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November 29, 2016

Modern Vintage Holiday Living Room Tour

I love to change my decorations every year and let whatever has me excited about design be the guide. I’m not concerned with the biggest holiday trends or with what anybody else is doing…even though I love to see what all of my friends have come up with after we’re all done!

Modern Vintage Christmas Decorations and Trees

Our tree decor this year is inspired by the idea of a glam party in the 50’s. I want it to feel like you should be drinking rum and eggnog with nutmeg sprinkled on top, with Bing Crosby or Johnny Mathis Christmas music playing! The tree is covered in homemade popcorn garlands and gingerbread cookies, retro gold tinsel and then juxtaposed against modern magenta glass trees, geometric open brass forms, gold and white coloured blocked ornaments, and fresh greens.

The trees themselves are from Canadian Tire and are 9ft tall each. The ends of each branch are made to look like a real pine tree and the ornaments drape really well on them! (Click the link to see the exact tree ;)).

Modern Vintage: DIY Campaign Hardware Christmas Wrapping

Coffee and End Table Styling

My end tables have terrariums, which is another recurring theme in my decorating. The big octagonal terrarium is from Canadian Tire. I love it so much. It’s from their Holiday collection, but it’s not going anywhere after the holidays. I actually keep moving it everywhere in the house because it adds so much style wherever I take it.

Statement Piece

You can find all of my living room, furniture and accessory, sources here: Living Room Sources

Now I’d love it, if you would visit the rest of the holiday living room tours that are part of this hop…omg there are some amazing blogs participating…here are the links…I can’t wait to see what everyone else has done!! EEP!

The Rustic Life

Our Vintage Nest

The Glam Farmhouse

She Leaves A Little Sparkle

One Artsty Mama

A House and a Dog

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November 29, 2016 at 9:12 am

OK. I’m not one for to much color but Leslie this is amazing!!! So much fun and beautiful. LOVE that you have 2 trees and your packaging is so pretty!

November 29, 2016 at 12:06 pm

Thank you Sandra…I never used to be one for colour either! But I caught the fever! thank you so much!

November 30, 2016 at 1:32 pm

Hi Leslie, trying to send you a email thru your blog site. Keep receiving error message. Is there any other way of contacting you? Regards, Dorothy

November 30, 2016 at 11:27 pm

Hi Dorothy, not sure why that’s happening, sorry!People have been saying that it takes a few tries..shoot! You can email me directly [email protected]

November 29, 2016 at 9:36 am

WOW! Loving the pops of color, and the two trees!!! Now I want two! LOL. Simply gorgeous.

November 29, 2016 at 12:07 pm

Oh Thank you SO much Amy! Lol! Do it! hahah!

November 29, 2016 at 11:30 am

OMG, this is absolutely stunning! I couldn’t be prouder of you and your family. You are my inspiration.

Oh Mom thank you! I couldn’t have done any of it without you!!

November 29, 2016 at 12:48 pm

Lovely,lovely.What more can I say.

November 29, 2016 at 10:58 pm

Awww Andrea…thank you so much!!!

November 29, 2016 at 1:10 pm

I gasped this is sooooo gorg, Leslie!!!! 2 trees?! I can’t even stand it. It’s just so spectacular! I absolutely love the theme that you chose and the colors are just insanely decadent! Well done, my friend! And by the way… You look fabulous! Absolutely love seeing you in the shots. Merry Christmas to you!!💋💋

November 29, 2016 at 10:57 pm

Oh my gosh Summer you are so kind…you are seriously the only reason I’m getting to do this and I’m so thankful! You are seriously so sweet….so lucky to know you!

November 29, 2016 at 6:17 pm

Leslie… Your home is just stunning! I love the matching trees, the vintage touches and the vibrant gift wrapping! It’s been so fun doing this holiday living room tour with you! Happiest of holidays to you and your family!

November 29, 2016 at 11:00 pm

I’m so so glad you like it Alicia! I love your tour!!! All the heart eyes!

November 29, 2016 at 10:38 pm

By far best one of the day~ original, unique, exciting, bursting with energy yet elegant and warm! #nailedit #hardtotop #youwin 😉😍😚😚

November 29, 2016 at 10:59 pm

Thank you Cori…you’re too sweet…so lucky I met you…we make a great team!

November 29, 2016 at 11:34 pm

AH-MAZING!!! One tree just isn’t enough. Double the Christmas fun!! 🎄The turned out so beautifully

November 30, 2016 at 11:54 am

Thank you so much! I’m so glad you like it! People keep thinking the trees are real because they look so lifelike! Yay Canadian Tire and your fab trees!

