| Omsk Омск | ||
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| State | Russia | |
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| Region | Western Siberia | |
| Territory | Omsk Oblast | |
| Altitude | 90 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 572.9 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 1.172.070 (2018 estimate) | |
| Prefix tel | 7 3812 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 644xxx | |
| Time zone | UTC 6 | |
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Omsk (Омск) is a city of Russia, located in the Western Siberia and capital ofhomonymous region.
To know
In the opinion of most people, Omsk is a destination unable to hold back the interest of potential tourists. Indeed, twenty years ago Omsk boasted a number of attractions but administrators and planners have scrambled to tear down traditional wooden buildings and erect mundane glass and steel skyscrapers in their place.
The fury of the bulldozers has escaped only a small neighborhood where it is possible to relive the atmosphere of the 19th century. The center still retains buildings of a certain value such as the cathedral of San Nicola dei Cossacchi and the theater of dramatic art.
Background
In 1716 a Cossack unit led by Ivan Buchholz erected the wooden fort of Omsk with the aim of protecting the Russian border which at the time ran along the Ishim and Irtysh rivers from the incursions of nomads from the steppes. Omsk obtained city status in 1782 and in 1822 became the administrative capital of Western Siberia. Omsk was also a penal colony: the writer became an important center of Siberian exile. Fyodor Dostoevsky was incarcerated in an Omsk prison from 1850 to 1854.
The development of the city was determined by the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Many non-Russian interest companies and diplomatic representations from Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom opened branches in Omsk. In 1910, the Siberian exhibition of agriculture and industry took place in Omsk. The city was nicknamed at the time "Chicago of Siberia" and "Milwaukee of Siberia".
After the October Revolution, the white anti-Bolshevik forces took control of Omsk. In 1918, a provisional government was established led by the Arctic explorer and admiral Kolchak. Omsk was proclaimed the capital of Russia and its central bank was charged with maintaining the gold reserves of the former empire, but the following year the Red Army forced Kolchak and his government to flee the city and retreat to Irkutsk.
How to orient yourself
Omsk: full screen map.How to get
By plane
- 1 Omsk Airport (IATA: WHO) (7 km south of downtown).
On the train
- 2 Passenger station (Omsk-Passazhirsky).
How to get around
What see
Civil and military architectures
- 1 Omsk Fortress (Омская крепость).
Religious architectures
- 2 Assumption Cathedral (Успенский собор).
- 3 Cossack Cathedral of St. Nicholas (Никольский Казачий собор), ul. Lenina, 27, ☎ 7 3812-315748. A large neoclassical cathedral built between 1833 and 1843. the three entrances are decorated with colonnaded porticoes. The bell tower was demolished during the Soviet era and rebuilt in the 1990s.
Museums
- 4 State Museum of Local History (Omskiy Gosudarstvennyy Istoriko-Kraevedcheskiy Muzey / Омский историко-краеведческий музей), ul. Lenina, 23, ☎ 7 381 231-47-47.
- 5 Museum complex of military glory, ul. Taube, 7, ☎ 7 381 225-67-91, 7-3812-23-85-50. Armed Forces Museum documenting World War II, and conflicts in Afghanistan and in Chechnya.
- 6 "M. A. Vrubel" regional museum of fine arts (Омский областной музей изобразительных искусств имени М. А. Врубеля), ul. Lenina, 3. Set up in the former stock exchange building.
- 7 Liberov State Museum of Regional Art (Государственный областной художественный музей), Dumskaya ul. 3, ☎ 7 381 230-16-45. Museum housed in a historic wooden house.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Shows
- 1 Theater of Dramatic Art (Омский академический театр драмы), ul. Lenina, 8А, ☎ 7 381 224-40-65.
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- 3 Arena-Omsk (Арена Омск), Lukashevicha, 35, ☎ 7 381 270-71-27. The local ice hockey team "Avangard" plays there. Arena-Omsk was inaugurated in 2007 and has a capacity of 10,318 seats
Where to eat
Where stay
Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
- 8 Monastery of the Cross (Ачаирский Крестовый монастырь).
