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OMSK , a See also:

town of See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:province of See also:Akmolinsk, capital of western See also:Siberia from 1839 to 1882, and now capital of the See also:general-governorship of the See also:Steppes. Pop. (1881) 31,000, (1900) 53,050. It is the seat of See also:administration of the Siberian See also:Cossacks, and the see of the See also:bishop of Omsk. Situated on the right See also:bank of the Irtysh, at its confluence with the Om, at an See also:altitude of 285 ft., and on the Siberian railway, 1862 m. via See also:Chelyabinsk from See also:Moscow, and 586 m. W.S.W. of See also:Tomsk, it is the See also:meeting-See also:place of the highways to See also:middle Russia, See also:Orenburg and See also:Turkestan. Steamers ply down the Irtysh and the Ob, and up the former to the See also:Altai towns and See also:Lake See also:Zaisan. The See also:climate is dry and relatively temperate, but marked by violent See also:snow-storms and See also:sand-storms. The See also:average temperatures are, for the See also:year, 31° F.; for See also:January, 5°; for See also:July, 68°; the See also:annual rainfall is 12.4 in. The town is poorly built. Apart from the railway workshops, its See also:industries are unimportant (See also:steam saw-See also:mill, tanneries); but the See also:trade, especially since the construction of the railway, is growing. There are two yearly fairs.

Omsk has a society for See also:

education, which organizes See also:schools, kindergartens, See also:libraries and lectures for the See also:people. There are a See also:corps of cadets, medical, dramatic and musical See also:societies, and the See also:west Siberian See also:section of the See also:Russian See also:Geographical Society, with a museum. The " fort " of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the See also:block-houses on the Russian frontier, along the See also:Ishim and the Irtysh. In consequence of the frequent incursions of the See also:Kirghiz about the end of the 18th See also:century, stronger earthworks were erected on the right bank of the Om; but these have now almost entirely disappeared.

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