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Tomsk Oblast

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federal subject of Russia

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Tomsk Oblast is a region in Russia located in southwestern Siberia. It is significant as an important center for science, education, and resource development in Russia's vast eastern territories.

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Continent
Asia
Capital
Tomsk
Population
1039728
Area
316900
Time zone
UTC+07:00
Shares border with
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Official website
tomsk.gov.ru
Image
Tomsk city and vicinities, Russia, LandSat-5 near natural colors satellite image, 2011-09-27.jpg
Licence plate code
70
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Category:Tomsk Oblast
Commons category
Tomsk Oblast
category for people born here
Category:Births in Tomsk Oblast
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Tomsk Oblast
category of associated people
Category:People from Tomsk Oblast
inception
1944-08-13
owner of
FC Tom Tomsk
language used
Selkup
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Encyclopedic overview

Tomsk Oblast (Russian: То́мская о́бласть, romanized: Tomskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Tomsk. Population: 1,047,394 (2010 Census).

The development of the territory which now constitutes the oblast began in the early 17th century. Tomsk itself was founded in 1604. Some of the oblast's 316,900 square kilometers (122,400 sq mi) territory is inaccessible because it is covered with taiga woods and swamps. Tomsk oblast contains Vasyugan Swamp, the biggest swamp in the northern hemisphere. The oblast borders with Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tyumen, Omsk, Novosibirsk, and Kemerovo Oblasts.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tomsk Oblast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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