November 30, 2016 at 12:00 am

Absolutely stunning and gorgeous!

November 30, 2016 at 11:06 am

Thanks so much Allison!! Loved your tour too!!

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December 2, 2016 at 9:24 am

Oh thank you so much for the kind words!

December 4, 2016 at 9:30 pm

Oh my word, Leslie! This is absolutely stunning in every way!!!! Honestly, I just pinned a slew of the images!!!

December 5, 2016 at 11:11 am

Oh my gosh Julie, thank you so much that is such an amazing compliment and I’m so thrilled that you like it! yay! Thank you so much for pinning the images, as well!!

December 5, 2016 at 11:08 pm

Your modern Christmas decor BLEW me AWAY! I love your two trees! The symmetry you created around your fireplace is awesome. I loved every single pic and all the details! Wow!!

Happy Holidays! Jodie (@jodiesdesignlife)

December 6, 2016 at 2:55 pm

Hi Jodie….oh my gosh! Wow thank you so much!! I totally needed a pick-me-up today so thank you so much Hon! Merry Christmas!

December 7, 2016 at 5:31 pm

Absolutely love the ornaments! Can you share where the white and gold ornaments are from?

January 7, 2017 at 5:16 pm

Hi Kaila, there are striped white and gold that are from homesense and there are large ornaments that are round but come to a tear drop shape at the base that are white and gold and those are from Canadian Tire! thanks so much!!

December 12, 2016 at 1:33 pm

SO GORGEOUS and magical – you had the word exactly right!! I LOVE the two trees and the vintage style modern decor!

December 12, 2016 at 1:46 pm

Oh thank you so so much! So glad you like it!!

December 18, 2016 at 12:50 am

Your home is absolutely beautiful….amongst all the holiday decor I couldn’t help but drool over your floors. Can you share what type/color floors they are? thanks so much!

January 7, 2017 at 5:20 pm

Hi Thanks. We imported the floors from Alberta from Devine flooring. They are called farmhouse cabbiavoli. thanks again!

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Thank you so so much!!

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USA Cartoon Express - The Itsy Bitsy Spider promo - Leslie's Room Tour (1994)

I'm Leslie McGroarty / When it comes to party Get ready to party ha-a-a-a-arty-y-y-y-YEAH!

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(The promo fades in the big city, the camera zooms into the apartment building, then zooms into Leslie's room; Leslie jumps up.)

Leslie : (to the viewers) Hi, I'm Leslie McGroarty, the toughest city girl in the universe! I'm the biggest star of the new cartoon on the USA Cartoon Express, The Itsy Bitsy Spider . And wanna take the tour of my cool room? Come on, I'll SHOW YOU AROUND!

(Leslie opens the door to show the viewers her room, which had tons of boyish stuff that Leslie had.)

Leslie : (to the viewers) Welcome to my room of awesomeness! Awesome, ain't it? Ha-ha!

(The scene cuts to the plush spiders)

Leslie : (to the viewers) Those are my stuffed spiders, but you know why? Spiders are so cute and so adorable! (giggles with glee)

(The scene cuts to Leslie with her skateboard)

Leslie : (to the viewers) This is my skateboard. I'm very athletic!

(The scene cuts to Leslie wearing her wrestling trophy belt)

Leslie : (to the viewers) My favorite sport is wrestling, rather I'm BODY SLAMMING AT THESE DORKS!

(Leslie jumps off of her bed, and slams the picture of Adrienne, with her elbow; The scene cuts to Leslie playing a video game; video game sound effects was heard)

Leslie : (to the viewers) When it comes to the video gamers, I love playing video games, 'cause I'm one of the video gaming experts. WHOO! HIGH-SCORE! BOO-YAH! (continues playing a video game)

(The scene cuts to Leslie opens her closet)

Leslie : (to the viewers) I had my closet of my cute tomboyish outfits, including a pair of very shiny, and very polished black Mary Jane shoes. These black Mary Jane shoes that I wore are so cute, hee-hee!

(The scene cuts to Leslie with her electric guitar)

Leslie : (to the viewers) Classical music is so boring, so I love rock music, especially heavy metal and punk rock music. In fact, I had my electric guitar! I'm practicing my rock music so awesomely!

(Leslie turns on her boombox; the heavy metal music plays)

Leslie : (plays her electric guitar, singing loudly) I'm Leslie McGroarty / When it comes to party Get ready to party ha-a-a-a-arty-y-y-y-YEAH!

(The scene cuts to the drawer)

Leslie : (to the viewers) And this is where Itsy lived. Awwwwww… he's so cute.

