OMSK

ômsk, city (1989 pop. 1,148,000), capital of Omsk region, W Siberian Russia, at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers and on the Trans-Siberian RR. It is a major river port and produces agricultural machinery and railway equipment. There are also oil refineries supplied by pipelines from the West Siberian basin. Factories in Omsk also produce footwear, clothing, tires, and consumer goods. Founded as a fortress in 1716, Omsk became a major transportation and administrative center in the 19th cent. and a place of detention for political exiles. Feodor Dostoyevsky was imprisoned there from 1849 to 1853. During the civil war that followed the Revolution of 1917, Omsk served as headquarters of the anti-Bolshevik armed forces of Admiral A. V. Kolchak.

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books on: Omsk  - 693 results

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1.
White Siberia: The Politics of Civil War
Book by N. G. O. Pereira; McGill-Queens University Press, 1996
Subjects: Anti-Communist Movements--Russia--Siberia, Siberia (Russia)--History--Revolution, 1917-1921, Siberia (Russia)--Politics And Government, Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921
...Contending White Governments, and the Rise of Omsk January to July 1918 / 50...British military mission. Environs of Omsk, 1919. Illustration courtesy of the State...served as seat of Kolchaks government in Omsk during 1918-19. Illustration courtesy of...
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Russia and Soul: An Exploration
Book by Dale Pesmen; Cornell University Press, 2000
Subjects: Interpersonal Relations--Russia (Federation), National Characteristics, Russian, Russia (Federation)--Civilization, Social Psychology--Russia (Federation)
...Akins and Carolyn Pouncy. Thanks also to the Omsk State Music Theater, the Omsk Academic Theater of Drama, New Turners Theater, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, the Omsk Department of Culture, and the kind people who worked...
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Cautious Rebel: A Biography of Susan Clay Sawitzky
Book by Leo J. Bacino; Kent State University Press, 1997
Subjects: Lexington (Ky.)--Biography, Sawitzky, Susan Clay--1897-1981, Women--Kentucky--Lexington--Biography
...across 2,500 miles of railroad that ran between Moscow and Omsk. The Russian officials were pleased with the rapid improvements...similar results on the stretch of the line between Moscow and Omsk in a very short time. 48 Before leaving Petrograd, Stevens...
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Reconstructing Russia: U.S. Policy in Revolutionary Russia, 1917-1922
Book by Leo J. Bacino; Kent State University Press, 1999
Subjects: Economic Assistance, American--Russia (Federation)--Russian Far East--History--20th Century, Russian Far East (Russia)--Relations--United States--History--20th Century, United States--Relations--Russia (Federation)--Russian Far East--History--20th Century
...across 2,500 miles of railroad that ran between Moscow and Omsk. The Russian officials were pleased with the rapid improvements...similar results on the stretch of the line between Moscow and Omsk in a very short time. 48 Before leaving Petrograd, Stevens...
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America's Siberian Adventure, 1918-1920
Book by William S. Graves; Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931
Subjects: Soviet Union--History--Allied Intervention, 1918-1920
...NEGLECTED, AND DYING ACROSS THE RIVER FROM OMSK, KOL CHAKS HEADQUARTERS 238...armed prisoners, most of whom are from Omsk. . . . They are being used for guarding...conference which he supposed would be held at Omsk. The Czechs suggested the conference be...
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Finance, Restructuring and Performance in Privatised Russian Enterprises
Journal article by Alan A Bevan, Julian Fennema; Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 45, 2003
Subjects: Business enterprises--Management, Corporate reorganizations--Analysis, Free enterprise--Finance, Free enterprise--Management, Risk assessment
...lowest figures were found in Krasnoyarsk and Omsk, although the latter figure is likely to be biased owing to the small sample size in Omsk. While long-term credit is generally...appears to be most difficult in Perm and Omsk. We also find evidence of an important...
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Drug Trafficking in Russia: a Form of Organized Crime?
Journal article by Letizia Paoli; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 31, 2001
Subjects: Drug trafficking, Law enforcement, Organized crime, Russia
...Black Sea); nine by a district court in Omsk (1,159,000 inhabitants) in Southwestern...those in Krasnodar (six), or those from Omsk (three). Ephedrine was mentioned in only...in St. Petersburgs cases (18), whereas Omsk courts resorted much more frequently to...
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An American Railroad Man East of the Urals, 1918-1922
