What is Tomsk?
[[Image:TSU-2004-19924.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Tomsk State University]] [[Image:Tomsk city coat of arms.png|right|90px]] [[Image:Tomsk city flag.png|right|250px]] '''Tomsk''' (<small>[[Russian language|Russian]]:</small> ''Томск'') is a [[Russia]]n [[city]], the administrative center of [[Tomsk Oblast]]. One of the largest cities in [[Siberia]]. Population 575 352 ([[2019]]). == History == Established under a decree from [[Tsar Boris Godunov]] in [[1604]]. In [[1804]], the government selected Tomsk to become the center for a new [[governorate]] which would include the modern cities of [[Novosibirsk]], [[Kemerovo]], Altai, [[Krasnoyarsk]] and eastern [[Kazakhstan]]. == Education == [[Tomsk State University]] is the first university in Siberia (founded in [[1878]], opened in [[1888]]). The Tomsk State University Library book reserve is considered to be among the richest in Russia. [[Tomsk Polytechnic University]] is the first (founded in [[1896]] and opened in [[1900]]) technical university in Siberia. [[Siberian Medical University]] is one of the oldest (founded in [[1930]]) and highest rated medical schools in Russia. == Climate == [[Continental climate]], transitional from [[Subarctic climate|subarctic]] to sharply continental climate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tomsk climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Tomsk weather averages - Climate-Data.org|url=https://en.climate-data.org/asia/russian-federation/tomsk-oblast/tomsk-1763/|access-date=2020-10-11|website=en.climate-data.org}}</ref> The annual average temperature is 0.9 °C. Winters are severe and lengthy (from the end of October to the beginning of April), and the lowest recorded temperature was −55 °C in January [[1931]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/29430.htm|title=Климат Томска - Погода и климат|website=pogodaiklimat.ru|access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Commonscat|Tomsk}} {{multistub|geo|Asia}} [[Category:Tomsk Oblast]] [[Category:Capitals of oblasts of Russia]]