Ishim

Ishim is a town in the south of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It changed into founded in 1670 as the village of Korkina Sloboda. In 1721, by means of the order of Tsar Peter the Great the village won the proper to establish Nikolskaya Trade Fair which unexpectedly became one of the most critical alternate festivals in Siberia. This trade fair befell two times a yr at the Saint Nicholas daywhilst, until 1919. In 1782, by means of the order of Empress Catherine the Great, Korkina Sloboda changed into renamed Ishim and was granted town repute.

In 1918, Ishim became the place of job of Ishimsky Uyezd. In 1984, the metropolis started a sister metropolis dating with Grand Forks, North Dakota inside the United States. This courting terminated inside the past due 1990s due to financial turmoil in Ishim. Ishim is presently unique the eastern terminus of European route E22, a avenue course crossing Russia, Latvia, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK.