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  REGIONAL CORNER: TYUMEN OBLAST, RUSSIA
Tyumen oblast, located 300 km from Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Urals region, is the third largest oblast in Russia, comprising 8.4 percent of the country’s territory.
Tyumen oblast’s workforce is comparatively young, with an average age of 32.
Tyumen oblast extracts 66 percent of Russia’s oil and 91 percent of its gas.
www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bulletin/0005bull7.htm   (535 words)

  
 Tyumen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tyumen (Russian: Тюме́нь) is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast in the Urals Federal District.
The region of Tyumen part of Siberia Khanate was annexed to Russia by Yermak Timofeyevich in 1585 and the next year town of Tyumen was founded as a Russian fort post.
In 1948 oil was discovered in Tyumen region and in the 1960s and 1970s oil industry became a vital component of the city's economy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tyumen   (405 words)

  
 Tyumen, Russia, Pictures
Tyumen', city, capital of Tyumen' Oblast, Russia, in western Siberian Russia, on the Tura River and the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
An important transshipment point, it has industries producing ships, machinery, processed food, and chemicals.
Tyumen' is one of the oldest Russian settlements in Siberia, having been founded in 1586 as a Cossack fortress.
www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Russia/Tyumen_city.html   (95 words)

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