Surgut

It was founded in 1594 by order of Tsar Feodor I. Surgut at the end of the 16th century was a small fortress with two gates and five towers, one of which had a carriageway. In 1596 the Gostiny Dvor was built. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was a center of the Russian development of Siberia. The fortification, built of strong wood, was located on the cape, so that it was impossible to approach it unnoticed either from the river or from the land. In the central square of the ancient settlement there was a cult shrine. Along the perimeter, the fortress was surrounded by a moat, which was blocked by the structures of the defensive system. Outside the village there were special buildings – handicraft workshops, in particular, a smithy. By the name list of 1625 there were 222 servicemen living here. Subsequently, due to high mortality, the population of Surgut gradually decreased. …

Surgut has a continental subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), with long, frigid winters and short, warm summers. Precipitation is moderate, and is higher from May to October, during which rain is more frequent than in the rest of the year, when snow is more frequent. The annual snow cover gets thicker than further east in Siberia due to lesser influence of the Siberian High, and some moisture from the humid European winters reaching across the Ural Mountains. Surgut is the largest city in the world with a subarctic climate.

Tears of Mankind, a death/doom metal band A commemorative obelisk to the citizens of Surgut, who went to the front in 1941–1945, originally erected at the river station in 1945 in wooden execution. It was restored on May 8, 1995. The monument to the first members of the Komsomol of Surgut. On the monument are carved the names of the first 16 Komsomol members of Surgut, and also inscribed are the words of dedication from the youth of the 1960s. The monument plays a big role in patriotic education. The monument to Pushkin. The monument to Karl Marx. Monument to G. Dimitrov Monument to the soldiers-internationalists. Monument to the builder "Iron Man". Monument to a nurse – made at the Sverdlovsk Foundry. The monument to the pilots of Siberia – Mi-6 UTair is located not far from the airport. The monument of gas fire. Sculpture of a fox. Monument to Doctor Aybolit. Lenin monument. …