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Kurgan Oblast (Kurganskaya oblast) is a federal subject
Federal subjects of Russia

Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation?two delegates each?in the Federation Council of Russia ....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (an oblast
Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan.

Kurgan Oblast is located in Southern Russia and is part of the Urals Federal District. It shares borders with the Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast

Chelyabinsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk.Area: 87,900 km?; population: 3,603,339 ; 3,623,732 ....
 to the west, the Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Given that the bulk of the oblast lies on the Asian side of the Ural Mountains it should be recognized as the most populous oblast within Asian Russia....
 to the north, the Tyumen Oblast
Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Tyumen. It has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug....
 to the east, and Kazakhstan to the south.

Bogomolov has served as governor of the Kurgan Oblast since 1996.






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Kurgan Oblast (Kurganskaya oblast) is a federal subject
Federal subjects of Russia

Russia is a federation which consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation?two delegates each?in the Federation Council of Russia ....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (an oblast
Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan.

Geography

The Kurgan Oblast is located in Southern Russia and is part of the Urals Federal District. It shares borders with the Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast

Chelyabinsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk.Area: 87,900 km?; population: 3,603,339 ; 3,623,732 ....
 to the west, the Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Given that the bulk of the oblast lies on the Asian side of the Ural Mountains it should be recognized as the most populous oblast within Asian Russia....
 to the north, the Tyumen Oblast
Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Tyumen. It has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug....
 to the east, and Kazakhstan to the south.

Politics

Oleg Bogomolov has served as governor of the Kurgan Oblast since 1996. He is a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Communist Party of the Russian Federation

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is a Russian political party. It is sometimes seen as a successor to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Bolshevik Party....
. The legislative body of the oblast is the 34-member Kurgan Oblast Duma. The United Russia
United Russia

United Russia is the major political party in the Russian Federation. United Russia supports President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, and is currently the largest political party in the Russian Federation....
 Party currently holds the majority of seats in the Oblast Duma

Time zone

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Kurgan Oblast is located in the Yekaterinburg Time Zone
Yekaterinburg Time

Yekaterinburg Time is the time zone 5 hours ahead of UTC and 2 hours ahead of Moscow Time . Yekaterinburg Summer Time is UTC+6, but remains constant as regards Moscow Time ....
 (YEKT/YEKST). UTC
Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time is a time standard based on International Atomic Time with leap seconds added at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation....
 offset is +0500 (YEKT)/+0600 (YEKST).

Administrative divisions


Demographics

Russians (932,613) are the largest ethnic group in the Kurgan Oblast, making up 91.4% of the population. Other prominent ethnic groups in the region include Tatars (20,899) at 2%, Bashkirs (15,343) at 1.5%, Kazakhs (14,804) 1.5%, and Ukrainians (11,243) at 1.1%. The remainder of the population identified with over 140 different ethnic groups each accounting for less than 0.5% of the population. A small number of people (391) declined to state their ethnicity on the survey.

  • Total Population: 1,019,532
    • Urban: 574,381 (56.3%)
    • Rural: 445,151 (43.7%)
    • Male: 470,578 (46.2%)
    • Female: 548,954 (53.8%)
  • Females per 1000 males: 1,167
  • Average age: 38.2
    • Urban: 37.5
    • Rural: 39.0
    • Male: 35.2
    • Female: 40.5
  • Number of households: 388,304 (with 1,005,735 people)
    • Urban: 220,813 (with 566,984 people)
    • Rural: 167,491 (with 438,751 people)


  • Births (2008): 11,937 (12.5 per 1000)
  • Deaths (2008): 15,626 (16.3 per 1000)


External links

  • official website of the Oblast Duma (Russian)