Kurgan Oblast

Kurgan Oblast (, Kurganskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Kurgan. Population: 910,807 (2010 Census).

History
The oblast wis formed on Februar 6, 1943, juist whan the Soviet Airmy decisively defeatit Hitler's forces near Stalingrad. Houiver, the history o Transuralia (Zauralye) began much earlier whan the first settlers biggit thair smaw stockaded towns on the banks o the banks o the Tobol an Iset Rivers. Decembrist an Pols exiles made substantial contreibutions tae the development o cultur an eddication in Zauralye. The cooperative movement wis widespread at the beginnin o the 20t century, an thanks tae Trans-Ural ile manufacturers, Roushie became the warld's seicont-mucklest exporter o butter.

Geography
Kurgan Oblast is locatit in Soothren Roushie an is pairt o the Urals Federal Destrict. It shares borders wi Chelyabinsk Oblast tae the wast, Sverdlovsk Oblast tae the north, Tyumen Oblast tae the east, an Kazakhstan tae the sooth.

Politics
Oleg Bogomolov haes servit as the Govrenor o Kurgan Oblast syne 1996. He is a member o the Unitit Roushie Pairty. The legislative body o the oblast is the 34-member Kurgan Oblast Duma. The Unitit Roushie Pairty currently haulds the majority o seats in the Oblast Duma.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Economy
Kurgan Oblast borders on the ile- an gas-bearin destricts o Tyumen Oblast an is close tae seemilar destricts in Tomsk Oblast an aw. Lairge ile an gas pipelines pass throu its territory, an Ural an Siberie ile refineries are fairly close. The main industrial centres are Kurgansk, an Shadrinsk.

The oblast daes no hae muckle economic mineral reserves; therefore, it haes developit mainly on the basis o subindustries associatit wi processin o agricultural products an assembly an packagin o feenished products. The fuid industry is well developit here, wi meat-packin plants, mills, creameries, an poudered-milk factories.

Modren muckle-scale industry began developin durin Warld War II, whan saxteen enterprises frae wastren regions o the kintra wur evacuatit here in 1941-1942.

Demographics
Population: 

Roushies (823,7222) are the mucklest ethnic group in the Kurgan Oblast, makkin up 92.5% o the population. Ither prominent ethnic groups in the oblast include Tatars (17,017) at 1.9%, Bashkirs (12,257) at 1.4%, Kazakhs (11,939) 1.3%, an Ukrainians (7,080) at 0.8%. Ither ethnicities are 2.1%. Additionally, 20,017 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.

Births (2008): 11,937 (12.5 per 1000)
Daiths (2008): 15,626 (16.3 per 1000)http://kurganstat.gks.ru/digital/region1/2007/demo1208.htm

Climate
The oblast haes a severe continental climate wi lang cauld winters an wairm simmers wi regular drochts. The average Januar temperatur is , an the average temperatur in the wairmest month (Julie) is . Annual precipitation is aboot .

References

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Category:States an territories established in 1943