Surgut
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Surgut (Russian: Cургут soor-GOOT) is the largest city in Khantia-Mansia, the unofficial capital of oil-extraction of Russia.Understand
Not the administrative capital the city, however, possesses 300,000 strong population, the largest in the region, which is not too typical for Russia. Naturally growing population is the other distinctive feature of the city.
Geography
The city is located at the North of Western Siberia at the right bank of the river Ob', 250km east of Khanty-Mansiysk and 708km north-east of Tyumen.Climate
Climate-wise Surgut belongs to the Extreme North zone, winter lasts for seven months. The average temperature of January is −20,9 °C. July averages on +17,4 °C.Get in
By train
Direct train from Tyumen (#939) and Nizhnevartovsk (#952).By plane
Domestic flights from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Omsk, Tyumen, Khanty-Mansiysk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Ufa, Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd etc.International flights from Baku and Kiev, including charter ones from Bangkok and Hurghada.
By boat
The river port doesn't serve passenger transportation.See
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phone: +7 346 2516808address: ul. 30 let Pobedy 21/2Opened in 1992 and built up from scratch this museum hosts both a permanent exhibition of the region art and culture as well as several rotating exhibitions on modern art.
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Holy Transfiguration Cathedral
address: ul. Melik-Karamova, 76/1 - Historical-cultural center "Old Surgut".
- Museum of regional studies.
Go next
- Tundrino - old Russian village with 19th century church.
- Lyantor - village of Khanti of Pim river. You will see the museum and ethnic park with traditional Khanti habitats.