Kurgan Oblast

For other uses, see Kurgan (disambiguation).

Kurgan Oblast Курганская область (Russian)
—  Oblast  —
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: none
Coordinates:
Political status
Country	Russia
Federal district	Ural
Economic region	Ural
Established	February 6, 1943
Administrative center	Kurgan
Government (as of February 2014)
• Governor	Alexey Kokorin (acting)
• Legislature	Oblast Duma
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)
• Total	71,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi)
Area rank	43rd
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	910,807
• Rank	57th
• Density	12.83/km2 (33.2/sq mi)
• Urban	60.3%
• Rural	39.7%
Population (June 2014 est.)
• Total	874,100
Time zone(s)	YEKT (UTC+05:00)
ISO 3166-2	RU-KGN
License plates	45
Official languages	Russian
Official website

Kurgan Oblast (Russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, Kurganskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. In June 2014, the population was estimated to be 874,100, down from 910,807 recorded in the 2010 Census.

History

The oblast was formed on February 6, 1943.

Recipient of the Order of Lenin (1959).

Geography

Kurgan Oblast is located in Southern Russia and is part of the Urals Federal District. It shares borders with Chelyabinsk Oblast to the west, Sverdlovsk Oblast to the north-west, Tyumen Oblast to the north-east, and Kazakhstan to the south.

Climate

The oblast has a severe continental climate with long cold winters and warm summers with regular droughts. The average January temperature is −18 °C (0 °F), and the average temperature in the warmest month (July) is +19 °C (66 °F). Annual precipitation is about 400 millimeters (16 in).

Politics

See also: Governor of Kurgan Oblast

During the Soviet period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: The first secretary of the Kurgan CPSU Committee (who in reality had the biggest authority), the chairman of the oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since 1991, CPSU lost all the power, and the head of the Oblast administration, and eventually the governor was appointed/elected alongside elected regional parliament.

The Charter of Kurgan Oblast is the fundamental law of the region. The Kurgan Oblast Duma is the province's standing legislative (representative) body. The Oblast Duma consists of 34 members and exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. The highest executive body is the Oblast Government, which includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run the day to day matters of the province. The Oblast administration supports the activities of the Governor who is the highest official and acts as guarantor of the observance of the oblast Charter in accordance with the Constitution of Russia.

The United Russia Party currently holds the majority of seats in the Oblast Duma.

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Kurgan Oblast

Economy

Kurgan Oblast borders on the oil- and gas-bearing districts of Tyumen Oblast and is also close to similar districts in Tomsk Oblast. Large oil and gas pipelines pass through its territory, and Ural and Siberian oil refineries are fairly close. The main industrial centers are Kurgan, and Shadrinsk.

The oblast does not have large economic mineral reserves; therefore, it has developed mainly on the basis of subindustries associated with processing of agricultural products and assembly and packaging of finished products. The food industry is well developed here, with meat-packing plants, mills, creameries, and powdered-milk factories.

Modern large-scale industry began developing during World War II, when sixteen enterprises from western regions of the country were evacuated here in 1941-1942.

Demographics

Population: 910,807 (2010 Census); 1,019,532 (2002 Census); 1,104,872 (1989 Census).

Russians (823,7222) are the largest ethnic group in the Kurgan Oblast, making up 92.5% of the population. Other prominent 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%. Additionally, 20,017 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.

• Births (2010): 11,862 (13.0 per 1000)
• Deaths (2010): 14,590 (16.0 per 1000)

Total fertility rate:

• 2000 - 1.38
• 2001 - 1.35
• 2002 - 1.45
• 2003 - 1.40
• 2004 - 1.46
• 2005 - 1.40
• 2006 - 1.43
• 2007 - 1.59
• 2008 - 1.72
• 2009 - 1.77
• 2010 - 1.79
• 2011 - 1.82
• 2012 - 2.03
• 2013 - 2.12
• 2014 - 2.10(e)

Vital statistics for 2012

• Births: 12 400 (13.8 per 1000)
• Deaths: 14 216 (15.9 per 1000)
• Total fertility rate: 2.03

Religion

Religion in Kurgan Oblast (2012)

  Russian Orthodox (28.4%)

  Unaffiliated Christian (6%)

  Muslim (2%)

  Rodnover (1%)

  Hindu (0.4%)

  Spiritual but not religious (36%)

  Atheist (14%)

  Other or undeclared (12.2%)

According to a 2012 official survey 28.4% of the population of Kurgan Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 6% are nondenominational Christians (with the exclusion of such-defined Protestant churches), 2% are adherents of Islam, 1% are adherents of the Slavic native faith (Rodnovery), and 0.4% are adherents of forms of Hinduism (Vedism, Krishnaism or Tantrism). In addition, 36% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 14% is atheist, and 12.2% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.

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
• Alexander 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

Sources

• Курганская областная Дума. Закон №1 от 16 декабря 1994 г. «Устав Курганской области», в ред. Закона №108 от 30 ноября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Устав Курганской области». Вступил в силу после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Новый мир", №242, 21 декабря 1994 г. (Kurgan Oblast Duma. Law #1 of December 16, 1994 Charter of Kurgan Oblast, as amended by the Law #108 of November 30, 2015 On Amending the Charter of Kurgan Oblast. Effective as of after the official publication.).

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website of the Oblast Duma (Russian)
• News portal (Russian)