Journal article by Frederick C. Giffin; The Historian, Vol. 60, 1998
Subjects: Railroad construction workers--History, Railroads--Russia, Russian Railway Service Corps--History, Siberia--History
...just east of the Urals, it passed through Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Irkutsk, then skirted...Siberian main line from Vladivostok to Omsk, a line made perilous by the presence of...for train operation from Vladivostok to Omsk and a modified system of centralized dispatchers...
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Cho Ki-Ch'on: The Person Behind the Myths
Journal article by Tatiana Gabroussenko; Korean Studies, Vol. 29, 2005
Subjects: Cho ki-ch'on--Biography, Cho ki-ch'on--Criticism and interpretation, Cho ki-ch'on--Influence, Cho ki-ch'on--Political activity, Poets--Biography, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Influence, Poets--Political activity
...University named after Gorkii and located in Omsk. (38) These years appear to have matured the...offers some curious details of Chos arrival in Omsk. According to her information, Cho appeared in Omsk accidentally. He had been on his way from the...
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Appendix: Survey Methodology
Journal article by Boris Kuznetsov, Saul Estrin; Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 45, 2003
...enterprises from Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk and Omsk. We recognise that our approach does not...under-represented, for example, Volgograd and Omsk. * The average size of the surveyed enterprises...40 9.2 Omsk oblast 12...
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Dostoyevsky and Holy Russia
Magazine article by Mark Richard Barna; World and I, Vol. 13, September 1998
Subjects: Christianity--Portrayals, Dostoevsky, Fyodor--Criticism and interpretation, Russia--Religious aspects
...czar. Dostoyevsky spent four years at the Omsk Fortress in Siberia, living in shackles...thieves day and night. After serving at Omsk, he was entered into the Russian army as...While in Siberia serving his sentence at Omsk and in the army, he read the Gospels assiduously...
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The Trans-Siberian Railway Completed: July 21st, 1904
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 54, July 2004
Subjects: Railroads--Design and construction, Railroads--History, Siberia--History, Siberia--Transportation, Trans-Siberian Railroad--Design and construction, Trans-Siberian Railroad--History
...WORLDS LONGEST single railway journey, 5,772 miles (9289 km) from Moscow to Vladivostok by way of Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk and Irktusk, nowadays takes about a week. The Trans-Siberian was the most spectacular achievement of a period in...
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The Good Health Guide
Magazine article by Norman Macrae; National Review, Vol. 43, December 16, 1991
Subjects: Canada--Social policy, France--Social policy, Germany--Social policy, Health care costs--Economic aspects, Health policy--International aspects, Japan--Social policy, Medical care, Cost of--Economic aspects, Medical policy--International aspects, United Kingdom--Social policy
...modem technology as a Soviet steelworks in Omsk. The second barrier to reform will come...businesses instead of like a steelworks in Omsk. Sometimes these HMOs would make fearful...turn as inefficient as that steelworks in Omsk. Per dollar spent, it possibly already...
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Foreign Affairs: Dead Souls
Magazine article by Murray Feshbach; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 283, January 1999
Subjects: Environmental health--Russia, Russia--Health aspects
...use. Bad water nationwide has led to high rates not only of bacterial dysentery but also of hepatitis and cholera. The air in Omsk is polluted; authorities two years ago distributed some 60,000 gas masks to residents. And thermal-power plants throughout the...
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The Shape of Things to Come: National Review Asked Five Distinguished Conservatives to Muse about What the Future May Hold - Politically, Socially, Economically, Technologically - as We Approach the End of a Century and a Millennium
Magazine article by Irwin M. Stelzer, George Gilder, Norman Macrae, Jude Wanniski, Charles Murray; National Review, Vol. 43, July 8, 1991
Subjects: Business forecasting--Public opinion, Economic forecasting--Public opinion, Future in popular culture--Public opinion, Social prediction--Public opinion, Technological forecasting--Public opinion
...politicians spend so much of our money for us. Any factory in Omsk eventually becomes less than one-sixth as efficient per manhour...his constituents: i.e., if he turns his constituency into an Omsk. Fortunately, North Americas Third World hinterland (Latin...
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newspaper articles on: Omsk  - 55 results