Leslie : (opens the drawer) Well, Itsy.

Itsy : (to Leslie) Yes, Leslie.

Leslie : (to Itsy) Our show will be premiered this fall!

Itsy : (to Leslie) Okay!

(Leslie and Itsy laughs happily)

Leslie : (to the viewers) Well dudes, Don't miss The Itsy Bitsy Spider , premiering this Halloween on the Cartoon Express.

Itsy : (to the viewers) Only on USA!

Leslie : (to the viewers) Well, see you next time!

(Leslie turns on her boombox; the heavy metal version of The Itsy Bitsy Spider plays; Leslie and Itsy loudly singing The Itsy Bitsy Spider song, as Leslie plays her electric guitar.)

Announcer : Coming this fall, only on the USA Network.

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Homeschool Room Tour 2017

See our latest homeschool room tour here.

My husband and I decided to buy a new house right around the time we’d decided to start homeschooling the following school year. I was pretty excited to be able to choose a house that fit our homeschool needs. And for me, that meant a homeschool room ! By this time, I was so excited about homeschooling that when it came to a school room, I thought go big or go home.

I needed some information to work with while looking at houses, so it was time for a list of requirements. I was almost as I excited about making this list as I was about looking for a new house.

My Requirements for a Homeschool Room for the Maddox Academy 

Out of sight, out of mind – Since I have little ones, I knew that a large part of our school supplies would consist of manipulatives. Then there were the markers, pencils, books – lots of things for little hands to get into. So I really wanted a separate room for the school room, something with a door that I could close and hopefully keep the kids out of during non-school hours. But another reason to keep the room out of sight, out of mind, was because I don’t think that the kids should have to think about school all the time, just like adults don’t want to be reminded of their jobs when they really just want to sit and have a nice meal or watch Everybody Loves Raymond . Let’s face it, learning can be hard work. We can talk about how play should be the work of childhood all the live long day, but I knew that I couldn’t live in the fantasy that homeschooling would be a magical experience every second of every day. My own experience is that even when I really liked my job, I just wanted to unplug sometimes. Why would my kids be any different?

Bathroom – When we started homeschooling, I had a 3-year-old that was still dicey with the potty training, and a 1-year-old that would one day be potty training, God help us. There was no way that I was going to add to the trauma of potty training (and I’m talking about the trauma I experienced, just to be clear) by not having easy access to a bathroom.

Lots of light – I have this thing with light that drives my husband nuts. I need lots of it. Lots of bright bright light. Is there something wrong with me? Am I going blind? Probably. Regardless, I need light, and I was really hoping that it would be natural light so that we didn’t feel like we were in a box.

Space to play – I have three boys. Active active boys. Enough said.

Room for lots of storage –  I needed room for lots of shelves, and maybe even a closet.

Space for four desks – When making the decision about whether or not we should have a school room , I realized that I wanted my boys to each have their own desk. And I wanted one too. So we needed room for all of that.

Wall space for a whiteboard and posters – Because I love all that nerdy stuff.

TV and DVD player – For all those educational videos.

Yay, We Found a House!

We ended up finding a new home that’s 1 1/2 stories. That 1/2 story? That’s our school room! Out of sight, out of mind. Big. And it has its very own full bathroom and closet. We painted the walls Sherwin-Williams Waterscape. One of the guys at the Sherwin-Williams store recommended this color to me because it reminded him of the color of the water when he went out fishing. You won’t ever catch me with a fishing rod in my hand, but I ended up really liking the color since it was bright and boyish.

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Now that we had a house, it was time to figure out furniture choices and configuration. Here’s what I wanted:

Flexibility for different configurations – I was torn about what type of configuration I wanted. I knew from my sc hool experiments that it wouldn’t work for the kids to sit too closely together. But I really loved the big school desk that Erica at Confessions of a Homeschooler  uses. I thought about it forever and finally decided to get desks that could be set up independently or put together to make one big desk. I’m so happy with that decision because I’ve moved them around A LOT. The key was to get table tops that are twice as long as they are wide.

Stand to work – My oldest likes to stand. A lot. He even stands in front of the TV when playing on the Xbox. Who are these kids sitting down all day playing video games? They aren’t in my house. I thought that a desk that he could stand at and still work could help with issues with abundance of energy.

Easy to clean – I’ll never forget the day that I walked into my sons’ room to see pencil drawings all over the walls. And now I was about to give them regular access to markers, crayons, glue…I was afraid. Very afraid. Thankfully, the table tops come in high gloss white. I hoped that they would be easy to clean, and they are A DREAM. I’ve even used a dry-erase marker on the table tops when working on math with Michael and his manipulatives.

