Ishim is a
town in the south of
Tyumen Oblast,
Russia. Population:
History
It was founded in 1670 as the village of
Korkina Sloboda. In 1721, by the order of Tsar
Peter the Great the village gained the right to establish Nikolskaya Trade Fair which rapidly became one of the most important trade fairs in
Siberia. This trade fair had place twice a year on the
Saint Nicholas day until 1919. In 1782, by the order of Empress
Catherine the Great, Korkina Sloboda was renamed Ishim and was granted town status. In 1918, Ishim became the administrative center of Ishimsky Uyezd. In 1984, the city began a sister city relationship with
Grand Forks, North Dakota in the
United States. This relationship terminated in the late 1990s due to economic turmoil in Ishim.