The oblast wis formed on Februar 6, 1943, juist whan the Soviet Airmy decisively defeatit Hitler's forces near Stalingrad. Houiver, the history o Transuralia (Zauralye) began much earlier whan the first settlers biggit thair smaw stockaded towns on the banks o the banks o the Tobol an Iset Rivers. Decembrist an Pols exiles made substantial contreibutions tae the development o cultur an eddication in Zauralye.[12] The cooperative movement wis widespread at the beginnin o the 20t century, an thanks tae Trans-Ural ile manufacturers, Roushie became the warld's seicont-mucklest exporter o butter.
Oleg Bogomolov haes servit as the Govrenor o Kurgan Oblast syne 1996. He is a member o the Unitit Roushie Pairty. The legislative body o the oblast is the 34-member Kurgan Oblast Duma. The Unitit Roushie Pairty currently haulds the majority o seats in the Oblast Duma.
Kurgan Oblast borders on the ile- an gas-bearin destricts o Tyumen Oblast an is close tae seemilar destricts in Tomsk Oblast an aw. Lairge ile an gas pipelines pass throu its territory, an Ural an Siberie ile refineries are fairly close. The main industrial centres are Kurgansk, an Shadrinsk.[12]
The oblast daes no hae muckle economic mineral reserves; therefore, it haes developit mainly on the basis o subindustries associatit wi processin o agricultural products an assembly an packagin o feenished products. The fuid industry is well developit here, wi meat-packin plants, mills, creameries, an poudered-milk factories.[12]
Modren muckle-scale industry began developin durin Warld War II, whan saxteen enterprises frae wastren regions o the kintra wur evacuatit here in 1941-1942.
Roushies (823,7222) are the mucklest ethnic group in the Kurgan Oblast, makkin up 92.5% o the population. Ither prominent ethnic groups in the oblast include[8] Tatars (17,017) at 1.9%, Bashkirs (12,257) at 1.4%, Kazakhs (11,939) 1.3%, an Ukrainians (7,080) at 0.8%. Ither ethnicities are 2.1%. Additionally, 20,017 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.[15]
The oblast haes a severe continental climate wi lang cauld winters an wairm simmers wi regular drochts. The average Januar temperatur is −18 °C (0 °F), an the average temperatur in the wairmest month (Julie) is +19 °C (66 °F). Annual precipitation is aboot 400 millimeter (16 in).[12]
↑Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
↑Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
↑"Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 Juin 2011. Retrieved 19 Januar 2019.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
↑Offeecial ootthrou the Roushie Federation accordin tae Airticle 68.1 o the Constitution o Roushie.
Курганская областная Дума. Закон №1 от 16 декабря 1994 г. «Устав Курганской области», в ред. Закона №467 от 24 июня 2009 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законы Курганской области». Вступил в силу в соответствии со статьёй 171. Опубликован: "Новый мир", №242, 21 декабря 1994 г. (Kurgan Oblast Duma. Law #1 of December 16, 1994 Charter of Kurgan Oblast, as amended by the Law #467 of June 24, 2009 On Amending Certain Laws of Kurgan Oblast. Effective as of the date specified by the provisions of Article 171.).