Cherlak is an urban locality (a work settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

) and the administrative center of Cherlaksky District

Cherlaksky District

Cherlaksky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 32 in Omsk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Cherlak....

 of Omsk Oblast

Omsk Oblast

Omsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia. The oblast has an area of and a population of with the majority, 1.15 million, living in Omsk, the administrative center....

, Russia

Russia

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, located on the right (eastern) bank of the Irtysh River, 140 kilometres (87 mi) southeast of Omsk

Omsk

-History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...

. Population:

Economy

Despite its relatively large population, Cherlak is predominantly rural in character. The settlement's economy includes various businesses serving the needs of the district, as well as a meat-processing plant.

Transportation

Cherlak sits next to the Omsk–Pavlodar

Pavlodar

Pavlodar is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Province. It is located 350 km northeast of the national capital Astana, and 400 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the city has a population of 331710...

 autoroute, which provides the primary way of access to the village. Regular bus and "routed taxi

Marshrutka

Marshrutka , from marshrutnoye taksi is a share taxi in the CIS countries, the Baltic states, and Bulgaria. Marshrutnoye taksi literally means routed taxicab...

" service connects the village to Omsk.

The railroad station most easily accessible from the village, and also named Cherlak, located 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) further southeast along the same autoroute, is served by few passenger trains, and is rarely used by the villagers.