I also got the two older boys the IKEA junior chairs so that they would have chairs just their size, but, unfortunately, the chairs didn’t stand up to my boys’ treatment of them. The sides of one chair were damaged pretty quickly from my son swinging the chair back and forth against his desk. And they’ve somehow managed to mark all over them. I don’t know how this stuff happens, because I’m always right there. I used to try to clean them off every day, but eventually they got to the point that they didn’t clean well at all. So I pretty much gave up. We kept them for a year, and then replaced them with chairs that are easier to clean.

One of my goals for homeschooling is to teach the boys good work habits, which includes how to set up a workspace. That means organized drawers, but with my youngest running around grabbing everything in sight, I haven’t implemented a desk-drawer system for them yet. For the time being, I’m keeping most pencils, dry erase markers, glue, and do-a-dot markers on the desktops. The do-a-dot markers are in a cute red pencil holder that I got years ago at Target, I think. Cruz grabs the whole thing when he needs them. Everything else is in either an adorable organizer that I picked up at HomeGoods or a spinning organizer that I got at Lakeshore Learning. I also picked up a white paper organizer at HomeGoods, which I use to store scrap paper and a few workbox items.

Here’s a look at our schoolroom as it is now. We got most of the furniture in our schoolroom from IKEA. Keep scrolling for links to many of the items in our schoolroom.

• Kallax Shelving Unit (8 cubbie)
• Kallax Shelving Unit (4 cubbie)
• Lappland TV Storage Unit
• Uppleva Wall Bracket for TV
• Hemnes Wall Shelf
• Tjena Boxes with Lids (green not available)
• Paper organizer I use as a drying rack for the kids’ projects.
• Magazine File
• Command Brand Picture Hanging Strips
• Check-it (UPDATE: This item is currently unavailable on Amazon. You can find a similar item here , although I’m unsure of dimensions.)

The Boys’ Desks

• Alex Drawer Units
• Linnmon Table Tops  (similar, not high-gloss)
• Snille Swivel Chair
• Alex Drawer Unit
• Alex Drawer Unit with File Storage
• Linnmon Table Top
• Signum Cable Management
• Swivel Chair

HP Officejet Pro 8620

Large Magnetic Whiteboard

Was a Homeschool Room the Right Choice?

After two years of homeschooling and lots of time to use our learning space, I can confidently say that it was the right choice. There have been a few times that we’ve done our desk work in other areas of the house for one reason or another, and for the most part those times were super stressful. We didn’t have the supplies we needed at hand, the kids were distracted by everything, my toddler ran all over the place and had to be hunted down…no bueno. Not for me. Setting up a homeschool room did take time, effort, and money, but it was totally worth it in this season of our lives.

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6 thoughts on “Homeschool Room Tour 2017”

Hi, do you have a file for the labels you used for your workboxes? Love them!

Yes! Check out my Free Printables page – https://lesliemaddox.com/freeprintables/ – and you’ll find PDF’s. Let me know if that doesn’t work for you. 🙂

Hey there! I love this ho,school room so much! Where did you find the multi drawer set that you thick the indicators on?

Thanks! Got them from Amazon! https://amzn.to/2WhIviD (affiliate link)

Love your space! We are new to homeschooling so still trying to figure out what works for us. Where did you get the small desk for the printer?

Thanks! I got it at IKEA. It’s the Micke desk and priced really well I think.

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The vivacious twins who transform Unsellable Houses headed to Florida ready for redemption. With their tropical retreat design, they aimed to win it all once and for all.

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As real-estate consultants who work as property whisperers on Unsellable Houses , Leslie Davis and Lyndsay Lamb are no strangers to coaxing every last dollar of resale value (and every last bit of potential-buyer-wowing appeal) from ho-hum homes. As second-time Rock the Block competitors denied victory in Season 3, they’re approaching this round of renovations with hard-won experience and more determination than ever. “We’ve learned so much, [and] we’ve grown so much since we left the block,” Leslie said. “We’ve opened a design studio . We’ve leveled up. We’re ready this time to take it all and redeem our name! I feel like Rocky!” (Fitting, since the twins would spend six weeks running up and down stairs in their three-story renovation site.)

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Stepping Up to a New Challenge

The twins weren’t the only duo returning for redemption on this season of Rock the Block . They faced Fix My Flip ’s Page Turner and Mitch Glew ( Season 4 ); Renovation Island ’s Sarah and Bryan Baeumler ( Season 4 ); and Bargain Block ’s Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas ( Season 3 ), all of whom arrived in Treasure Island, Florida, ready to see their names on the victors’ street sign at the end of the competition. Another twist: Season 5 features the series' first-ever waterfront properties. The three-story, attached homes on Boca Ciega Bay boast 3,600 square feet of living space and starting values of $1.7 million. With $250,000 and six weeks to apply everything they’d learned, who would emerge with the victory they waited two seasons to earn?

