Ishim, Tyumen Oblast

Ishim (Russian Ишим, scientific transliteration: ISIM ) is a Russian city in the western Siberian Tyumen Oblast with 65 243 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

  • 2.1 Population development

Geography

Geographical location

The city is located some 300 kilometers south-east of the regional center of Tyumen on the Ishim River and directly on the route of the Trans -Siberian Railway ( 2428 kilometers ). Ishim was the extension of the European Route 22 in the Asian part of the Russian Federation in 2002 endpoint of the route.

Climate

The city has typical for Siberia climatic conditions. In the winter the air temperature reaches down to -48 ° C; in summer, however, sometimes up to 42 ° C. The outputs of the houses can be blocked for weeks and involve the population in snow. A Buran wind can occur in winter and in summer, and possibly cause damage. The climatic conditions can paralyze transport and electricity network of the city. Melting snow and weeks of rain can often make for great floods.

History

Ishim was ( слобода Коркина ) in the second half of the 17th century as a trading post Korkina sloboda founded on the river Ishim. In 1782, the settlement on the instructions of Catherine the Great, the city was expanded. She was awarded city rights, and it was given its present name. During the Russian Civil War was Ishim center of the Siberian peasant uprising in 1921. During the Second World War, several works from European Russia were relocated to the city.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Culture and sights

The cityscape Ischims is characterized by multi-storey block houses. Communist monuments, such as Lenin, can be found in many places within the city. A large part of the population owns their own dachas outside the city. Ishim has a riverside beach where you can go swimming in the summer.

Economy and infrastructure

Ishim is a center of the textile and food industry. Meat products are processed in the " Mjasokombinat " and the bakeries are very much in demand. The unemployment rate is very low, and in contrast to the Soviet era, there was a shortage of goods, you can buy everything now in the city.

Through the town the Trans-Siberian Railway runs from Moscow to Beijing. There are several primary and secondary schools, technical colleges, such as for the teacher or medical training, as well as branches of some of the Tyumen universities.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Nikolai Anikin (1932-2009), cross-country skiers
  • Boris Schachlin (1932-2008), Turner
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