Kurgan Oblast (Russian: Курга́нская о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. Image File history File links Kurgan_Oblast_Flag. ... Image File history File links RussiaKurgan2005. ... Russia is a federation which consists of 89 subjects (Russian: Ñубъект(Ñ‹); English transliteration: subyekty, sing. ... An oblast (Slavonian verbalism or term, Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian, Ukrainian: оÌблаÑÑ‚ÑŒ, Bulgarian: оÌблаÑÑ‚) English equivalent area, province or zone. ... Kurgan (Курган), the capital of the Kurgan Oblast, Russia, is one of the oldest cities in Siberia (geographical position: 55°28 N, 65°21 E). ...
Area 71,500 km², population 1,019,532 as of 2002 All-Russian Population Census. 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Kurgan Oblast is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone (YEKT/YEKST). UTC offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST). Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time or Z, is an atomic realization of Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich Mean Time, the astronomical basis for civil time. ...
Administrative divisions
Districts
Kurgan Oblast consists of the following districts (raions): See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ...
On January 1, 2007, Evenkia and Taymyria will be merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai.
A referendum is to be held on April 16, 2006 on the merger of Irkutsk Oblast and Ust-Orda Buryatia.
On October 23, 2005, a referendum was held on the merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryakia to form Kamchatka Krai. The result was in favour; the merger will occur some time in 2007 (no official date has been set yet).
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