Omsk is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast in southwestern Siberia, Russia, with a population of over one million, making it the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk. Founded as a Russian fortress at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers, Omsk grew into a major industrial and oil-refining center and is known as the place where the writer Fyodor Dostoevsky was imprisoned in the mid-nineteenth century.
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The 2002 Census recorded that the population had declined to 1,134,016, but it rebounded marginally, according to the 2010 Census, which listed the population of 1,154,116.
Infobox pop_2010census field name, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omsk
pop_2010census
Infobox: area_km2
566.9
Infobox elevation_m field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omsk
elevation_m = 87
Infobox: established_date
August 2, 1716
- Infobox coordinates field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omsk
Associated With: Russia, Opening sentence, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omsk
Omsk is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia.
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On Continent: Asia
Omsk is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia.
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