"GRUZOVOZOFF" branch office in Omsk


Address:
5 the 36th Severnaya Str., 644116, Omsk, Russia


Telephone/Fax:
+ 7 (3812) 61-58-37, 68-17-30, 68-18-91


E-mail:
omsk@gruzovozoff.ru


Open hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 19:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 16:00
Sunday closed


Head of the branch office:
Rodion Kriuk

Omsk was founded in 1716 as a fortress on the mouth of the Om River. In the 16th century an intensive reclamation of the lands of Western Siberia began. After the campaign of Yermak the cities started to appeare one by one. The city of Tobolsk was the centre of the region. In 1628 in order to enhance the security of the Siberian southern boundary the Tsar’s guards (or ‘voevodes’) Yury Shekhovsky and Mikhail Kaisarov presented a petition for the construction of a new fortress on the junction of the Irtysh and the Om Rivers. The first fortress of Omsk, built on the left bank of the Om River, stood there only for 50 years. In 1768—1771 a new fortress was built on the right bank. It occupied a larger territory and had better protective engineer installations. In 1805 the Omsk fortress was considered one of the best ones in the system of West Siberian lines of defense. In 1782 the Omsk fortress gained the status of a military town of the Tobolsk Viceregency. In accordance with the regulations of the Russian heraldry the first town’s emblem was approved on March 17, 1785. By the beginning of the 19th century Omsk became the centre of trade and agricultural science. In the late 19th century an intensive economic development of the city began. The construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway gave a new impetus to the development of the city. The railway contributed to fast occupation and settlement of the southern part of West Siberia and to a rapid development of commerce. At the beginning of the 20th century Omks became the centre for trade of West Siberia (export of agricultural products, especially of butter), nevertheless, the industry was underdeveloped. In 1839 Omsk became the administrative centre of West Siberia. Since 1850 till 1854 F. Dostoyevsky was in exile in Omsk. He wrote ‘Notes from a dead house’ and some chapters of ‘Idiot’ novel here. In 1918-1919 the admiral Kolchak declared the city the ‘White capital’ of Russia. In January 1918 the Omsk Region was established. During the Great Patriotic War there were many industrial enterprises in Omsk: more than 150 plants were evacuated from Ukraine, the Moscow Region and the Leningrad Region. Due to a large number of enterprises of the military industrial complex Omsk was a closed city until the middle of 1990s. Since the middle of 1950s Omks has become the centre of oil-refining and petrochemical industries of Siberia. In 1990s the development of market infrastructure began and non-governmental sector appeared. Many private enterprises, banks, investment companies, funds were established. The production of the Omsk enterprises entered the Russian and world market and is now in great demand. There is a historical part with some landmarks in the centre of the city. Among the buildings erected before the Revolution we can mention the Drama Theatre, the Legislative assembly, some examples of commercial architecture and the Nikolsky Cossack cathedral, built according to the drawings of a famous Russian architect V. Stasov. Historical dates: In 1760 a fortress was built on the right bank of the Irtysh and the Om Rivers. Later it became an administrative centre of all Siberian lines of defense. In 1782 Omsk gained city status. In 1839 Omsk became the administrative centre of West Siberia. In 1894 the Trans-Siberian Railway connected Omsk to big cities of Siberia. In 1941 many military plants were evacuated to Omsk. This contributed to the industrial development of the city. In 1955 the Omsk oil-refining plant was built.