Tomsk

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Tomsk

Total population

544,566

Coordinates56.49°, 84.95°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Tomsk is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, on the Tom River. Population: 543,742 (2026); 556,478 (2021 census); 524,669 (2010 census); 487,838 (2002 census); 501,963 (1989 Soviet census).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Aleksandr Morozov

Soviet steeplechase runner

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Heorhii Karpenko

Ukrainian mechanical engineer (1910–1977)

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Vladimir Tyushov

physician (1866-1936)

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Aleksey Chernov

Soviet Russian actor (1908—1979)

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Oleksii Mykhailovych Shchehlov

painter (1908-1980)

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Viktor Siilats

Estonian entrepreneur (born 1955)

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Gedeminas Kiesus

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Kęstutis Pyragas

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Margarita Vilcāne

Latvian singer

Sultan Aksanov

footballer

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Mariya Bolshanina

Soviet physicist (1898-1984)

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Evgeniĭ Danilovich Goldberg

Soviet medical researcher

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Alfred Gotman

Russian architect

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Vadim Grigoryev

L

Leonid Yefimov

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Mikhail Kirillov

Soviet actor (1900-1971)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tomsk Oblast

• Zonalnaya Stantsiya
  5 mi away · pop. 16,229
• Kislovka
  5.7 mi away · pop. 9,643
• Seversk
  8.4 mi away · pop. 105,797
• Melnikovo
  33.2 mi away · pop. 8,251
• Asino
  57.2 mi away · pop. 24,692
• Pervomayskoye
  62.8 mi away · pop. 6,088
• Zyryanskoye
  67.7 mi away · pop. 5,137
• Krivosheino
  70.5 mi away · pop. 5,201
• Molchanovo
  87.8 mi away · pop. 5,769
• Bakchar
  115.3 mi away · pop. 6,191
• Podgornoye
  124.8 mi away · pop. 4,851
• Teguldet
  133.8 mi away · pop. 4,166

Browse all places in Tomsk Oblast →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Tomsk

Tomsk Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide

USA International Business Publications · 2001

Tomsk Oblast Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)

USA International Business Publications · 2000

Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Tomskoĭ oblasti

Nadezhda Mikhaĭlovna Dmitrienko · 2001

A Regional Approach to Industrial Restructuring in the Tomsk Region, Russian Federation

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development · 1998

Arkhitektura gorodov Tomskoĭ gubernii i sibirskoe kupechestvo, (XVII--nachalo XX veka)

V. P. Boĭko · 2001

Tomskie tatarȳ i chulȳmskie tyurki v pervoĭ chetverti XVIII veka

V. G. Malinovskiĭ · 1999

Obzor fonda Ispolnitelʹnogo komiteta Tomskogo gubernskogo soveta rabochikh

Tomskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia). Oblastnoĭ ispolnitelʹnyĭ komitet. Arkhivnyĭ otdel · 1967

Development aid in Russia

Judith Marquand · 2009

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Gmelin's Wormwood

Artemisia gmelinii

Seen 2026-09-24

hedge bindweed

Calystegia sepium

Seen 2026-09-24

Meadow Fleabane

Pentanema britannica

Seen 2026-09-24

Orange Ladybird

Halyzia sedecimguttata

Seen 2026-09-24

Common Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Seen 2026-09-24

Kidney-spot Ladybird

Chilocorus renipustulatus

Seen 2026-09-24

White Sweetclover

Melilotus albus

Seen 2026-09-24

Tatarian dogwood

Cornus alba

Seen 2026-09-24

wild asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).