Омск в фотографиях - 1920-е годы / Omsk in photographs - 1920s
Омск
в 1920-е годы
Omsk
in the 1920s
Music:
From the poem Satanique by A. Scriabin
Omsk isa large city in south western Siberia, some 2,236 km from Moscow. Being on the Trans-Siberian railway, the city grows transport hub..
During the period of the Russian Empire, Omsk used to be the seat of the Governor General of Western Siberia and, later, of the Governor General of the Steppes. For a brief period during the Russian Civil War in 1918–1920, it served as the capital of the anti-BolshevikWihte forces and held the imperial gold reserves. The city was headed by Admiral Kolchak...
These photographs of the city, from the 1920s show the city won over by the Soviet Government.