The authorities of the Omsk region decided to make a day off in connection with the celebration of Radonitsa. This was announced on April 17 by the governor of the region Vitaly Khotsenko.The head of ...

The city on the edge of the southern steppe of Siberia is not full of obvious sites, but for the intrepid traveler there are unusual discoveries that can make a business trip fun or a stopover on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Omsktransmash machinery plant caught fire in the city of Omsk in Russia on Sept. 12, Governor Vitaly Khotsenko said. According ...

The Siberian city of Omsk is rich in history and architecture from its founding in the 18th century through the Russian civil war to the present. All photos by William Brumfield Omsk, currently a city ...

Many of Siberia’s homeless survive in freezing nighttime temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius by sleeping under an industrial heating pipe for warmth. If they get too close to the pipe for too ...

Omsk, in south-western Siberia, is known throughout Russia for its theatre, but has never developed a film industry. As Valeria Kalashnikova reports, things are changing, thanks mostly to the efforts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A full moon rises over Gazprom Neft's oil refinery in Omsk MOSCOW (Reuters) -Seven people were in hospital, with one ...