The city of Kurgan, which previously had the names Tsarevo settlement and Kurgan settlement, is the administrative center of the region of the same name in the Ural Federal District. Not many tourists come to Kurgan, mainly the city's visitors are representatives of industry and businessmen. But where exactly in the vast territory of Russia is the city of Kurgan?
Geographical position of Kurgan
One of the largest rivers of the Kurgan region is the Tobol, on the banks of which the administrative center of the region is located. The Kurgan and the adjacent region are located practically in the very center of the Eurasian continent, on the territory of the West Siberian Plain and at a distance of almost two thousand kilometers from the capital of Russia.
Over the entire period of its foundation since 1679, Kurgan has been constantly expanding, becoming a major center of mechanical engineering, light and chemical industries, as well as the development of military equipment. And the geographical position of the city played an important role in this fact - very large transport routes of the central part of Russia passed through the territory of the Kurgan region. These are the Trans-Siberian Railway and the busy Baikal highway. In fact, the region and the administrative center located in it are the junction of the European and Asian territories of the country. Which is very good for industrialists and businessmen.
The population of Kurgan, according to the information of 2013, is a little more than 325, 5 thousand people. On the western side, the Kurgan region borders on the more densely populated Chelyabinsk region (the number of inhabitants of Chelyabinsk is 1, 156 million people), on the north - on the Sverdlovsk region, the administrative center of which is the city of Yekaterinburg with a population of 1, 396 million people, and in the east is Tyumenskaya region (634, 2 thousand people live in Tyumen). The southern borders of the Kurgan region are in contact with Kazakhstan.
The hourly "location" of Kurgan is similar to the time in Yekaterinburg and is an increase of two hours to the capital time of Russia.
How to get to Kurgan from Moscow and St. Petersburg
The distance between Kurgan and the Russian capital is about two thousand kilometers, and the duration of travel between the two cities by car is about 40 hours, if you go without long breaks and choose between three routes - the M7 road (Volga), the M5 highway (Ural) and the federal route E22.
Moscow and Kurgan are not connected by direct railway routes, but you can get to your destination by a passing train going to Pavlodar, Petropavlovsk, Karaganda, Leninogorsk and Balkhash.
Also, the Russian capital and St. Petersburg with Kurgan are connected by almost daily flights of major airlines.
The distance between Kurgan and the northern capital is over two and a half thousand kilometers, and the duration of the trip will be about 42 hours if the trip is not interrupted for a long time. You can drive in three ways - along the A114 highway, the M10 road and the M7 highway ("Volga").
Both cities are also connected by two direct rail routes with numbers 145 and 040. You can get to Kurgan from the northern capital by a passing train to Petropavlovsk.
