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Surgut (Russian: Сургу́т, IPA:; Khanty: Сәрханӆ, Sərhanł, Сө̆ркут, sörkut) is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Ob River near its junction with the Irtysh River.
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Surgut is one of the oldest cities in Siberia, founded by the decree of Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in 1594. Three people took part in the foundation of the settlement: a voevode (a governor of a province), a merchant, and a Cossack. Today, on the main street of the city, there is a monument to the founders of Surgut, which, in addition to the governor,...
Surgut is one of the few Russian regional cities that exceeds the administrative center of its region by population, industrial, economic and tourist importance. Surgut is the city of young people, the bulk of its population consists of people 25-35 years old. City Day is celebrated on June 12. It is located about 300 km east of Khanty-Mansiysk (th...
Museums and theaters
1. Surgut Museum of Local Lore (30 let Pobedy Street, 21/2), 2. Surgut Art Museum (30 let Pobedy Street, 21/2), 3. Historical and Cultural Center “Stary Surgut” (Surgut of the Past), located in a picturesque area of the central part Surgut, on the banks of the Saima River, 4. Museum of Oil and Gas of “Gazprom” (Universitetskaya Street, 1), 5. Museum “The house of the merchant A.G. Klepikov”, the only monument of architecture of the 19th-20th centuries that survived on its historical place (Pr...
Other places of interest
1. Cable-stayed road bridge across the Ob River, 2. Park “Saima” - a quiet romantic place amidst the bustling streets, 3. English language school with a tower resembling Big Ben in London, it is located near the city center, 4. Monument to Surgut founders (in the very center of the city), 5. Monument to Siberian pilots (Mi-6 helicopter located near the airport), 6. Smile monument (a laughing fish with a mermaid in a fur hat on the back, near the Art Museum), 7. several modern and comfortable...
Surgut, city and port, Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug (district), Tyumen oblast (region), Russia, on the Ob River. Incorporated in 1965, Surgut is one of the main administrative and supply centres of the Western Siberian oil fields. Surgut has an enormous thermal-power station.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Surgut (2137 kilometers from Moscow) is one of Russia’s fastest growing cities and the largest population center in the oil-rich Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous Area (the Khanty and Mansi are the...
Surgut (Russian: Сургу́т, IPA: ; Khanty: Сәрханӆ, Sarkhanl) is the largest city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is on the Ob River near its junction with the Irtysh River. Population: 396,443 [5] (2021 Census); 306,675 (2010 Census); [6] 285,027 (2002 Census); [7] 247,823 (1989 Census). [8]
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Surgut (Russian: Сургут soor-GOOT) is the largest city in Khantia-Mansia, the unofficial capital of oil-extraction of Russia.
