rivers. It is a big industrial and cultural centre of the Omsk Region. It’s the second biggest city in Siberia. It was founded in 1716 by a group of Russian soldiers and Cossacks who were sent by Peter the I to Siberia in search of gold but failed to find it. Omsk
name of Buhholz who erected a fortress for cossack detachment in the mouth of the river Om in 1716.
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Many outstanding people as Vrubel, Dostoyevsky, Karbyshev, Martynov
lived in Omsk for a long time.
Now Omsk
is a large modern centre with the population of about 2 million people. It occupies a vast territory 460 square km. There are a lot of taxis, buses, trams and trolleybuses in our city. So the traffic is heavy.
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Many historical monuments and places of interest attract
the attention of our guests. Most of them are
situated in the centre of the city.
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Omsk is also called the theatrical capital of
Siberia, more than 10 theatres open their doors for
audience. The oldest and the most beautiful is Drama Theatre.
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Children are fond of visiting Puppet theatre “Arlekin”,
grown-ups often go to Musical Theatre.
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The inhabitants and guests of our city like
to visit museums. There are a lot of them,
for example, the Dostoevsky Museum. F. M. Dostoevsky was in prison in Omsk and his literary talent developed here.