A city with a harsh northern climate, Surgut, is located on immense natural resources. This explains its rapid development and rapid growth, and the wealth of the companies located here. However, the ratio of prices and wages is not bad here, probably due to oil and gas produced from the earth’s interior. In the vicinity of the city you can admire the beautiful nature, and in Surgut itself – to visit numerous museums. By the way, they are really interesting here.
Surgut is one of the three richest cities in Russia. Curiously, even St. Petersburg was not included in this 3. More than twelve thousand people leave the local bus station every day – an impressive figure. Long-distance bus service is really well developed here. Surgut ranks second in Russia in terms of the ratio of cars to residents.
Based on the foregoing, and recalling the developed industry, it can be stated that the ecology leaves much to be desired here. One day, due to a malfunction of the Surgut municipal services, the garbage was not cleaned or removed for five days. It is not difficult to imagine what was happening on the streets at this time.
Surgut hydropower plant is the second in the world in annual electricity generation and output power. In Surgut, more often than in most other cities in Russia, you will be offered to pay for a product or service with a plastic card, rather than in cash. Nature here sometimes throws up surprises. So, Surgut is the only city on Earth where tornadoes passed through the same place with a difference of less than seven years. Here tornadoes were held in 2008 and 2013. Yes, they come here, oddly enough. Among all the cities of Siberia, it is Surgut that ranks first in the number of shopping centers located in it. In pre-revolutionary times, dissidents were often exiled here.
Each year, about 33 million tons of oil is produced at the Surgut deposits. One of the artificial islands in the United Arab Emirates is named after Surgut. Winter in Surgut lasts at least six months a year. Well, what did you want – the climate is right there, like in the Far North. The highest temperature ever recorded in Surgut was +36.3 degrees.
