Surgut

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

Understand
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
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
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.

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

By plane
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
The river port doesn't serve passenger transportation.

See

 * Historical-cultural center "Old Surgut".
 * Museum of regional studies.
 * Historical-cultural center "Old Surgut".
 * Museum of regional studies.

Sleep

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

Go next

 * 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.