Kurgan

city in eastern Russia

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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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Population: 300763
Area: 393
Elevation: 75
Official website: www.kurgan-city.ru
Image: Okn-073-1.jpg
Dialing code: 3522

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Commons category: Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast
inception: 1679-01-01
postal code: 640000–640032
native label: Курган
time of earliest written record: 1680-00-00

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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.