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Tomsk

American  
[tomsk, tawmsk] / tɒmsk, tɔmsk /

noun

  1. a city in the central Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ob River.


Tomsk British  
/ tɔmsk /

noun

  1. a city in central Russia: formerly an important gold-mining town and administrative centre for a large area of Siberia; university (1888); engineering industries. Pop: 486 000 (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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Researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University and Surgut State University in Russia developed this method for creating encapsulated nanodoses of thyme.

From Science Daily Jan. 17, 2026

Aug. 20, 2020 — On a flight from the city of Tomsk, where he was working with local activists, Navalny falls ill and the plane makes an emergency landing in nearby Omsk.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2024

"People are always looking for an excuse to denounce someone," a former major from Tomsk says.

From BBC Sep. 30, 2023

Maksim Bely, a volunteer, said people were being given the choice of three destinations: Tambo, 310 miles away; Tula 250 miles away; and Tomsk, 2,420 miles away, in Siberia.

From New York Times Jun. 12, 2023

That would mean, of course, cutting back on some of his international travel, yet a few weeks later he was back in Tomsk, visiting TB patients and checking out the Russian programs.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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