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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of west-central Russia east of Yekaterinburg. Founded around 1585, it is the oldest Russian settlement east of the Ural Mountains.
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- proper noun A city in
Russia , administrative centre of Tyumenoblast .
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TYUMEN: (2144kms to Moscow) Founded in 1586, Tyumen is the oldest settlement in Siberia.
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In 1997, auctions of stakes in Tyumen Oil, Eastern Oil, Slavneft, LUKoil, and Rosneft had to be postponed or cancelled.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Bailiffs searched BP's Moscow office at the end of August, after a group of minority shareholders in the listed unit of TNK-BP Ltd.—a joint venture between BP and a group of Russian businessmen—had won a court order in the Siberian town of Tyumen.
Russia Rescinds BP Search Order Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen 2011
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The court is hearing an appeal on the Tyumen ruling.
Russia Rescinds BP Search Order Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen 2011
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The Tyumen court canceled the search order based on the motion filed by Rosneft, the plaintiff's law firm said in a press release.
Russia Rescinds BP Search Order Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen 2011
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Tyumen city has one of Russia's highest per capita incomes, and is the twin city of America's oil capital - Houston, Texas.
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In 1997, auctions of stakes in Tyumen Oil, Eastern Oil, Slavneft, LUKoil, and Rosneft had to be postponed or cancelled.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In 1997, auctions of stakes in Tyumen Oil, Eastern Oil, Slavneft, LUKoil, and Rosneft had to be postponed or cancelled.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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After rising through the ranks of the regional Communist Party youth, he rose through post-Soviet political posts, winning election in 2001 as governor of his native Tyumen region, Russia's key oil producing area.
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In 1997, auctions of stakes in Tyumen Oil, Eastern Oil, Slavneft, LUKoil, and Rosneft had to be postponed or cancelled.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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