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| Tyumen (English) Тюмень (Russian) |
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-2.jpg) A view of central Tyumen |
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.svg) Location of Tyumen Oblast in Russia |
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| City Day | Last Sunday of July |
| Administrative status (as of December 2013) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tyumen Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | City of Tyumen |
| Administrative center of | Tyumen Oblast,Tyumensky District, City of Tyumen |
| Municipal status (as of December 2013) | |
| Urban okrug | Tyumen Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Tyumen Urban Okrug, Tyumensky Municipal District |
| Head of Administration | Alexander Moor |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 235 km2 (91 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 581,907 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 25th |
| Population (2014 est.) | 679,861 inhabitants |
| Density | 2,476/km2 (6,410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | YEKT (UTC+05:00) |
| Founded | July 29, 1586 |
| Postal code(s) | 625000–625010, 625013–625019, 625022, 625023, 625025–625039, 625041, 625043, 625046, 625048, 625049, 625051–625053, 625059, 625062, 625500, 625700, 625880, 625890, 625899, 625960, 625961–625965, 625970, 625991, 625992, 901163, 901165, 901167, 901169, 901171, 901205, 996000 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 3452 |
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Tyumen (Russian: Тюмень; IPA: [tʲʉˈmʲenʲ]) is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River 2,500 kilometers (1,600 mi) east of Moscow.
Tyumen was the first Russian settlement in Siberia. Founded in 1586 to support Russia's eastward expansion, the city has remained one of the most important industrial and economic centers east of the Ural Mountains. Located at the junction of several important trade routes and with easy access to navigable waterways, Tyumen rapidly developed from a small military settlement to a large commercial and industrial city. The central part of Old Tyumen retains many historic buildings from throughout the city's history.
Today Tyumen is an important business center. Tyumen is the transport hub and industrial center of Tyumen Oblast— an oil-rich region bordering Kazakhstan —as well as the home of many companies active in Russia's oil and gas industry.
Tyumen covers an area of 235 square kilometers (91 sq mi). Its primary geographical feature is the Tura River, which crosses the city from northwest to southeast. The river is navigable downstream of the city. The left bank of the Tura is a floodplain surrounded by gently rolling hills. The Tura is a shallow river with extensive marshlands.
The river floods during the snow melting season in the spring. The spring flood usually peaks in the second half of May, when the river becomes 8–10 times wider than during the late-summer low water season. The city is protected from flooding by a dike which can withstand floods up to 8 meters (26 ft) high. The highest ever flood water level in Tyumen was 9.15 meters (30.0 ft), recorded in 1979. More recently, in 2007, a water level of 7.76 was recorded. In the spring 2005, a flood higher than the critical 8 meters (26 ft) mark was expected, but did not appear.
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