Kurgan Oblast

**Kurgan Oblast** (, *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, down from&nbsp;910,807 in the 2010 Census.

## 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 
## 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), 

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 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 
## 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

## References 

## Other websites 
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* Official website of the Oblast Duma  
* News portal