The large city of Tyumen was once an outpost for the first Russian settlers in the vast expanses of Siberia. Since then, it has grown considerably in size, has got a long history and about 770 thousand inhabitants, becoming one of the largest cities in Russia. And, as in any old city, there is something to see. And, believe me, the list of local attractions is by no means limited to museums, monuments, and libraries.
More people live here than in the whole of Montenegro. Tyumen is the first Russian city in Siberia. All the rest appeared later. Well, or later received the status of the city. The origin of the name of Tyumen is still not reliably known. Here is the highest bronze monument to Lenin in Russia, with a height of 15.5 meters.
Tyumen began to develop rapidly in the 60s of the XX century, after oil was found in the vicinity of the city. Once, a long time ago, on the site of the modern Tyumen region was the sea. Fossils like shark teeth are still found in local rivers. Local urban legend says that branched catacombs are located under Tyumen. True, apparently, this is really just a legend. The famous Grigory Rasputin was born in one of the villages of the Tyumen Region. No less famous Dmitri Mendeleev was also born nearby. In this city is located the largest drama theater in Russia.
A few dozen kilometers from the city border is the largest chicken farm in the world in terms of the number of hens. Representatives of more than 140 different nationalities live in Tyumen. Tyumen region is the largest in Russia.
In the permafrost surrounding the city, scientists regularly find bacteria, whose age is estimated at millions of years. In the 18th century in Tyumen there was a drawbridge across the river. To this day it has not survived.
