Рассказ об Омске на английском
Omsk is located in southwestern Siberia. The city is more than 2,000 kilometers from Moscow. The population inOmsk is about 1,150,000 people.
The wooden fort of Omsk was built in 1716 by a cossack unit led by Ivan Buchholz. Omsk was granted town status in 1782. In 1822 Omsk became an administrative capital of Western Siberia and later in 1882 the center of the vast Steppes region.
Omskstretches along the banks of the north-flowing Irtysh at its confluence withthe smaller Om River. The waterways connect Omsk with the coal andmineral-mining towns further up the river in Kazakhstan, as well as with theoil, natural gas of northern Siberia.
As aprominent educational center, Omsk has a large number of museums, theaters, andeducational institutions.Among Omsksmuseums, the most notable are: The StateMuseum of Regional HistoryTheDostoyevsky Museum of Literature andThe VrubelMuseum of Fine Arts.