Kurgan Oblast

Kurgan Oblast (Russian: Курга́нская о́бласть koor-GAHN-skuh-yuh OH-blust') is a region in Russia's Urals region. Kurgan Oblast borders Tyumen Oblast to the northeast, Kazakhstan to the southeast, Chelyabinsk Oblast to the southwest and Sverdlovsk Oblast to the northwest.

Cities

  • 🌍 Kurgan - capital city of the region. Great example of Stalinist architecture.
  • 🌍 Dalmatovo — site of the Dalmat Monastery, once famed as the "pearl of the trans-Urals," which is being restored after Soviet abuse and is again a working monastery
  • 🌍 Shedrinsk

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Astride the Trans-Siberian Railway and dotted with lakes, Kurgan Oblast keeps itself busy primarily by making automobiles.

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gollark: Would be cool, and cheap.
gollark: If I can get a very small keyboard and battery for my raspberry pi I could have a similar thing.
gollark: Are you planning to have it run on an ARM processor or x86?
gollark: Seems somewhat impractical.
gollark: You also want a battery. And for a phone, 2G/3G/4G capability.
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