Tyumen is a city in the Russian Federation, the administrative center of the Tyumen region. It is the oldest city in Western Siberia, in which a large number of cultural and architectural monuments were preserved. The city is located on the banks of the Tours, in 2144 km east of Moscow. Tyumen is a river port, a large transshipment base for cargoes from the waterway to the railway. In the city there is an airport. Population - 501.5 thousand people (2001).
Modern Tyumen is the largest center of the oil and gas industry. The leading branches of urban industry are machine building and metalworking, woodworking, chemical, light and food industries. The main enterprises are the motor-building production association, the plant of automotive electrical equipment, the battery and shipbuilding plants, the Stroymash, Neftemash plants, medical equipment and tools.

My city has the oldest library in the country. Also the tallest house is situated there. You can visit the finest garden and the park. There you can see the longest river in the Eurasia and the smallest bridge in the world!