Tobolsk

American

[tuh-bawlsk] / tʌˈbɔlsk /

noun

a town in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Irtysh River at its confluence with the Tobol.

Tobolsk British

/ taˈbɔljsk /

noun

a town in central Russia, at the confluence of the Irtysh and Tobol Rivers: the chief centre for the early Russian colonization of Siberia. Pop: 100 000 (2000 est)

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Few characters in Russian history are as well-known as the mystic from Tobolsk in Siberia, whose name is forever linked to scandal.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2016

The imperial pair saw a calumniated saint in Rasputin; the people, in the words of a monarchist member of the Duma, saw "the beastly, drunken unclean face of a bald satyr from Tobolsk."

From Time Magazine Archive

He abdicated and went quietly into exile in Tobolsk, relieved to have exchanged his gilded prison for a more tranquil confinement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three days later the shattering news reached even Tobolsk.

From Time Magazine Archive

Your letter reached him safely, in spite of its roundabout direction; and the Governor of Tobolsk despatched us at once upon this errand of release.

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant

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