My city (1) Introduction

Decided not to write about the fact that the city of Omsk is one of the largest cities in Russia, the second largest in Siberia and the eighth in Russia. The largest transport hub at the intersection of the Trans-Siberian and Irtysh, connecting the west with the east and north and south. A large agricultural and industrial center, which is worth only the Omsk oil refinery, which is one of the largest in the world. And that this is the third capital I will keep silent ...

And I will write about the center of Omsk. Only here about which center?))) Political, geographic, religious, administrative ...? decided to write about the historical center of his city. Firstly, without history and the city, as it were, there is no, and secondly it is the most attractive part of the city for tourists. At the same time I will tell a brief history of the beloved city against the background of its modern forms and, of course, the "ghosts" of the past ...