural Federal District, Rodnovery and Federal State Statistics Service.

The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st.

It sits within the topics Kurgan Oblast, Recipients of the Order of Lenin and States and territories established in 1943.

Its subject is documented across 107 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: federal subject of Russia
Part of: Ural Federal District
Award: Order of Lenin
Country: Soviet Union
Located in: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Continent: Asia
Capital: Kurgan
Population: 744465
Area: 71488
Shares border with: Kostanay Region
Official website: kurganobl.ru
Image: Туман после грозы в Щигровской Согре.JPG
Licence plate code: 45
Flag: flag of Kurgan Oblast

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Commons category: Kurgan Oblast
topic's main category: Category:Kurgan Oblast
category for people born here: Category:Births in Kurgan Oblast
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kurgan Oblast
category of associated people: Category:People from Kurgan Oblast
inception: 1943-02-06
replaces: Chelyabinsk Oblast
category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Kurgan Oblast
language used: Russian

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Encyclopedic overview

Kurgan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. According to the 2021 Census, the population was 776,661, down from 910,807 recorded in the 2010 Census.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kurgan Oblast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.