Kurgan
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關於Kurgan
Kurgan is the largest city and the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast in the south of the Urals Federal District of Russia. Population: 310,911 (2021 census); 333,606 (2010 census); 345,515 (2002 census); 355,517 (1989 Soviet census).
Until 1782, Kurgan bore the name Tsaryovo Gorodishche.
An urban settlement was established here between 1659 and 1662 as Tsaryovo Gorodishche (Царёво Городи́ще, meaning Imperial Citadel) by Timofey Nevezhin, a farmer from Tyumen. In the ensuing years it was developed as a fortress town. It served as a frontier post and its fortified position enabled it to defend other Russian settlements from nomad attacks. Nevertheless, it was itself not always able to withstand such attacks, and was sometimes plundered and burnt down.
The city was granted city privileges by the Empress Catherine the Great in 1782, which is when it acquired its present name and became the seat of an uyezd. The present name is taken from a large kurgan (burial mound) close to the original settlement.
Its coat of arms was granted on 17 March 1785, and it became the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast in 1943. Kurgan was awarded the...
Kurgan旅遊指南
如何抵達
By plane 1 Kurgan Airport (KRO). As for the September 2016 there are regular flights only to/from Moscow-Vnukovo (updated Nov 2016)
By rail 2 Central Railway Station (Центральный вокзал). Via Kurgan are trains going to Yekaterinburg, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Chita, Vladivostok, Astana, Karaganda, Moscow, Samara, Adler, Brest, and others. (updated Nov 2016)
體驗活動
Lenin Square, ul. Gogolya, 56. Sit with Lenin in the snow for a while at the main square. (updated May 2017)
住宿
1 Avenue Park Hotel, ul. Karla Marksa, 58/1, ☏ +7 352 246-07-77. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 12:00. four-stars hotel (updated Nov 2016)
城市概覽改寫自 Wikipedia，旅遊指南來自Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。照片來自 Wikimedia Commons.