Russian Kurgan is one of the oldest settlements in the South Trans-Urals. For a long time, it was considered closed, like other Ural cities that have military units on their territories. Therefore, not every tourist will answer how rich and famous Kurgan is, where it is located, which region of the Ural Federal District can compare with the advantages of its geographical proximity and what famous personalities he presented to his vast country.
Historical reference
The name of the village was first mentioned in 1679. Existing as a peasant settlement on one of the high-water branches of the Irtysh Tobol River, the village has become a city since 1782. For about 100 years, the area where Kurgan is located was considered a reference territory of the Russian Empire. It was here, in the outback, that the Decembrists were serving a link.
Since 1894, the Trans-Siberian Railway has become a link between the Kurgan and the central regions of Russia. The Great Patriotic War made the city an evacuation center of industrial enterprises from Belarus, Ukraine and the Moscow region.
Geography and climate
The area where Kurgan is located is located in the center of the largest continent of the planet on the territory of the West Siberian Plain. Being at a remote distance from the seas and oceans, the city still has advantages in its geographical position. Near the fuel and energy base of the North, the natural resources of the Urals and the endless steppes of Kazakhstan. Located in the basin of one of the largest rivers in the world, the Ob, the territory where Kurgan is located has never experienced a lack of water resources.
The Ural Mountains have a special influence on the climate of the area, which impede the passage of moist air masses. All weather features are peculiar to the forest-steppe zone. The climate is temperate continental with cold and little snowy winters, and summers are dry and warm.
The main attractions
The village is famous not only for its industrial potential, but also for architectural monuments, temples and museums. The main church in the region where Kurgan is located is the Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky. For more than a century, a red-brick building with golden domed hats has been collecting 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 is the only one in its direction on the expanses of all Siberia. There are exhibits of aircraft, aircraft models, equipment, photo documents and awards. Having been in Kurgan, it is worth visiting the museum of Academician G.A. Ilizarov, whose name is closely connected with the village, the museum of the Decembrists who went through the Kurgan stage, and also see its symbol - the fire tower.