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Tomsk

[ tomsk; Russian tawmsk ]

noun

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


Tomsk

/ 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)


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Navalny was poisoned in Tomsk, Siberia, last year while visiting the city to publicize his “Smart Voting” campaign, of which the app that censors are seeking to block is a key part.

He went to Tomsk, Siberia, an area that was legendary for its lucrative goldmines.

It is not the most important city of the government of that name, for Tomsk has more inhabitants and is larger.

The next morning the steamer again started for her sixteen-hundred-mile journey to Tomsk.

He was pleased with the appearance of Atchinsk, a bright little town a day's journey from Tomsk.

The long track between Tomsk and Irkutsk has the reputation of being the dreariest and the most desolate part of the journey.

The peasants between Tomsk and Barnaool own many horses, and are pleased at the opportunity to earn a little cash with them.

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