OMSK  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• AKMOLINSK

Akmolinsk, capital of western See also:

• SIBERIA

Siberia from 1839 to 1882, and now capital of the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general-governorship of the See also:

• STEPPES

Steppes . Pop . (1881) 31,000, (1900) 53,050 . It is the seat of See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the Siberian See also:

• COSSACKS (Russ. Kazak; plural, Kazaki, from the Turki quzzaq, " adventurer, free-hooter ")

Cossacks, and the see of the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Omsk . Situated on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Irtysh, at its confluence with the Om, at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 285 ft., and on the Siberian railway, 1862 m. via See also:

• CHELYABINSK

Chelyabinsk from See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow, and 586 m . W.S.W. of See also:

• TOMSK

Tomsk, it is the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the highways to See also:

• MIDDLE

middle Russia, See also:

• ORENBURG

Orenburg and See also:

• TURKESTAN
• TURKESTAN, or HAZRET

Turkestan . Steamers ply down the Irtysh and the Ob, and up the former to the See also:

• ALTAI (in Mongolian Altain-ula, the " Mountains of Gold ")

Altai towns and See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• ZAISAN, or ZAISANSK

Zaisan . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is dry and relatively temperate, but marked by violent See also:

• SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-storms and See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand-storms . The See also:

• AVERAGE

average temperatures are, for the See also:

• YEAR

year, 31° F.; for See also:

• JANUARY

January, 5°; for See also:

• JULY

July, 68°; the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual rainfall is 12.4 in . The town is poorly built . Apart from the railway workshops, its See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are unimportant (See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam saw-See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill, tanneries); but the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, especially since the construction of the railway, is growing . There are two yearly fairs .

Omsk has a society for See also:

• EDUCATION

education, which organizes See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, kindergartens, See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries and lectures for the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . There are a See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of cadets, medical, dramatic and musical See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies, and the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west Siberian See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society, with a museum . The " fort " of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block-houses on the Russian frontier, along the See also:

• ISHIM

Ishim and the Irtysh . In consequence of the frequent incursions of the See also:

• KIRGHIZ

Kirghiz about the end of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, stronger earthworks were erected on the right bank of the Om; but these have now almost entirely disappeared .