Tara, Omsk Oblast
Tara (Russian Тара ) is a town in western Siberia, Omsk Oblast (Russia) with 27 318 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).
Geography
The city is located in the southern part of the West Siberian lowlands, some 300 kilometers north of the Oblasthauptstadt Omsk. After this megacity Tara is the second largest city of the oblast. Tara is on the left bank of the Irtysh, in the river of the same Tara joins 25 kilometers southeast of the city.
Tara is since 1943 an administrative center of the homonymous Rajons Tara.
History
Tara was founded in 1594 by Cossacks as Ostrog on the southern border of the former Russian sphere of influence in Western Siberia, at the confluence of the Tara in the Irtysh and named after the river. It developed into an important center of trade with the Dzungaria and parts of Turkestan. Repeatedly burned down the existing wooden buildings place (1629, 1658, 1669). After the last fire, the town was relocated downriver to its present location.
Significantly with the construction of the fortress of Omsk and the construction of the Siberian tract further south in the first half of the 18th century Tara lost its strategic and economic importance, but received its town charter in 1782 as an administrative center of a Ujesds of the then province of Tobolsk.
The Trans-Siberian Railway was moved late 19th century, several hundred kilometers south of Tara; the city sank but also thanks to oil discoveries in the area in the 20th century, not in the utter insignificance.
Demographics
Note: Census data (1926 rounded)
Culture and sights
Tara is one of the smaller towns in western Siberia, where the historic structure is relatively well preserved. The buildings include the Savior Cathedral ( Спасский кафедральный собор / Spassky kafedralny Sobor ) 1754-1776, wooden and stone merchant houses and villas from the 18th to the early 20th century, including the house of the merchant Nerpin, the oldest preserved stone building of Omsk Oblast (now Medical College ), and the former state liquor warehouses. Part of the old fortress wall was rebuilt.
Since 1932 there is a local museum in Tara, today in the former home of the Kaufmann family Volkov, and since 1987 an art gallery in the wooden house of the merchant Khomyakov from the late 19th century.
The city has an indoor ice rink and a Olimp named after Mikhail Ulyanov Drama Theatre.
Economy and infrastructure
In Tara, there is a small refinery where the crude oil is processed from the is located standing nearby Krapiwinskoje oil field. There are also companies in the electronic, food and light industry.
By Tara leads the R392 regional road which branches off near Omsk of the highway 1R 402 Tyumen - Omsk. It was conducted after 2000 in Tara on a new Irtysh - road bridge and extended to Tobolsk in the neighboring Tyumen Oblast.
Personalities
- Mikhail Ulyanov (1927-2007), actor, spent his childhood and youth in Tara