Tobolsk

American  

[tuh-bawlsk] / tʌˈbɔlsk /

noun

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

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Tobolsk British  

/ taˈbɔljsk /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

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

The imperial pair saw a calumniated saint in Rasputin; the people, in the words of a monarchist member of the Duma, saw "the beastly, drunken unclean face of a bald satyr from Tobolsk."

From Time Magazine Archive

Three days later the shattering news reached even Tobolsk.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mademoiselle, my father and my grandfather came away from their native wilds to seek a lady who would condescend to love them, in the polite society of Tobolsk.

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant