Omsk (Omck)
| About Omsk
Omsk (Omck) was founded in 1716 by the troop of Ivan Bukhgolts. It is situated on two rivers - the powerful Irtysh and the quiet Om. With years passed Omsk has turned into the centre of West Siberia. Now the population of Omsk is over 1,200,000 inhabitants. The weather in Siberia is different from England, even though it is on the same Longtitude almost, in winter the temperature can reach minus 40 deg celsius (current record minus 50c) in summer it can be plus 40deg celsius. |
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Here is the Omsk coat of arms |
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Of course Omsk is the city where you will find the Radio Club Station RZ9MYL / RZ9MYA also known as "Pulsar" Omsk is located in Asiatic Russia.
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With My friend in the shack of RZ9MYL Omsk 2000/01 |
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The hotel "Turist"(Tourist) on the right, the tall building at the back of the picture, where I stayed during my visit. On the left is Rechnoi Vokzal or riverboat station in English. | |
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Here is the Hotel "Tourist" in close up. |
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Here you can see where Omsk is located east of the Urals in Asiatic Russia | |
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This is one of the sites I view daily LIVE via the internet. It is of course Gagarin Str. When I next go to Omsk I will go and stand there and ask my friend to capture the image. | |
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Copyright top left
My thanks for the use of this picture of Omck
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