The Kitchen, Before

Tasked in the first week with creating a kitchen and dining room on their home’s main floor, the twins made a beeline for the dazzling bay views at the rear of the house. “This has to be the entertaining side,” Lyndsay said. “We know this is our money shot,” Leslie agreed. They planned to whisk away the diminutive exterior doors and replace them with generous glass that would offer much more access to that spectacular waterfront. To counteract the undifferentiated space’s blank, white boxiness, they decided to add wood to the floor and ceiling.

The Kitchen, After

Budgeting a whopping $70,000 for the week, Lyndsay and Leslie invested in a luxurious kitchen that would set the mood for their entire house. “It is a mood, it is a vibe, it is relaxation — but still high-end,” Lyndsay noted. Knotty alder wood on the custom cabinetry contrasts with the paler planks on the floating shelves, floor and ceiling. Jade green paint accents the island’s fluted base and complements the vivid range hood. “We’re designing for Florida, [and] we’re designing a tropical retreat, so we feel like this space calls for a lot of wood tones to kind of ground it with the outdoors,” Lyndsay added.

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For Leslie Roberson, founder of the Black Beauty Collective , the road to entrepreneurship is more than just a personal journey — it’s a mission to uplift other Black women business owners. As a veteran and a passionate advocate for visibility, Roberson joined the US Bank Access Business Tour to shine a light on her business and the values behind it. In this candid conversation, she shares how US Bank supports Black women entrepreneurs, the importance of perseverance and the liberating experience of being a Black business owner in today’s landscape.

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I’m Leslie Roberson with the Black Beauty Collective.

We’re on the US Bank Access Business Tour. Why is a tour like this important?

Oh, it gives founders visibility. That’s the number one reason. It gives us an opportunity to share our business, our mission and our values with the public. This tour gave me the legs to get the word out there about the Black Beauty Collective.

Why did you choose to bank with US Bank?

Because what other bank is there to bank with? They’re the best. They’re providing resources for Black women founders like myself and veterans. I’m an Army vet.

Thank you for your service.

It’s Black Business Month. What kind of words of encouragement do you have for Black business owners during this time?

Keep going. That is the number one thing: keep going. You have purpose; you have a vision. Keep pushing. People need to hear from you and they need to see you.

What is it like being a Black business owner these days?

It is hard work — just like any other day — but it is liberating. It’s an opportunity to create opportunities for other founders and for myself.

Where can people find you?

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The need to build a Russian fortress on the banks of the Irtysh at the mouth of the Om River arose in connection with the steppe nomadic peoples. In particular, with the Oirats, whose tribes in the first decades of the 17th century began to appear within the borders of the Russian state being under the onslaught of their external enemies and as a result of internal civil strife. However, various foreign and domestic political problems of Russia hindered the development and defense of the South Siberian borders.

The situation changed only at the beginning of the 18th century, when the Russian conquest of Siberia intensified. Since Peter I paid great attention to geographical research in the south, the expeditions of that time combined socio-political tasks and tasks of scientific research.

One of such expeditions was led by the Russian military and statesman, associate of Peter I, Major General Ivan Bukhgolts. The goals of the expedition, numbering about 3,000 people, were to search for ore and gold deposits, the discovery of trade routes to India and China, as well as the construction of towns on the Irtysh River.

The expedition left Tobolsk to the south along the Irtysh in July 1715. In the spring of 1716, after a conflict with the Dzungars in the north of today’s Kazakhstan, the remnants of the expedition (about 700 people) withdrew to the mouth of the Om River, where they laid a new fortress named Omsky ostrog (fortified settlement).

According to the census of 1725, 992 people lived in the fortress, in 1742 - 1,092 people. From the first years of its existence, it served as a place of exile for prisoners. After serving hard labor and imprisonment, a lot of them stayed in Omsk for permanent residence.

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Omsk in the second half of the 18th century

The ethnic composition of the region’s population was formed in the process of settling the territory. Russians, Germans, Ukrainians, Poles, Belarusians, and representatives of many other nationalities were sent here to serve or were exiled. The indigenous people of the region were the Siberian Tatars and Kazakhs, who switched to a sedentary lifestyle.

