| Official Name: | Abalak |
| Native Name: | Абалак |
| Settlement Type: | Selo |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Tyumen Oblast#Russia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Russia |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tyumen Oblast |
| Subdivision Name3: | Tobolsky District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
| Coordinates: | 58.1167°N 103°W[1] [2] |
Abalak (Russian: Абалак) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Abalkskoye Rural Settlement of Tobolsky District, Tyumen Oblast, Russia. The population was 806 as of 2010.[3] There are 20 streets.[4]
Before the conquest of Siberia, Abalak was a small Tatar town. It got its name from the Tatar prince Abalak, the son of the Siberian khan Mar. On December 5, 1584, near the walls of Abalak, a battle between the Cossacks and the horde of Mametkul took place, which opened Ermak the way to the further conquest of Siberia.[5]
The modern village arose in the 17th century on the site of the fortress and estate of the Siberian khan Kuchum.[6]
In 1636, the Abalak Sign of the Mother of God appeared to a local woman, Mary, after which the wooden Church of the Sign was built in Abalak. At the turn of the 17th-18th centuries, a whole complex of stone temples were erected here. In 1783, the Holy Sign Monastery was opened here.[7]
Abalak is located southeast of Tobolsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. is the nearest rural locality.[8]