Here’s something from the  city of Омск (Omsk) in the southwestern region of Siberia in Russia. The city sits on the banks of the Irtish and Om rivers. According to Mr. Wiki, Omsk is Russia’s second largest city east of the Ural Mountains, and 8th largest (in terms of size) nationally. Omsk is also the largest industrial and cultural centre of Siberia.

Sent by Eugenia
Dated  24 July 2009

Today, there are about 100 libraries in Omsk alone but Eugenia, the sender, said she liked spending a lot of time at A. Pushkin library when she was a student. With the largest collection of books, this state library was named after  the great Alexander Pushkin, one considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. He is considered by many as the Shakespeare of Russia.

There are two kinds of stamps used. At right is a commemorative stamp of the 75th birthday of Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. Of course, who doesn’t know this guy? He’s the first human to travel into space – that is awesomeness in my books! On the left is a definite stamp featuring the beautiful landmarks in Tomsk Region in Russia.  All the stamps were issued in 2009.