The foundation of the second Omsk fortress took place in 1762. The first fortress, although it occupied a favorable geographical position, was wooden and, by the middle of the 18th century, it was dilapidated. In 1765, new stone fortifications were constructed. The first stone structure of the fortress was the Resurrection Military Cathedral, built in 1773 and preserved to this day.

In the end of the 18th century, the Omsk fortress was one of the largest structures in the eastern part of the Russian Empire, its area was more than 30 hectares. In 1782, it was transformed into a town named Omsk within the Tobolsk Governorate. In 1785, the coat of arms of Omsk was approved.

Omsk became the center of management of the Siberian transport routes and the Siberian Cossack army, which not only guarded the South Siberian borders, but also made a huge contribution to the economic development of the steppe expanses of Kazakhstan, the annexation of Central Asia to the Russian Empire.

Omsk in the 19th century

The fire of 1819 destroyed almost half of the town including the archive and the magistrate of Omsk with all the first archival documents. Therefore information about the life of Omsk in the 18th - early 19th centuries is scarce and fragmentary. In 1825, the population of the town was about 9,000 people.

In 1829, the town’s development plan was approved. It was made by the famous Petersburg architect V.I. Geste, who took the city of St. Petersburg as a model with its wide avenues, huge neighborhoods, fountains, cast-iron bridges, and an abundance of green spaces.

The composition of the population of Omsk was not quite usual. In the middle of the 19th century, since Omsk was the center of the military and civil administration, the proportion of the military in the local population reached about 60%.

Fyodor Dostoevsky (one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature), who served a term of hard labor in the Omsk prison in 1850-1854, in a letter to his brother gave Omsk the following description: “Omsk is a disgusting town. There are almost no trees. In summer, heat and wind with sand, in winter, a snowstorm. I have not seen nature. The town is dirty, military and highly depraved.”

By the second half of the 19th century, Omsk in its development outstripped many steppe towns and became not only an administrative, but also a commercial and industrial center. In 1861, in Omsk, there were 2,122 houses (31 stone houses), 34 factories and plants, about 20 thousand residents.

In 1892, the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway began, which gave a new impetus to the economy of Siberian towns and positively influenced Omsk. The development of the Trans-Siberian Railway caused an increase in the urban population due to migrants who came to work from the central part of the Russian Empire. According to the 1897 census, 37.3 thousand people lived in Omsk. The town had 14 streets with a total length of more than 140 km and 13 squares.

Omsk in the first half of the 20th century

The beginning of the 20th century was a time of great changes for Siberia. Mass peasant colonization caused a sharp leap in the development of the region’s economy, primarily its agrarian sector, and the Trans-Siberian Railway ensured the inclusion of the local economy in the system of the All-Russian and European markets.

Due to its favorable economic and geographical position - at the intersection of the railway and the Irtysh River, in the middle of a vast agricultural territory - Omsk quickly turned into a large transport, trade and industrial center of Western Siberia and Governor-Generalship of the Steppes (Eastern and Central Kazakhstan).

Wholesale trade in bread, butter and other agricultural products was concentrated here. Omsk also became one of the industrial, social and cultural centers of Western Siberia. By 1903, the city’s population grew to 60 thousand people. In 1914, it had about 134.8 thousand residents. Omsk became the most populous city in Siberia.

During the Civil War on the territory of the former Russian Empire, from June 1918 to November 1919, Omsk was the residence of the Supreme Ruler of Russia, Admiral Alexander Kolchak, who declared this city the capital of white Russia opposing red Russia of the Bolsheviks. Soviet power was finally established in the city in 1920.

In the summer of 1921, an event took place that had a decisive impact on the cultural and economic life of Omsk. The functions of the administrative center of Siberia were transferred from it to the city of Novonikolaevsk (future Novosibirsk). In 1934, Omsk became the administrative center of a separate Omsk Oblast.

Over the years of industrialization, Omsk became one of the largest centers for agricultural engineering in the USSR. The metal-working industry also developed at a rapid pace. In 1939, Omsk numbered more than 288 thousand people.

During the Second World War, about 200 industrial enterprises were evacuated to Omsk, as well as 60 hospitals, dozens of educational institutions, theaters, museums, and hundreds of thousands of refugees.

Omsk after the Second World War

In the post-war years, new enterprises were put into operation in Omsk, all existing factories and plants were reconstructed and expanded. The industrial potential of the city was also strengthened by the Omsk oil refinery, the largest in the country. In connection with the rapid development of industry, especially petrochemical enterprises, the ecological situation deteriorated. The concentration of harmful substances in the air sharply increased. In 1964, the population of Omsk was about 702 thousand people.

