Tyumen

Tyumen (???????) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Tyumen Oblast in the Urals Federal District.

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It stands on the Tura River 2144 km east of Moscow, at

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Population 510,700 (census 2002).

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Tyumen was the first Russian town in Siberia, founded in 1586 on the site of the Tatar town of Chimgi-Tura. It is an important center for the gas and oil industries in Russia.

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Russia: The Russian Federation (, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: ???????, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Europe and Asia. With an area of 17,075,400 km? (6,595,600 mi?), it is the largest coun...

Tyumen Oblast: Tyumen Oblast (?????????? ????????) is a regional subdivision of Russia in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Tyumen. It contains two autonomous districts, Khantia-Mansia, and Yamalia. Excluding the autonomous districts, Tyumen Oblast has an area of 159,869.7 km? (...

Urals Federal District: Urals Federal District (Russian: ?????????? ???????????? ??????; tr.: Uralsky federalny okrug) is one of the seven federal districts of Russia. It is the westernmost of the three Asian districts....