Sredny Vasyugan (russian: Средний Васюган) is a

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(a '' selo'') in Kargasoksky District of

Tomsk Oblast Tomsk Oblast (russian: То́мская о́бласть, ''Tomskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative ...

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, located on the left bank of the

Vasyugan River The Vasyugan (russian: Васюга́н) is a river in the southern West Siberian Plain of Russia. It is a tributary of the Ob on the left side, and its course from its source in the Vasyugan Swamp is entirely within the Kargasok district of Tomsk ...

near its

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with the Varinegan, and from Kargasok, the

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of the district. Population: 1,622 (2012 est.).Administration of Tomsk Oblast. ' (as of 2012), p. 14 Postal code: 636733.

History

It was first mentioned around 1700. On Semyon Remezov's map of Siberia (1696-1698) it is designated as Vasyugan Yurts. It was later known as Vasyugan Yurt, Yurt Church, Vasyugan, and finally Sredny Vasyugan.

Infrastructure

There is a wharf and an airport in Sredny Vasyugan. Kargasok– Katylga winter road passes through it. Facilities include a school, a kindergarten, a cultural center, and a library.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Tomsk Oblast