Ishim is located in the southeastern part of the Tyumen region.
This is an old merchant city that grew up at fairs, and later turned
out to be an important station on the Trans-Siberian Railway exactly
halfway between Tyumen and Omsk.
Ishim stands on the river of
the same name, the right tributary of the Irtysh, after which it is
named. The name of the river is associated with the son of the last
Siberian Khan Kuchum Ishim, since, according to legend, he drowned
in this river. The settlement was first mentioned either in 1670 or
1687 as Korkina Sloboda - probably after the name of the owner of
the local lands. Since 1721, a large Nikolskaya fair has been held
in the settlement. In 1782, Ishim received city status and became
the center of the county.
Its location on the Siberian
Highway gave Ishim certain advantages over Tara, whose importance
began to decline in the 19th century. On the other hand, the railway
came to the city only in 1913 with the opening of the Tyumen-Omsk
branch, while the first (and at that time the main) branch of the
Trans-Siberian Railway passed further south through Kurgan and
Petropavlovsk. A certain inferiority is still felt in the city. If
the stations on the Trans-Siberian Railway are conventionally
divided into interesting historical cities, where the train stops
only 2 minutes, and unknown villages where the stop lasts an hour,
then Ishim falls into the intermediate category: trains stop here
for 10-12 minutes, and there are attractions in the city, but to
inspect them you need exactly as much time as you have before the
next train. Going to Ishim on purpose would probably be a strange
decision, but stopping along the road makes sense. In terms of the
level of amenities, Ishim is in no way inferior to other cities in
the Tyumen region: smooth curbs, beautiful lawns and well-groomed
squares invariably please the eye.
By train
All trains traveling along the Trans-Siberian Railway
stop in Ishim; the journey from Tyumen and Omsk is 4-5 hours. In the
western direction, an express train runs once a day to Tyumen, and in
the eastern direction there are 2 electric trains a day to the
Nazyvaevskaya station, where you can transfer to another train to Omsk,
which in total will take at least 6 hours.
1 Railway station.
The beautiful one-story building in Art Nouveau style has been preserved
since 1913, the time of construction of the railway (similar stations
are located at most stations in the direction of Omsk). Inside, it is
unfortunately decorated in a bland modern style; contains a small
waiting room, as well as a storage room and a food kiosk. On the side of
the station there are several unpleasant cafes and snack bars. In front
of the station, the Beer house 24-hour store is actually an ordinary
supermarket. The station is located east of the city, 4 km from the
center: buses 1, 1k, 6 and 14 run.
By bus
Bus service in Ishim
is mainly suburban. In the western and eastern directions it is much
more convenient to travel by rail, although there are also direct buses
to Tyumen several times a day. There are practically no buses towards
Omsk. Buses run south to Kazakh Petropavlovsk three times a day, and at
least once a day you can go to Tobolsk. There are, apparently, private
interregional buses such as Omsk-Tyumen or Omsk-Khanty-Mansiysk, which
pass by Ishim without entering the city.
2 Bus station, st.
Irkutskaya, 9 (400 m from the railway station). ☎ +7 (34551) 6-61-07, +7
(34551) 6-61-08.
By car
The roads P402 Tyumen–Omsk, the
unnumbered road from Kurgan and the highway P403 south to Petropavlovsk
converge in Ishim. Distances to the nearest major cities: Tyumen (300
km), Omsk (350 km), Petropavlovsk (170 km), Kurgan (320 km). There are
no roads to the north from Ishim, and the best you can do is turn north
at Golyshmanovo, then head to Tobolsk (360 km).
There are about 10 bus routes in the city, and their schedules are carefully posted at the stops. Most buses stop running around 8pm, but some version of Bus 1 runs a couple times an hour until almost midnight. During the day, the traffic interval is 7-10 minutes.
1 Epiphany Cathedral, st. Korkinskaya, 52 (buses 4, 4k, 2k, 13, stop
"Pedagogical Institute"). ☎ 8(34551) 2-37-67. Monument to the Siberian
Baroque, built in 1793.
2 St. Nicholas Church, st. Leningradskaya,
34. Large temple in the Russian-Byzantine style, built in 1886-91.
3 Monument to Praskovya Lupolova (next to St. Nicholas Church).
Praskovya Lupolova (aka Parasha Sibiryachka) came from the family of an
exiled warrant officer who lived in Ishim, and in 1803, at the age of
19, she went on foot to St. Petersburg to ask the emperor for pardon for
her father. The request was granted, and Praskovya’s story inspired
writers and playwrights throughout the 19th century, and, interestingly,
not only Russian ones. Monument to Praskovya by sculptor V.M. Klykova
was installed in Ishim in 2004.
