Tomsk is the Administrative Center of the Tomsk Oblast
and was once the Industrial Center of Siberia before the Trans-Siberian Railway connected to the City of Novosibirsk.

The City is a University City with 1 out 5 resident being a University Student thus earning its nickname: Siberian Athens

City Population (2010) : 530,000

Ethnic Groups: Russians,Tatars,Ukrainians, Belorussians,Azeris, Armenians, Khants, Poles and Germans