Railway station in Surgut

Coat of arms of Surgut

Surgut (Russian: Сургу́т) is a city in Russia, the largest in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and second largest in Tyumen Oblast. Its population according to the 2002 Census was 285,027 (291.800 in 2005). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2029 KB) Summary Surgut Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2029 KB) Summary Surgut Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Types of settlements in Russia, Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states have certain peculiarities with respect to the English language traditions. ... Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra (Russian: ), or Khantia-Mansia, is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast). ... Tyumen Oblast Coat of Arms Tyumen Oblast flag Tyumen Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Urals Federal District. ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ...

Surgut is one of the oldest Siberian cities. It was founded in 1594 by order of Tsar Feodor I. This article is about Siberia as a whole. ... Tsar (Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian цар, Russian  , in scientific transliteration respectively car and car ), occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English, is a Slavonic term designating certain monarchs. ... Feodor presents a golden chain to Boris Godunov. ...

The name of the city, according to one tradition, originates from the Khanty words "sur" (fish) and "gut" (hole, pit). Khanty or Xanty language, also known as the Ostyak language, is a language of the Khant peoples. ...

The urbanization of Surgut took place in the 1960s, when it became a center of oil and gas production. On June 25, 1965 the working settlement of Surgut was reorganized into a city. The city's birthday is celebrated yearly on June 12. is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The current mayor of Surgut is Alexander Leonidovich Sidorov (since 1996). He oversaw the construction of the Surgut Bridge, the longest one-tower cable-stayed bridge in the world. Surgut Bridge is the longest one-tower cable-stayed bridge in the world. ... A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns (normally referred to as towers or pylons), with cables supporting the bridge deck. ...

Economy

Surgut's economy is tied to oil production and the processing of natural gas. The most important enterprises are the oil firm Surgutneftegaz (often known as Surgut) and Surgutgazprom (a unit of Gazprom). Surgut electric plants GRES-1 and GRES-2 produce over 7200 megawatts and supply most of the region with relatively cheap electricity. For other uses, see Natural gas (disambiguation). ... JSC Surgutneftegaz (MICEX:SNGS RTS:SNGS) is a major oil and gas joint stock company of Russia that united several previously state-owned enterprises with large oil and gas reserves in Western Siberia in 1993 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. ... Gazprom (LSE: OGZD; Russian: , sometimes transcribed as Gasprom) is the largest Russian company and the biggest extractor of natural gas in the world. ...

Sport

• Universitet Surgut - basketball team in the Russian Basketball Super League

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Transport

The city is served by Surgut Airport, which offers flights to Moscow, Dubai, Saint Petersburg, Irkutsk, and a number of other cities. Surgut (also listed as Surgut North) (ICAO: USRR) is an airport in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia located 10 km north of Surgut. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Location of Dubai in the UAE Coordinates: , Country Emirate Dubai Incorporated (town) June 9, 1833 Incorporated (emirate) December 2, 1971 Founder Maktoum bin Bati bin Suhail (1833) Seat Dubai Subdivisions Towns and villages Jebel Ali Hatta Al Hunaiwah Al Aweer Al Hajarain Al Lusayli Al Marqab Al Shindagha Al Faq... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Irkutsk (Russian: ) is one of the largest cities in Siberia and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, situated 5,185 kilometers (3,222 mi) by rail from Moscow. ...

The city is also a stop on the Tyumen–Novy Urengoy railway line. Going towards Tyumen, the next station is Salym, where Royal Dutch Shell has a substantial development. This section of the route takes about six hours. Tymen in the 1680s Tyumen (Тюме́нь) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Tyumen Oblast in the Urals Federal District . ... Novy Urengoy (Russian: ) is a town in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Russia. ... Royal Dutch Shell plc is a multinational oil company of British and Dutch origins. ...

Sister cities

• Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
• Sioux Falls, United States

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External links

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• Surgut Information Portal (Russian)
• City info on KhMAO web-site

Coordinates: 61°16′N, 73°24′E Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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