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Kurgan

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city in eastern Russia

AI overview

Kurgan is a city located in eastern Russia, situated in the Tyumen Oblast region in southwestern Siberia. It serves as an important regional center for trade, industry, and transportation in that part of Russia.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Population
300763
Area
393
Elevation
75
Time zone
UTC+05:00
Capital of
Kurgansky Uyezd
Official website
www.kurgan-city.ru
Image
Okn-073-1.jpg
Dialing code
3522
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topic's main category
Category:Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast
Commons category
Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast
category for people buried here
Category:Burials in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast
inception
1679-01-01
category for people born here
Category:Births in Kurgan
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Kurgan
category of associated people
Category:People from Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast
postal code
640000–640032
native label
Курган
time of earliest written record
1680-00-00
twinned administrative body
Yulin
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Encyclopedic overview

Kurgan (Russian: Курган, IPA: [kʊrˈɡan]) is the largest city and the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast in the south of the Urals Federal District of Russia. Population: 310,911 (2021 census); 333,606 (2010 census); 345,515 (2002 census); 355,517 (1989 Soviet census)..

Until 1782, Kurgan bore the name Tsaryovo Gorodishche.

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

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