Omsk

The second biggest city in Siberia is Omsk. It was founded by a squad of Cossacks in 1716 in order to broaden the Russian Empire and protect it from barbarians. After the World War 2 the city started to enlarge intensively, a lot of new houses were built, but many of the old ones remained untouched. Now the city is one of the greatest places of culture in Russia, it has many different monuments of different times and styles.

Omsk has a lot of places for walking, like the Victory Park, the park nearby the "Voschod" health centre, the arboretum, and the park, dedicated to the city's 300 anniversary. You should certainly walk along the Irtish's coastline, there's a great view in the evening.

The unusual monuments of Omsk

The city has a lot of new and unique monuments. For example, the statue of a plumber Stepanych. Every time there's a celebration in the city, the locals put a shot of vodka nearby it. There's also monuments, dedicated to books, Quixote, and "Chudo-Judo Riba-Kit" ("Wonderfish")!

Also you should visit the infamous Omsk fortress, Uspensky and Nikolayevsky Cathedrals, the drama theatre, Vrubel museum and many other sights of seeing.

The cultural life in Omsk

The Birthday of the City Omsk is selebrated at the first Sunday of August. It's one of the main celebrations there. Every year there are about 800 thousand people (locals and tourists) taking part in this wonderful event.

I suppose, that the ones, who enjoy sport, will like the amount of sport events, which regularly happen in the city. The Siberian Marathon is one of the greatest marathons in Russia - and it takes place here! It's the third biggest Russian marathon. In this city the people, who like sport, will never have troubles thinking "Where should I go?" - there are a lot of sport centres here. Omsk is a great place to find some entertainment and have a lot of fun.