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Tomsk
Tomsk is a city on the Tom River in western Siberia, founded as a fortress in 1604 by order of Tsar Boris Godunov. It grew as a trading and administrative centre on the route across Siberia and became known as the 'Siberian Athens' after Tomsk University, the first in Siberia, opened in 1888. It is the capital of Tomsk Oblast.
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