Tyukalinsk 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 120 kilometres (74.6 mi) northwest 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...

 and 60 kilometres (37.3 mi) northeast of the Trans-Siberian

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...

's Nazyvayevsk

Nazyvayevsk

Nazyvayevsk is a town in Omsk Oblast, Russia, located west of Omsk. Population: It is a transfer point on the northern branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway between the Western Siberian and Sverdlovsk railroads....

 rail station. Population:

In 1759, a post station of Tyukalinsky Stanets existed on the Tyukala River in place of modern Tyukalinsk. It developed into the sloboda

Sloboda

Sloboda was a kind of settlement in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be vaguely translated as "free settlement"....

of Tyukalinskaya in 1763. In 1823, it was granted town status, which was retracted in 1838, and reinstated in 1878. Tyukalinsk lost its commercial importance along with the Siberian Route

Siberian Route

The Siberian Route , also known as the Moscow Route and Great Route , was a historic route that connected European Russia to Siberia and China. Previously Siberian transport had been mostly by river via Siberian River Routes...

 after the construction 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...

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