Ishim Basin
Ishim may refer to: * Ishim (river), a river in Kazakhstan and Russia * Ishim, Tyumen Oblast, a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia *Ishim (angel) The Ishim ( Heb. אִישִׁים, ''ʾĪšīm;'' lit. ''Men'' by an unusual plural via Prov. 8:4, cf. אנשים) are the lowest tier of angels in the cosmology of Maimonides. "These", writes Maimonides, "are the angels which speak with the pr ..., a rank of angels in the Jewish angelic hierarchy See also * Ishimsky (other) * Ishimbay {{Disambiguation, geo ...
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Ishim (river)
The Ishim (russian: Иши́м, Ishim; kk, Есіл, Esil) is a river running through Kazakhstan and Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Its average discharge is . It is a left tributary of the Irtysh. The Ishim is partly navigable in its lower reaches. The upper course of the Ishim passes through Astana the capital of Kazakhstan. In Russia, the river travels through a vast marshland for its course, and has countless meanders and oxbow lakes. The river freezes from late November until March. Main tributaries The largest tributaries of the Ishim are, from source to mouth: * Qalqutan (right) * Zhabay (right) * Terisaqqan (left) * Aqqanburlyq (right) * Karasul (left) * Barsuk (right) In Astana According to the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Astana was chosen as the capital in part due to the presence of the river. The city is also divided into two sections, the Right (northern) Bank of the Ishim or the old town, and the Left (southern) Ba ...
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Ishim, Tyumen Oblast
Ishim (russian: Иши́м) is a town in the south of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. Population: It was previously known as ''Korkina Sloboda'' (until 1782). 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 took place twice a year on the Saint Nicholas day (19 December and 22 May) 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 1921-1922 Ishim was the center of the West Siberian rebellion. 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. In 2017 Ishim began a sister relationship with Suroviki ...
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Ishim (angel)
The Ishim ( Heb. אִישִׁים, ''ʾĪšīm;'' lit. ''Men'' by an unusual plural via Prov. 8:4, cf. אנשים) are the lowest tier of angels in the cosmology of Maimonides. "These", writes Maimonides, "are the angels which speak with the prophets and appear to them in visions. They are called Men because their tier is almost within reach of the human mind". The Ishim later appear in the Zohar The ''Zohar'' ( he, , ''Zōhar'', lit. "Splendor" or "Radiance") is a foundational work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah. It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah (the five ..., which copied this term from Maimonides. Samuel ibn Tibbon speculated that the term "ishim" has a lost Talmudic origin. Reuven Rappaport suggested Midrash Proverbs to 8:4, which contrasts two terms for men, ''ishim'' and ''bene adam'', understanding ''ishim'' as more complementary, and writes "O men 'ishim''I call to you -- If you are ...
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Ishimsky (other)
Ishimsky (masculine), Ishimskaya (feminine), or Ishimskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Ishimsky District, a district of Tyumen Oblast, Russia * Ishim, Tyumen Oblast, a town in Russia See also * Ishim (other) * Ust-Ishimsky District, Omsk Oblast, Russia * Ishimsky Uyezd Ishimsky Uyezd (''Ишимский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tobolsk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Ishim, Tyumen Oblast, Ishim. Demogra ...