Kalachinsk is a town in 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 located 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) east 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...

 on the Om River

Om River

Om is a river in the south of Western Siberian plains in Russia. It is ~724 km long, flowing into the major Irtysh River. It rises in the Vasyugan Swamp at the border of Novosibirsk and Omsk oblasts....

 along the busiest segment of the Trans-Siberian Railway

Trans-Siberian Railway

The Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. It is the longest railway in the world...

, after its southern and northern branches meet in Omsk. Population:

In the Soviet days of restricted commerce, it acquired local fame for its weekend market. Fueled by visitors from Kalachinsk arriving by elektrichka

Elektrichka

Elektrichka is an informal word for elektropoyezd , a Soviet or post-Soviet regional electrical multiple unit passenger train. Elektrichkas are widespread in Russia, Ukraine and other countries of the former Soviet Union....

s (trains) to Omsk, the Omsk open-air flea markets thrived here.

There are two new agricultural plants built in the town.