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Omsk (/ˈɒmsk/; Russian: Омск, IPA: [omsk]) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk, and the twelfth-largest city in Russia. It is an important transport node, serving as a train station for the Trans-Siberian Railway and as a staging post for the Irtysh River. During the Imperial era, Omsk was the seat of the Governor General of Western Siberia and, later, of the Governor General of the Steppes. For a brief period during the Russian Civil War in 1918–1920, it served as the capital of the anti-Bolshevik Russian State and held the imperial gold reserves. Omsk serves as the episcopal see of the bishop of Omsk and Tara, as well as the administrative seat of the Imam of Siberia. The mayor is Sergey Shelest. The city of Omsk is named after the Om river. This hydronym in the dialect of Baraba Tatars means "the quiet one".
Categories: city, capital city of state/province/region, former national capital, City of Labour Valour
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omsk
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Coordinates: 54°58'56"N 73°22'41"E
- Astana 434 km
- Qaraghandy 556 km
- Novosibirsk 597 km
- Barnaul 681 km
- Kemerovo 796 km
- Biysk 798 km
- Novokuznetsk 882 km
- Almaty 1311 km
- Shymkent 1423 km
- Ürümqi 1576 km
- Theater Square 0.2 km
- Theater Garden Square 0.5 km
- Petra Nekrasova, 134 0.5 km
- Central-2 Beach 0.7 km
- Dzerzhinsky Garden 0.8 km
- Morozov Square Garden 1 km
- formerly Pioneers Square 1.1 km
- Big Island 1.1 km
- Tsentralny (Central) Administrative District 6.4 km
- Kirovsky (Kirov) Administrative District 10 km
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