Russian Kurgan – one of the oldest settlements of the southern Urals. For a long time it was considered to be closed, like other Ural cities having on their territory of location of military units. Therefore, not every traveler will say, what the rich and famous mound where what area of the Ural Federal district can be compared with the advantages of its geographical proximity and some famous personalities gave it their vast country.
First name of the village is mentioned in 1679. Existing as a peasant settlement on one of the abounding sleeveless Irtysh, the Tobol river, the settlement became a town in 1782. About 100 years the area where mound was considered the reference territory of the Russian Empire. It was here, in the Outback, exiled Decembrists.
Since 1894, the TRANS-Siberian railway was the connecting link between the Kurgan and the Central regions of Russia. The great Patriotic war made the city centre evacuation of industrial enterprises from Belarus, Ukraine and near Moscow.
The Area where the mound is located in the center of the largest continent on the planet on the territory of the West Siberian plain. Being at a remote distance from seas and oceans, the city still has the advantages in its geographical position. Next fuel and energy base of the North, the natural resources of the Urals and the vast steppes of Kazakhstan. Lying in the pool of one of the world's largest rivers the Ob, the area where the mound had never experienced water shortages.
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The climate of particular influence are the Ural mountains that prevent the passage of humid air masses. All the particular weather conditions characteristic of the forest-steppe zone. The climate is temperate continental with cold and dry winters, and the summer-dry and warm.
Well-Known town not only for its industrial capacity, but also monuments, temples and museums. The main Church of the region where the mound is the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The red-brick building with a gold dome caps over a century gathers parishioners of the Orthodox faith within its walls. Today, the temple is an architectural monument and the main attraction of the city.
Kurgan aviation Museum-the only of its direction in the vastness of Siberia. Here are expositions of aircraft, aircraft models, equipment, photographs and awards. Having been in the Kurgan, visit the Museum of academician G. A. Ilizarov, whose name is closely associated with human settlement, a Museum of the Decembrists, held in Kurgan phase, and also to see his character – a fire tower.
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