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Kurgan Oblast

province of Russia
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Summary

Kurgan Oblast is an oblast of Russia[1]. It draws 2,715 Wikipedia views per month (oblast of russia category, ranking #40 of 46).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Order of Lenin[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Russia[4]
  • Country: Russia[5]
  • Head of government: Vadim Shumkov[6]
  • Continent: Asia[7]
  • Instance of: federal subject of Russia[8]
  • Capital: Kurgan[9]
  • Shares border with: Chelyabinsk Oblast[10], Sverdlovsk Oblast[11], Tyumen Oblast[12], North Kazakhstan Region[13], Kostanay Region[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Almenevsky District[15], Belozersky District, Kurgan Oblast[16], Vargashinsky District[17], Dalmatovsky District[18], Zverinogolovsky District[19], Kargapolsky District[20], Kataysky District[21], Ketovsky District[22], Kurtamyshsky District[23], Lebyazhyevsky District[24], Makushinsky District[25], Mishkinsky District, Kurgan Oblast[26], Mokrousovsky District[27], Petukhovsky District[28]
  • Flag: flag of Kurgan Oblast[29]
  • Legislative body: Kurgan Oblast Duma[30]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Kurgan Oblast[31]
  • Part of: Ural Federal District[32]
  • Commons category: Kurgan Oblast[33]
  • Licence plate code: 45[34]
  • Located in time zone: Yekaterinburg Time[35], Asia/Yekaterinburg[36]
  • Inception: February 6, 1943[37]
  • Highest point: Q137900262[38]
  • Official website: http://kurganobl.ru/[39]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kurgan Oblast[40]
  • Population: 862,041[41], 845,537[42], 818,570[43], 1,063,000[44], 753,002[45], 744,465[46]
  • Replaces: Chelyabinsk Oblast[47]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural heritage monuments in Kurgan Oblast[48]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kurgan Oblast[49]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kurgan Oblast[50]

Why It Matters

Kurgan Oblast has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

FAQs

What awards did Kurgan Oblast receive?

Honors received include Order of Lenin[3].

Related Entities

Kalish Pomorski Russia Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Tobol

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . kikonline.ru. kikonline.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Constitution of Russia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . OKTMO. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . Q26919685. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . data.iana.org. data.iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Q118744055. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . earthwatching.livejournal.com. Retrieved . earthwatching.livejournal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . gks.ru. gks.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . gks.ru. Retrieved . gks.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Q118744055. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Q133366769. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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