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Ishim (English) Ишим (Russian)
— Inhabited locality —
Location of Ishim on the map of Russia
Coordinates: 56°07′N 69°30′E / 56.117°N 69.5°E / 56.117; 69.5Coordinates: 56°07′N 69°30′E / 56.117°N 69.5°E / 56.117; 69.5
Coat of arms
Holiday	in Summer^{[citation needed]}
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Tyumen Oblast
In administrative jurisdiction of	Tyumen Oblast^{[citation needed]}
Administrative center of	Tyumen Oblast, Ishimsky District^{[citation needed]}
Municipal status (as of 3rd of February 2009)
Municipal Status	Urban Settlement

Head of Administration^{[citation needed]}	Sergey G. Putmin^{[citation needed]}
Representative body	Duma of Ishim^{[citation needed]}
Statistics
Area	46.1 km² (17.8 sq mi)^{[citation needed]}
Population (2002 Census)	67,757 inhabitants^[1]
- Density	1,470 /km² (3,800/sq mi)^[2]
Population (2008)	63,985 inhabitants^{[citation needed]}
Time zone	YEKT/YEKST (UTC+5/+6)
Founded	1670^{[citation needed]}
Postal code(s)	627750^{[citation needed]}
Dialing code(s)	+7 34551^{[citation needed]}
Official website	http://ishim.t-l.ru/

Train station at Ishim, Russia

Ishim (Russian: Иши́м) is a town in the south of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. According to the Russian 2002 Census, it has a population of 67,757.

Ishim was founded in the 1670 as a village named Korkina Sloboda. In the Year 1721 by the order of tsar Peter I the village gained right to establish Nikolskaya Trade Fair which rapidly became one of the most important trade fairs in Siberia. This trade fair had place twice a year at the Saint Nicholas day until the year 1919. In the 1782 by the order of Empress Ekaterina II Korkina Sloboda was renamed to Ishim and gained town status. In the 1918 Ishim became the administrative center of Ishimskiy Uezd.

Ishim is currently designated the eastern terminus of European route E22, a road route crossing Russia, Latvia, Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, terminating at the port of Holyhead (Welsh: Caergybi) for onward connections to Ireland.

Famous people

Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, writer
Nikolai Nikitin, engineer

References

^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_04_1.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
^ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2002 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the Census (2002).

External links

(Russian) Local government of Ishim
(Russian) Ishim

(Russian) Katalog

v • d • e Cities and towns in Tyumen Oblast

Administrative center: Tyumen

	Ishim · Tobolsk · Yalutorovsk · Zavodoukovsk

Coordinates: 56°07′N 69°30′E / 56.117°N 69.5°E / 56.117; 69.5

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