Surgut (Russian: Сургут soor-GOOT) is the largest city in Khantia-Mansia, the unofficial capital of oil-extraction of Russia.

Understand[edit]

While not the administrative capital of Khanty-Mansia, 300,000-strong Surgut is the largest city in the region, which is atypical in Russia. A growing population is the other distinctive feature of this city.

Geography[edit]

The city is in the north of Western Siberia at the right bank of the river Ob, 250 km east of Khanty-Mansiysk and 708 km north-east of Tyumen.

Climate[edit]

Climate-wise Surgut belongs to the Extreme North zone, winter lasts for seven months. The average temperature of January is −20.9 °C. July averages on +17.4 °C.

Get in[edit]

By train[edit]

Direct train from Tyumen (#939) and Nizhnevartovsk (#952).

By plane[edit]

Domestic flights from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Omsk, Tyumen, Khanty-Mansiysk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Ufa, Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd.

International flights from Baku and Kyiv, including charter ones from Bangkok and Hurghada.

By boat[edit]

The river port doesn't serve passenger transportation.

Get around[edit]

See[edit]

• 61.25369473.4235381 Surgut Art Museum (Сургутский художественный музей), ul. 30 let Pobedy 21/2, ☏ +7 346 2516808. Opened in 1992 and built up from scratch this museum hosts both a permanent exhibition of the region art and culture as well as several rotating exhibitions on modern art. 
• 61.23446173.4346722 Holy Transfiguration Cathedral (Собор в честь Преображения Господня), ul. Melik-Karamova, 76/1. 
• Historical-cultural center "Old Surgut".
• Museum of regional studies.

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Eat[edit]

Drink[edit]

Sleep[edit]

• Sweet Sleep Hostel&Hotel, Ulitsa Dzerzhinskogo, 7/1. +7 800 775-50-90. Just a low-key hostel with kitchen, etc.

Connect[edit]

Go next[edit]

• Tundrino - old Russian village with 19th-century church.
• Lyantor - village of Khanti of Pim river. You will see the museum and ethnic park with traditional Khanti habitats.