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Invisible Man of Omsk Is Missing Their Big Moment; Roman Abramovich's Team May Be about to Become European Champions - at Ice Hockey. but Chelsea's Billionaire Won't Be in the Stands, Writes Ian Chadband
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 13, 2005
Invisible Man of Omsk Is Missing Their Big Moment; Roman Abramovichs...Champions Cup this weekend. Yet if Avangard Omsk are crowned the continents best ice hockey...the hockey correspondent of Sport, an Omsk newspaper. "Our fans dont think about him...
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Round-the-World Runner Admits Funds Are Low
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 12, 2004
...out from Wales last October, is now in Omsk in south-western Siberia, with the vast...the charity run. Speaking yesterday in Omsk, where she is taking a few days rest before...more. After stopping for a few days in Omsk to gather new equipment and conduct several...
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Time Working against Caps; 2004 Top Pick Has Deal with Russian Team
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 14, 2005
Subjects: Washington Capitals
...deal to play this season with Avangard Omsk in the Russian Super League. Ovechkin played...Ovechkin has the standard language in his Omsk contract - an "out" clause if the NHL returns...him of Ovechkins pending contract with Omsk. He confirmed the dates in question "to...
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A Taste of Christmas in the States
Newspaper article by Larissa Chinwah; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 20, 2006
...Herald Staff Writer This year, 16-year-old Olga Khalimon will celebrate Christmas twice. Khalimon, an exchange student from Omsk, Siberia, will spend almost a year living with the Ernst family in Carpentersville. A senior at Jacobs High School in Algonquin...
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Caps, Ovechkin Approach Deadline
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 9, 2005
...deal and signed a contract with Avangard Omsk. Dynamo, claiming it still held Ovechkins...for an arbitrator. Ovechkins deal with Omsk stipulates he is obligated to the team...Sports Express, saying he now considered Omsk his team. "The arbitration court ruled...
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encyclopedia articles on: Omsk  - 8 results

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Omsk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OMSK omsk, city (1989 pop. 1,148,000), capital of Omsk region, W Siberian Russia, at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers and on the Trans-Siberian RR. It is a major river port and produces agricultural machinery and railway equipment. There...
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Trans-Siberian Railroad
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...original line began at Chelyabinsk and ran generally east through Omsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, and Chita; it traversed Manchuria...RR now has several branch lines, notably the line connecting Omsk with Yekaterinburg. A branch to Ust-Kut connects with the Baykal-Amur...
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Siberia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Krasnoyarsk, and Transbaykal territories, and the Omsk, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, and Irkutsk...scientific research center of Siberia), Omsk , Tomsk , Tobolsk , Barnaul , and...V. Kolchak , who made his capital at Omsk. The White forces were aided by contingents...
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Kolchak, Aleksandr Vasilyevich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...After the October Revolution of 1917, Kolchak became (Oct., 1918) minister of war in an anti-Bolshevik government set up in Omsk, Siberia. In November he carried out a coup against the Socialist Revolutionaries in the government and assumed dictatorship...
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Tobolsk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...towns. It was moved to its present site in 1610. The city was the administrative seat of W Siberia from 1708 until 1824, when Omsk replaced it. The main Siberian highway went through Tobolsk in the 18th cent., but the city declined when the Trans-Siberian...
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