4 Monument to Borodino bread, park
at the intersection of Sovetskaya and Lenin streets. Half a loaf of
Borodino bread on the pedestal symbolizes not just anything, but the
200th anniversary of the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812.
5 Pokrovskaya Church, st. Tyumenskaya, 73. Five-domed wooden church,
built, according to various sources, either in 1916 or 1925.
1 Museum of Local Lore, st. Lenina, 62. ☎ +7 (34551) 2-20-93.
8:30–17:00 except Sun.
2 Historical and Art Museum, st. Lenina, 64.
☎ +7 (34551) 2-16-92. 10:00–18:00.
3 Museum of P.P. Ershova, st.
Sovetskaya, 30. ☎ +7 (34551) 2-31-41.
Coffee shop , st. Lenina, 43. 9:00–24:00. The only decent cafe in the city center is furnished with beautiful wrought iron furniture. There is a good selection of cakes and coffee, as well as regular hot food, although the latter is far from culinary perfection. Wi-Fi.
Ishim was founded in 1687 as Korkina Sloboda. Since
1721, the Nikolskaya Fair has been regularly held in the settlement.
In 1782, by the decree of Catherine II, the settlement was
renamed the city of Ishim, the county town of the Ishim district of
the Tobolsk governorate, later the Tobolsk province. The city got
its name from the name of the river on which it is located.
The favorable geographical position of the city, located on the main
Siberian tract, among the richest agricultural and cattle-breeding
districts of the Tobolsk province, led to its transformation into a
major fair trade center for the whole of Western Siberia. In the
19th century, in December, the Nikolskaya Fair was held annually in
Ishim.
Ishim City Bank was opened on October 21, 1875. By the
end of the 19th century, five tanneries, four soap-making, six
sheepskin, eight pimokatny, sixteen blacksmiths, eight brick, two
vodka, two candles, two butter mills and one brewery operated in
Ishim. In the period from 1817 to 1871, educational institutions
appeared in the city: a district school, a parish school, a women's
gymnasium, a religious school.
In 1913, the first trains went
along the Tyumen-Omsk railway (hereinafter - the Omsk railway)
through the Ishim station, located two miles from the city.
In 1921, the Ishim district became the center of the West Siberian
peasant uprising.
From 1918 to 1923 Ishim is part of the
Tyumen province, from 1923 to 1934 - to the Ural region (from
November 3, 1923 to October 1, 1930 - the center of the Ishim
district, from June 10, 1931 - the center of the Ishim region), from
1934 to 1935 - to the Chelyabinsk region, from 1935 to 1944 - to the
Omsk region, and from August 14, 1944 to the present - to the Tyumen
region.
On September 17, 1928, the settlements of Alekseevsky
and Novoserebryannikovsky (Novoserebryansky) were included in the
city. Since February 21, 1940, Ishim is a city of regional
subordination. On October 19, 1956, the village of Serebryanka and
the urban part of the village of Zhilyakovka were transferred to the
administrative subordination of the City Council. On October 11,
1973, the village of Dymkovka and the village of Smirnovka were
included in the city limits.
During the Great Patriotic War,
several evacuated enterprises were located in Ishim.
The
ROSTO airfield is located near the city. The city of Ishim was
awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in accordance with the
Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August
10, 1982.
In 1990, by the decree of the board of the Ministry
of Culture of the RSFSR No. 12 of 02.19.1990, the decree of the
Gosstroy of the RSFSR No. 3 of 02.28.90 and the decree of the
Central Council of VOOPIK No. 12/162 of 02.16.90, the city of Ishim
was approved in the list of historical settlements of the RSFSR.
The city of Ishim is located on the left bank of the Ishim River (the
left tributary of the Irtysh) in the forest-steppe zone of Western
Siberia (within the Ishim Plain). In the vicinity of the city there is a
natural monument of federal significance - Sinitsinsky Bor. From the
north the city is limited by the right bank of the Karasul River.
An important transport hub: the Trans-Siberian Railway, the federal
highway P402 (Tyumen - Omsk), the highway P403 (Ishim - Petropavlovsk
(Kazakhstan)) pass through the city.
The climate is temperate continental. The absolute temperature
maximum in Ishim is 38.0 °C and was recorded in July 1952, and the
absolute temperature minimum was −51.1 °C and was recorded in December
1968. In summer the average temperature is 17 °C, and in winter -16.7
°C. The least amount of precipitation falls in March and averages 13.0
mm, and the highest in July (67.0 mm). On average, about 397.0 mm of
precipitation falls in Ishim per year.
The average annual
relative humidity is 73%. Average monthly humidity is from 58% in May to
81% in November.
The average annual wind speed is 3.2 m/s. The
average monthly speed is from 2.6 m/s in July and August to 3.7 m/s in
April.