Surgut

Surgut (; 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 (2021 Census); 

 History 
The city was founded in 1594 by order of Tsar Feodor I. For many centuries it was a fortress and center of Russian development in Siberia. 

It became a major center of oil and gas production in the 1960s. This made the population of the city go up. 

Surgut is home to the Surgut Bridge. This bridge is the longest one-tower cable-stayed bridge in the world.

 Economy 
Surgut is the largest port on the Ob River. It is also the largest roadway/railway junction in northwest Siberia. It has two of the world's most powerful power plants, the SDPP-1 (State District Power Plant 1) and SDPP-2 (State District Power Plant 2). These power plants make over 7,200 megawatts and give the region cheap electricity.

Surgut is also important in the oil and natural gas industries. 

 Transportation 
The city has the Surgut International Airport, which gives flights to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Dubai, Irkutsk, and many other cities.

Surgut also has many trains that go to the east (in Novy Urengoy, Nizhnevartovsk), and to the south-west (in Tyumen, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg).

 Climate 
Surgut has a continental subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). It has long, cold winters and short, warm summers.

 Coat of arms 
The modern coat of arms of Surgut, featuring "in the golden field - a black fox with a silver tail end, walking along the azure land", was approved on November 20, 2003 by the city duma on November 4, 2003.

 Twin towns – sister cities 
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Twin_town_kopjafa_fingerpost,_Eur%C3%B3pa_Square,_2020_Zalaegerszeg.jpg|thumb|Sign in Zalaegerszeg that points to Surgut

Surgut is twinned with:

  Chaoyang, China
  Katerini, Greece
  Zalaegerszeg, Hungary

 Notable people 

 Igor Bobkov (born 1991), ice hockey goaltender
 Miroslava Duma (born 1985)
 Isolda Dychauk (born 1993), actress
 Anastasiia Gontar (born 2001), paralympic swimmer
 Pavel Ivashko (born 1994), sprinter
 Ksenia Klimenko (born 2003), artistic gymnast
 Andrei Kolegayev (1887–1937), Left Socialist-Revolutionary, Soviet politician
 Aleksandr Kolomeytsev (born 1989), football player
 Yelena Terleyeva (born 1985), pop singer

 Gallery 

 References 

 Other websites 

 Official website of Surgut 
  Informational website of Surgut

Category:Cities and towns in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug