Kurgan Oblast

Kurgan Oblast (Russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, Kurganskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia. Specifically, it is an oblast. Its administrative center (capital city) is the city of Kurgan. In June 2014, the population was estimated to be 874,100,^[9] down from 910,807 in the 2010 Census.^[7]

Kurgan Oblast Курганская область (Russian)
—  Oblast  —
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°34′N 64°45′E
Political status
Country	Russia
Federal district	Ural[1]
Economic region	Ural[2]
Established	February 6, 1943[3]
Administrative center	Kurgan
Government (as of February 2014)
• Governor[4]	Vadim Shumkov
• Legislature	Oblast Duma[5]
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)[6]
• Total	71,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi)
Area rank	43rd
Population (2010 Census)[7]
• Total	910,807
• Rank	57th
• Density[8]	12.83/km2 (33.2/sq mi)
• Urban	60.3%
• Rural	39.7%
Population (June 2014 est.)
• Total	874,100[9]
Time zone(s)	YEKT (UTC+06:00)
ISO 3166-2	RU-KGN
License plates	45
Official languages	Russian[10]
Official website

History

Kurgan Oblast was created on February 6, 1943. It included 32 districts from Chelyabinsk Oblast and 4 districts from Omsk Oblast. These districts added up to a total population of 975,000.

Geography

Kurgan Oblast is in the Urals Federal District. It borders Chelyabinsk Oblast in the west, Sverdlovsk Oblast in the northwest, Tyumen Oblast in the northeast, and the Kazakh regions of Kostanay and North Kazakhstan in the south.

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Kurgan Oblast

Economy

Kurgan Oblast borders the oil and gas-rich districts of Tyumen Oblast. Because of this, many major pipelines go through Kurgan Oblast.

Demographics

Population: 834,701 (2019 estimate^[11]), 910,807 (2010 Census);^[7] 1,019,532 (2002 Census);^[12] 1,104,872 (1989 Census).^[13]

Russians (823,722) are the largest ethnic group in the Kurgan Oblast. They make up 92.5% of the population. Other major ethnic groups in the oblast include^[14] Tatars (17,017) at 1.9%, Bashkirs (12,257) at 1.4%, Kazakhs (11,939) 1.3%, and Ukrainians (7,080) at 0.8%. Other ethnicities are 2.1%.

Largest cities and towns

Largest cities or towns in Kurgan Oblast 2010 Russian Census
	Rank		Administrative Division	Pop.
Kurgan Shadrinsk	1	Kurgan	City of oblast significance of Kurgan	333,606
	2	Shadrinsk	Shadrinsky District	77,756
	3	Shumikha	Shumikhinsky District	17,819
	4	Kurtamysh	Kurtamyshsky District	17,099
	5	Kataysk	Kataysky District	14,003
	6	Dalmatovo	Dalmatovsky District	13,911
	7	Petukhovo	Petukhovsky District	11,292
	8	Shchuchye	Shchuchansky District	10,973
	9	Vargashi	Vargashinsky District	9,254
	10	Kargapolye	Kargapolsky District	8,433

Notable people

• Yuri Balashov (born March 12, 1949), chess grandmaster
• Oleg Bogomolov (born October 4, 1950), former Governor of Kurgan Oblast
• Fyodor Bronnikov (1827–1902), painter
• Dmitri Bushmanov (born September 30, 1978), association football player
• Aleksandr Cherepanov (November 21, 1895 – July 6, 1984), lieutenant-general
• Dumitru Diacov (born February 10, 1952), Moldovan politician
• Viktor Dubynin (February 1, 1943 – November 22, 1992), Army General
• Maxim Fadeev (born May 6, 1968), singer-songwriter, composer and producer
• Pavel Fitin (December 28, 1907 – December 24, 1971), director of Soviet intelligence
• Filipp Golikov (July 30, 1900 – July 29, 1980), Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Sergey Gritsevets (July 19, 1909 – September 16, 1939), major, pilot and twice recipient of the honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
• Gavriil Ilizarov (June 15, 1921 – July 24, 1992), physician
• Vyacheslav Kamoltsev (born December 14, 1971), association football player
• Svetlana Kapanina (born December 22, 1968), aerobatic pilot
• Anatoly Karelin (July 16, 1922 – January 3, 1974), Major General of aviation
• Leonid Khabarov (born May 8, 1947), Colonel
• Larisa Korobeynikova (born March 26, 1987), fencer
• Evgeni Krasilnikov (born April 7, 1965), volleyball player
• Leonid Krasin (July 3 (15), 1870 – November 24, 1926), politician and diplomat
• Ivan Kurpishev (born March 2, 1969), powerlifter
• Dmitri Loskov (born February 12, 1974), association football player
• Aleksey Merzlyakov (March 22, 1778 - August 7, 1830), poet, critic, translator, and professor
• Yana Romanova (born May 11, 1983), biathlete
• Sergei Rublevsky (born October 15, 1974), chess grandmaster
• Mikhail Ryumin (September 1, 1913 – July 22, 1954), Deputy Head of the Ministry for State Security (Soviet Union)
• Yulia Savicheva (born 14 February 1987), singer
• Ivan Shadr (February 11, 1887 – April 3, 1941), sculptor and medalist
• Alexander Solonik (October 16, 1960 – January 31, 1997), hitman
• Elena Temnikova (born April 18, 1985), singer
• Alla Vazhenina (born May 29, 1983), weightlifter
• Aleksandr Vinogradov (September 9, 1930 – June 14, 2011), journalist and writer
• Sergei Vinogradov (April 16, 1958 – December 16, 2010), journalist, translator and writer
• Kirill A. Yevstigneyev (February 17, 1917 – August 29, 1996), Major General of aviation