Petukhovo is a town and the administrative center of Petukhovsky District

Petukhovsky District

Petukhovsky District is an administrative district , one of the 24 in Kurgan Oblast, Russia....

 of Kurgan Oblast

Kurgan Oblast

Kurgan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. Population: -History:The oblast was formed on February 6, 1943, just when the Soviet Army decisively defeated Hitler's forces near Stalingrad...

, Russia

Russia

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, situated on the Ishim Plain 180 kilometres (111.8 mi) southeast of Kurgan. Population:

It was founded in 1892 as a settlement around a railway station of the Trans-Siberian Railway

Trans-Siberian Railway

The Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. It is the longest railway in the world...

. In 1899, Petukhovo merged with the nearby village of Yudino. In 1944, it was granted town status.