Тюмень – первый русский город Сибири

Тюмень – первый русский город Сибири

автор Макаров А.Д., преподаватель Тюменского многопрофильного колледжа, ТИУ

The Tyumen

coat of arms

The flag of Tyumen

Tyumen was the first Russian town in Siberia, founded in 1586 on the site of the Siberian Tatar town of Chimgi-Tura by the order the Russian tsar Feodor Ioanovich . 

Tyumen is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, located on the Tura River flowing into the river Tobol.

The T u r a

The T u r a

The T u r a is a river in Sverdlovsk and Tyumen regions

of Russia. Its l ength is adout 10 0 0 km . T he towns of Verkhoturye , Turinsk are b ased on the river too . The T u r a is the main source of water for Tyumen.

In the summer of 1586 Moscow voevodas Vasily Sukin and Ivan Myasnoi with military people and Cossacks marched into Siberia.

On July 29, 1586 they laid foundation of Tyumen on the site of the destroyed Chimgi-Tura. Originally Streltsy and 

Cossacks made up majority of Tyumen population.

The Trinity Monastery, the first stone building in the town.

The industrial development of Tyumen began with the construction of the Trans -Siberian railway which connected Tyumen with the European part of Russia.

During the Great Patriotic War numerous factories were evacuated to Tyumen from the European part of the Soviet Union. 

Lenin's body was taken by rail to Tyumen from Moscow   where it was stored for the duration of the war in what is now the Tyumen Agriculture Academy.

On August 14, 1944 Tyumen became

the capital of Tyumen Oblast.

Tyumen region - one of the largest in the Russian Federation, its area is 8.4% of the country. As part of the Tyumen oblast are Khanty-Mansi and Yamal-Nenets District s . T he Tyumen oblast is w ashed by the Kara Sea. The main river of the Tyumen oblast is the Ob . T wo thirds of Russian oil and gas are extracted here .

I t was born anew of the Tyumen oblast on June 21, 1960, the day when oil was found ed near a little village of Shaim.

Many world level oil and gas companies such as Gazprom, LUKoil and Gazpromneft, TNK-BP, Shell have their offices in Tyumen. UTair is also based in Tyumen.

Tyumen is one of the Russian towns which have its own Technopark.

Since the discovery of oil and gas Tyumen has grown fastly .

Now it covers the area of more than 235 square kilometers and the multinational population of Tyumen is about 800 .000 people.

Many beautiful parks, squares and historical monuments decorate the image of the ancient town. The central part of old Tyumen has many historic buildings.

Several museums, many libraries, Palaces of Culture, the Puppet and the Drama Theatres, the Concert Hall, the Picture Gallery make Tyumen a cultural centre.

Tyumenians like to visit places of entertainment: different bars, cinemas, and night clubs.

Tyumen is the town of students. There are 2 universities, five academies and tens of colleges in Tyumen. There are about one hundred secondary schools in Tyumen.

Tyumen is served by the Roschino Airport locates 13 km to West of the city.

In 1986, in honor of its 400th anniversary,

and for services to country the city was awarded by

the Order of the October Revolution.

During the period from 1867 to the present day the title of "Honorary Citizen of the city of Tyumen" got 46 people (8 people - before the revolution) , among them:

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gulyaev

Erve Raul-Yuri

Erve Raul-Yuri (1909 - 1991) is a legendary geologist who led the search and discovery of Tyumen oil.

Tyumen is our native city, the best city in the world.