Omsk

American  

[awmsk] / ɔmsk /

noun

1. a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia on the Irtysh River.

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Omsk British  

/ ɒmsk /

noun

1. a city in W central Russia, at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om Rivers: a major industrial centre, with pipelines from the second Baku oilfield. Pop: 1 132 000 (2005 est)

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Omsk

There was no air defense to speak of because Russian authorities had assumed that the refinery, in the Siberian city of Omsk, was too far from Ukraine to be imperiled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

I had never heard of any military strikes on Omsk, and it turns out there hadn’t been any since 1919, when the city was the capital of the “White Movement,” an anti-Bolshevik resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

On Monday, the Ukrainians successfully attacked Russia’s largest refinery — responsible for 8% of national capacity — in Omsk, some 2,500 kilometers from the border.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

The investigators working with the BBC found that he is 40 and was born in the Omsk region.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

One day, for example, just past Omsk, we stopped in the countryside.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys