Map of Kurgan, Russia

Kurgan is the administrative centre of Kurgan Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 309,285. It lies at 55.4500°N, 65.3333°E. Kurgan is about 1,730 km (1,075 mi) east of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Shadrinsk, 128 km to the northwest.

Kurgan at a glance

Where is Kurgan?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 04 min on the shortest day to 17 h 29 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Kurgan

• Shadrinsk — 128 km northwest
• Yalutorovsk — 147 km northeast
• Tyumen — 190 km north
• Sukhoy Log — 261 km northwest
• Kostanay — 272 km southwest, Kazakhstan
• Lesnoy — 278 km northwest
• Irbit — 283 km northwest
• Tavda — 288 km north
• Rudnyy — 311 km southwest, Kazakhstan
• Tobolsk — 353 km northeast

Largest cities in Kurgan Oblast

• Shadrinsk — 79,479

Largest cities in Russia

• Moscow — 10,381,222
• Saint Petersburg — 5,351,935
• Novosibirsk — 1,612,833
• Yekaterinburg — 1,495,066
• Nizhniy Novgorod — 1,259,013
• Kazan — 1,243,500
• Chelyabinsk — 1,202,371
• Omsk — 1,172,070
• Samara — 1,163,399
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.