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It was the seat of administration of the Siberian Cossacks, and the see of the bishop of Omsk and Tara .

Situated on the right bank of the Irtysh, at its confluence with the Om River, at an altitude of 285 ft., and on the Trans-Siberian railway, 1862 m. via Chelyabinsk from Moscow, and 586 m. WSW of Tomsk, it is the meeting-place of the highways to middle Russia, OrenburgOrenburg is a city on the Ural River, administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Volga Federal District, Russia, 1478 km south of Moscow. Population (census 2002): approx. History It was founded in 1735 and has been relocated three times; on its present si and Turkestan. Steamers ply down the Irtysh and the ObThis article is about the Russian river. For the "language" Ob, see Gibberish. Ob (also Obi Russian is a river in West Siberia, Russia, the country's longest. It is known to the Ostiaks as the As, Yag, Kolta and Yema; to the Samoyedes as the Kolta or Kuay, and up the former to the AltaiFor the republic in Russia, see Altai Republic. Altai (in Mongolian Altain-ula the "Mountains of Gold"), a term used in Asiatic geography with various significations. The Altai region in West Siberia and Mongolia, is similar in character to Switzerland, b towns and Lake Zaisan .

The climate is dry and relatively temperate, but marked by violent snow-storms and sand-storms. The average temperatures are, for the year, 31°F (-1°C) for January, and for July, 68°F (20°C); the annual rainfall is 12~4 in.

The industry in Omsk includes oil industry, chemical industry, machine-building, food and metal-working industries. The industry suffered a sharp decline after 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac, and the total output in 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an hardly surpassed 50% of its 1991 level. The city hosts Omsk State University, Omsk State Technical University, Omsk State Pedagogical University, Omsk State Medical Academy and Omsk State Agricultural University.

The fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the blockhouses on the Russian frontier, along the Ishim and the Irtysh. In consequence of the frequent incursions of the Kirghiz about the end of the 18th century, stronger earthworks were erected on the right bank of the Om; but these have now almost entirely disappeared. Omsk was the capital of the province of Akmolinsk , capital of western Siberia from 1839 to 1882, and before World War I the capital of the general-governorship of the Steppes.