Twenty- two interesting facts about Tyumen

• During World War II the city was evacuated body of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin - a place to store the selected building Tyumen Agricultural Academy (now the State Agrarian University of Northern Trans-Urals). In addition, in honor of the leader of the revolution in Tyumen erected the highest bronze statue of Lenin in Russia - 15.5 meters in height.

• In the village of the Intercession of the Tyumen region, was born the most famous in the world of Russian monarchist - Grigory Rasputin. 1991 Marina Smirnova historian Pokrovsky founded in the first private museum in Russia.

• Where did the expression " Tyumen - the capital of the villages?" In August 1944, there was a dissolution of the huge area on the Omsk region, part of which is transferred to the Tyumen, which became the largest in the USSR. As a result, under the control of the newly-made capital were Ishim, Tobolsk, Zavodoukovsk, Yalutorovsk and northern settlements

• Tyumen - the first Russian city in Siberia. It was founded in 1586. Previously, the city was located here Chingy - Tours, the capital of the mighty in the XV-XVI centuries of the Siberian Khanate.

Tyumen founded Ermak not as many people think, and the magistrates Basil bitch and John Butcher. Purpose. Tyumen was a military garrison in Siberia 's largest and most cosmopolitan.

• In the former home of the " King of Fish " Tyumen Alexander Mikhaleva at Khokhryakova 53a today is the famous restaurant " Potaskuy."

• In the Tyumen region, in the city of Tobolsk, was born in 1834 in the world 's most famous chemist - Dmitri Mendeleev. In addition to the creation of the periodic table of chemical elements, he made history as the founder of the oil business in Russia.

• Tyumen became the unofficial capital of the Russian oil and gas. In the 1960s, large deposits of "black gold" were found a few hundred kilometers north of the city of Tyumen. Development of mineral resources Yugra and Yamal recognized very promising, and soon decided to learn the vast wetland areas: at the XXIII Congress of the Communist Party in the spring of 1966 decided to invest 5 billion rubles in the first five years of operation.

In Tyumen, in the street, 67 is a division of TNK -BP (Tyumen Oil Company - British Petroleum). It is the third in Russia in terms of oil and occupies 198th place in the Fortune Global 500 in 2012. The town also has representative of "Gazprom ", " Lukoil ", " Sibur», Schlumberger and other companies.

• According to the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, among all subjects of the Tyumen region is in 1st place in Russia in the ratings of income and investment attractiveness.. In 2010, the Tyumen region took the 2nd place in Russia (after Moscow) Human Development Index.

• In 2012, the Tyumen entered the top three happiest cities in Russia, according to a survey by the monitoring agency NewsEffector jointly with the Regional Studies "Regions of Russia ".

• In Tyumen, the average annual duration of sunshine is 2066 hours. This climate of our country will benefit your health and mood of people.

• Russia Tyumen region divides in two: on the European and Asian parts.

• It is from Tyumen started joining in Siberia (up to the Pacific Ocean) to Russia.

The city was built in 2008, is the largest building in the Russian Drama Theater, included in the book of records of the Tyumen region. Tyumen theater itself was founded in 1858 and is one of the oldest in the country.

In 2004, the opening of the updated Tyumen circus, where he attended a Soviet and Russian circus artist - trainer Mstislav Zapashnyy predators. He acknowledged that this is one of the best circuses in Russia.

• The city is one of the best libraries in Russia - Tyumen Oblast Scientific Library. DI Mendeleev.

• On the street lunacharskogo 2 is building the Tyumen State Architectural University, a former private commercial school. The project is an educational institution in 1913, won a gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris.

• In the Tyumen Regional Museum at 2 Lenin exposed the biggest in Russia skeleton of a mammoth. In 1885, he found Ivan Slovtsov, an outstanding figure of Tyumen, not far from the city, in the village of Reshetnikovo.