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Surgut

American  
[sur-goot, soor-goot] / sɜrˈgut, surˈgut /

noun

  1. a city in the autonomous region of Khantia-Mansia, in central Russia, on the Ob River.


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Researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University and Surgut State University in Russia developed this method for creating encapsulated nanodoses of thyme.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2026

The investigative committee in Surgut denied the allegations but then said it would investigate.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2019

The ATR-72, a French-Italian-made twin-engine turboprop, operated by UTair was flying from Tyumen to the oil town of Surgut with 39 passengers and four crew.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2012

A spur from the Trans-Siberian Railroad has been completed between the provincial capital of Tyumen and Tobolsk�both sleepy towns become boom cities�and is being extended 300 miles northward to Surgut.

From Time Magazine Archive

They traveled to the western Siberian oilfields of Samotlor and Surgut, and emerged with the first color photographs of the area ever taken by an American photographer.

From Time Magazine Archive