Kurgan Oblast Voyage Tips and guide

Kurgan Oblast (Russian: Курга́нская о́бласть koor-GAHN-skuh-yuh OH-blust') is a region in Russia's Urals region. Kurgan Oblast borders Tyumen Oblast to the northeast, Kazakhstan to the southeast, Chelyabinsk Oblast to the southwest and Sverdlovsk Oblast to the northwest.

Cities

Map of Kurgan Oblast

55.44083365.3411111 Kurgan - capital city of the region. Great example of Stalinist architecture.
56.08333363.6333332 Shadrinsk — town under oblast jurisdiction.
56.26666762.9166673 Dalmatovo — site of the Dalmat Monastery, once famed as the "pearl of the trans-Urals," which is being restored after Soviet abuse and is again a working monastery.
56.362.5666674 Kataysk
54.964.4333335 Kurtamysh
55.267.256 Makushino
55.06666767.8833337 Petukhovo
55.21666762.7666678 Shchuchye
55.23333363.2833339 Shumikha

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Astride the Trans-Siberian Railway and dotted with lakes, Kurgan Oblast keeps itself busy primarily by making automobiles.

Get in

Domestic flights arrive at 55.47565.4152781 International Airport Kurgan (KRO ^IATA) from Moscow and Saint Petersburg. International flights are not carried out.

Kurgan train station is one of the principal stops on the South Ural route of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Trains also arrive from nearby cities Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk. It is also possible to arrive by train from northern Kazakhstan.

Kurgan is accessible from federal highways R254 and R354.

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