Kurgan region
The Kurgan region today is a region of developed agricultural and industrial production, with sufficient natural resources. The region occupies an advantageous economic and geographical position. It borders on the highly developed regions of the Urals – Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk, as well as the Tyumen region and the Republic of Kazakhstan. These factors favorably affect the development of interregional ties.
Our region is developing and surprising the world with its wonderful people. Who does not know the names of the noble grain grower, people's academician Terenty Semenovich Maltsev; an outstanding scientist with world renown, traumatologist-orthopedist Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov; professor, gastroenterologist Yakov Davidovich Vitebsk; talented writer Viktor Fedorovich Potanin; People's Artist of Russia Herman Alekseevich Travnikov.
Audio Guides
Курганская область
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Курганская область
Interesting Facts
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Kurgan is the capital of orthopedics. It is here that the world-famous Ilizarov Center was opened, where leading experts in spinal pathology work
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Kurgan region is the birthplace of the ancient observatory. Our Savin sanctuary is older than the Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge and Arkaim
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The healing properties of our lake Medvezhye are not inferior to the Dead Sea
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A large–scale project is being implemented to create a network of industrial parks - ready production sites for the opening of workshops quickly
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The unique project "Russian Dream" will help local residents and those who move to the region to fulfill their dreams of a home and business
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News
12.17.2023
New Year tree of the Kurgan region: delicate painting and birch bark boxes
Real products with Ural-Siberian painting decorate the region’s fir tree at VDNH. The ornaments are created by craftsmen at once, «by eye» — as a result, the image is very lively and unconstrained.
11.22.2023
Kurgan region told how it rose to the leading positions
How did the once "depressed" region become a territory of rapid growth and reach the leading positions in the country by a number of indicators?
10.19.2023
Ancient weaving techniques will be presented by Kurgan at the RUSSIA EXPO
Craftswomen of the Kurgan region will present the technique of belt weaving on boards that was typical for the end of the XIX century at the International RUSSIA EXPO.
