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Omsk

American  
[awmsk] / ɔmsk /

noun

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


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In Siberia's Omsk hours after the strikes, Kazakh leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told Putin the Ukraine war should end as the pair met for a Russia-Kazakh summit.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

“In a sense, hitting Omsk may well be the straw that broke the camel’s back,” said James Henderson, distinguished research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 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

Ukrainian prosecutors say the Kherson detention facility was run by Andrey Spivak, previously a policeman working in the prison system in the Russian city of Omsk.

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

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