Scientific and cultural center of the Tyumen Region.
The city was founded in 1586.
There are 35 organizations engaged in scientific research and development, 14 higher education institutions (including branches), 9 establishments of secondary vocational education and 3 initial professional education, 96 general education institutions and 128 preschool educational institutions in the city. It also has 3 professional theatres, a philharmonic hall, 13 cultural-leisure centres, 33 libraries, and a museum — “The state autonomous cultural institution of the Tyumen region “Museum complex named after Ivan Yakovlevich Slovtsov “.