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The Autonomous Okrug of Chanting and dancing (Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ) is in the Russian federal district Ural. To the west of it is the region Perm, to the south are the oblasts Sverdlovsk, Tyumen and Tomsk, in the east is the region Krasnoyarsk and in the north the Autonomous Circle of the Yamal-Nenets at.
Regions
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places
- 1 Beryosovo. is a small town, a prominent exile destination for many famous Russians, including Prince Menshikov, Prince Ivan Dolgoruki and many of the Decembrists; There is a cathedral.
- 2 Khanty-Mansiysk. is the administrative center of the region and a winter sports center.
- 3 Nizhnevartovsk. is one of the richest cities in Russia; Locals make ice parks with sculptures and ice slides in winter.
- 4 Surgut. was founded in 1594 and is now a major oil and gas production center and the largest city in the region.
- 5 Jugorsk
- 6 Kogalym
- 7 Raduschny
Other goals
background
It is believed that the Magyars, the ancestors of today's Hungarians, originated in Khantia-Mansia and that they gave birth to small but ancient cultures of the Khanti and Mansi. The Khanti and Mansi languages are the closest relatives of modern Hungarian.
Khanti-Mansia is extremely important to Russia as it extracts most of the country's oil.
language
In addition to Russian, the official languages are also the language of the Chanting and the Mansen. These languages are threatened with extinction. They are written with a modified Cyrillic alphabet. The two ethnic groups are members of the RAIPON, the «Association of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East»
getting there
By plane
1 Nizhnevartovsk Airport(IATA: NJC)
By train
A single-track non-electrified line operated by the Sverdlovsk Regional Directorate begins in Tyumen (km 0) and leads over Tobolsk (km 222) and Surgut (km 696) after Nizhnevartovsk (km 933).
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
kitchen
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security
climate
literature
Web links
http://www.admhmao.ru - Official website of the Khanty and Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra