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Tomsk State University
Tomsk
(
Russian
:
Томск
) is a
Russian
city
, the administrative center of
Tomsk Oblast
. One of the largest cities in
Siberia
. Population 575 352 (
2019
).
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
.
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.
Continental climate
, transitional from
subarctic
to sharply continental climate.
[1]
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
.
[2]
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