In the 1970s-1980s, Omsk developed rapidly. In 1975, the city’s population exceeded 1 million. The most pressing problem was the ecological situation. Omsk was in the top 10 cities of Russia in terms of environmental pollution. Another problem that required an immediate solution was the development of passenger transport. The capacity of Omsk streets was exhausted, and therefore the construction of the subway became an urgent issue.

The economic crisis that gripped Russia after the collapse of the USSR had a negative impact on the economy of Omsk and the region as a whole. There was a significant decline in industrial production, construction volumes fell, and unemployment rose. A lot of organizations of the defense complex, research institutes, and design bureaus found themselves in a deep crisis without the state defense order.

The share of mechanical engineering and metalworking, light industry, and, to a lesser extent, chemical and petrochemical, forestry and woodworking industries decreased. At the same time, the share of the fuel industry, energy, and construction materials industry began to grow.

In the 2000s, Omsk again became one of the most important economic centers of Western Siberia with a developing mechanical engineering, petrochemical industry, various branches of the woodworking, construction industry, and a highly productive agro-industrial complex. In recent years, Omsk has also acquired the features of one of the largest Siberian centers of entrepreneurship and banking/financial activities.

Architecture of Omsk

On the street in Omsk

Author: Tim Brown

Yak-9 fighter aircraft in front of the aerospace engineering company Polyot in Omsk

The Omsk Cadet Corps

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Omsk - Features

Omsk is located in the south of the West Siberian Plain at the confluence of the Om River into the Irtysh, about 150 km from the border of Russia with Kazakhstan. About 60% of all residents of Omsk Oblast live in Omsk. The City Day of Omsk is celebrated on the first Saturday of August.

The city’s coat of arms is very similar to the first coat of arms of Omsk approved by Empress Catherine II in 1785. It depicts a part of the brick fortifications, which symbolizes the reason for its foundation as a fortress and the center of the Siberian defensive line.

Omsk belongs to the temperate climatic zone with a continental climate of the forest-steppe of the West Siberian belt. It is distinguished by an abundance of sunlight. The average air temperature in January is minus 16.3 degrees Celsius, in July - plus 19.6 degrees Celsius. The highest wind speeds are observed in winter and spring, which is the reason for frequent snow and dust storms.

In the past, the ecological situation in Omsk was very unfavorable. Since 2011, the city’s environmental development rating has increased significantly. This was the result of large-scale modernization of many large industries (including the Omsk oil refinery). Today, road transport is the main source of air pollution in the city.

The level of pollution of the Omsk rivers - Irtysh and Om - remains consistently high. Swimming in them is prohibited. While industrial effluents are becoming more environmentally friendly, sewers are releasing waste products including diesel fuel and petroleum products into the rivers. Dust raised by dust storms is also a serious problem for the city as it contains a lot of harmful substances including lead.

The city’s industry is based on oil refining, petrochemistry, chemical industry, mechanical engineering (production of aerospace equipment, armored vehicles, agricultural equipment). Omsk is a major transport junction - the Trans-Siberian Railway runs through the city from west to east, and the navigable Irtysh River crosses it from south to north. Omsk Airport offers regular flights to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Tyumen, Surgut, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Salekhard, Kazan, Krasnodar, Sochi.

The unfinished subway of Omsk has become famous in Russia thanks to its only one fully built station. Its construction began back in 1992. However, due to funding problems, the completion of the first line was postponed numerous times. In 2019, it was finally decided to permanently stop construction. For local residents, because of the long wait for the completion of the construction, the Omsk metro symbolizes unrealizable hopes, they talk about it with irony.

In Omsk, there are practically no buildings higher than 50 meters, according to this parameter it is one of the lowest cities with a population of over one million. 130 architectural monuments are concentrated in the central part of the city, almost half of the total number.

Main Attractions of Omsk

Dormition Cathedral - the largest church in Omsk located in the very center of the city. The original church was built in 1891-1898. In 1935, it was completely destroyed. In 2005-2007, an exact copy of the building was restored in its original place. This is one of the most beautiful buildings in Omsk. At night, the building is illuminated and looks especially majestic. Tarskaya Street, 7.

Irtysh Embankment - the main walking street of Omsk with a picturesque view of the Irtysh River. Built in the middle of the 20th century, the embankment was reconstructed in the 2000s. You can walk along the alley on foot, ride rollerblades or a bike.

Merchant Batyushkin’s Mansion (1902). This architectural monument is located on the Irtysh Embankment. It is also known as the Kolchak’s House because Alexander Kolchak, the Supreme Ruler of Russia, lived in this building in 1919. One part of the building is occupied by the registry office of the Central District of Omsk. The Center for the Study of the History of the Russian Civil War is also open here. Irtyshskaya Naberezhnaya Street, 9.

