Tobolsk

American

[tuh-bawlsk] / tʌˈbɔlsk /

noun

a town in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Irtysh River at its confluence with the Tobol.

Tobolsk British

/ taˈbɔljsk /

noun

a town in central Russia, at the confluence of the Irtysh and Tobol Rivers: the chief centre for the early Russian colonization of Siberia. Pop: 100 000 (2000 est)

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Tobolsk

Few characters in Russian history are as well-known as the mystic from Tobolsk in Siberia, whose name is forever linked to scandal.

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2016

He abdicated and went quietly into exile in Tobolsk, relieved to have exchanged his gilded prison for a more tranquil confinement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the present masters of Communist Russia made public, contemptuously, the diary of the onetime Tsar of all the Russias, written at Tobolsk.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the Tsar and his family were moved from their quarters at Tobolsk to a more heavily guarded house in Ekaterinburg, says Bulygin.

From Time Magazine Archive

And before long the concerted outbreak would spread from Bialystok to Perm, Odessa, and even to distant Tobolsk.

From Tales From J?kai by M?r J?kai

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