Omsk State Museum of History and Local Lore - one of the oldest museums in Siberia and Russia founded in 1878. In total, this museum has over 200 thousand various objects of cultural, historical and artistic value. The museum is especially proud of such exhibits as the cast-iron figures of the Chinese lions Shi-Tzu, presented to the museum from China in 1895, as well as the skeleton of a woolly mammoth almost 3 meters high. Lenina Street, 23?.

Omsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts named after M.A. Vrubel - one of the largest museums of fine arts in Siberia. It has collections of foreign and Russian art from antiquity to the present day. In total, there are over 22 thousand works by painters, graphic artists and sculptors, as well as more than 1.5 thousand rare folios.

Walking through the exhibition halls, you can admire the canvases of Shishkin, Aivazovsky, Surikov, Repin, Serov, Vereshchagin. The exhibition of rare icons dating from the 17th-20th centuries is of constant interest among visitors, as well as a unique collection of jewelry made of precious metals found in the Scythian and Sarmatian burial mounds. Two buildings of the museum are located at Lenina Street 3 and 23.

In November 2019, a new exhibition was opened in a historical building at Muzeynaya Street, 4 - the exhibition of art of the 20th-21st centuries. The Hermitage-Siberia Center is located here too - the first representation of The State Hermitage Museum (the second-largest art museum in the world) beyond the Urals.

Chokana Valikhanova Street - a pedestrian street located in the historic part of Omsk. The street is decorated with abstract architectural forms, flower beds, wrought-iron lanterns. The walking area ends with an observation deck with a picturesque view of the Irtysh River.

Museum of Kondraty Belov . The museum of this landscape painter born in Omsk can be found in a picturesque wooden house, which is considered one of the most interesting architectural monuments of Omsk. The exposition tells about the life and work of Kondraty Belov, as well as about the history of the building itself.

In total, this museum has about 700 exhibits. The permanent exhibition also includes works by Kondraty Belov’s son Stanislav and paintings by some other local artists. In addition, temporary exhibitions of contemporary Omsk artists are regularly held here. Chokana Valikhanova Street, 10.

Plumber Stepanych Monument - an unusual sculpture located in the center of Omsk, which you can literally stumble upon while walking along Lenin Street between the houses #12 and #14. Leaning out of the hatch, the plumber is depicted as realistic and life-size as possible. It is among the most photographed monuments in Omsk. There is a similar sculpture in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.

Lyuba Monument . This sculpture, located on the opposite side of Lenin Street from the monument to the plumber Stepanych, is especially loved by Omsk residents and tourists, who love to be photographed against its background.

This beauty in a lace dress with a neckline and a crinoline sitting on an openwork bench and reading a novel had a real prototype - Lyubov (diminutively Lyuba or Lyubasha) Gasford, the wife of the Governor-General of Siberia, who lived in Omsk in the 19th century and died at a young age due to illness. One of the streets of Omsk and the park are named in her memory. She is a local symbol of femininity and beauty.

Omsk Fire Tower - a picturesque architectural monument built at the beginning of the 20th century. Inside the tower there are museum expositions dedicated to the local fire brigade and the history of tower construction. Internatsionalnaya Street, 41?.

Park of Culture and Rest named after the 30th anniversary of the Komsomol - a popular place for walks, recreation and entertainment of Omsk residents and tourists, which has retained “the spirit of the Soviet era” in its name. Today, on an area of 73 hectares, several zones have been organized, various types of recreation are presented. There are walking alleys, ponds, water activities, for example, riding on hydro-scooters.

The ice town is open in winter, the Return of the Dinosaurs exhibition - in summer. The “House Upside Down” exposition is also popular with tourists. This park is a place for mass festivities, city celebrations and events. Maslenitsa, Christmas, City Day, and other holidays are celebrated here. Maslennikova Street, 136.

Natural Park “Bird Harbor” - a specially protected area located on the path of bird migration in the central part of Omsk. During autumn flights, up to 3 thousand birds stop here for rest. It is a great place to enjoy nature, walk along the eco-trail, and observe the life of birds. The park is situated in the floodplain on the left bank of the Irtysh River next to the Victory Park on Yeniseyskaya Street.

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Chapel of St. George in Omsk

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Cathedral of the Nativity in Omsk

Sights of Omsk

Fountain with frogs in the park next to the main building of the Agricultural Academy in Omsk

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Church of St. Nicholas in Omsk

Exaltation of the Holy Cross Cathedral in Omsk

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