highway, a northern parallel to the railway. It has made Tara much more accessible, while the exploration and exploitation of the Krapivinskoye Oilfield in the north of the oblast have led to increased tanker traffic to Omsk, as well as a construction of a small refinery. Climate Tara has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) bordering on a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), with very cold winters and mild summers. Precipitation is quite low, but is significantly higher in summer than at other times of the year. Notable people Abdurreshid Ibrahim (1857–1944), Muslim writer and traveller who sought to unite the Crimean Tatars Yuri Sipko (born 1952), Baptist pastor, president of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists References Notes Sources Cities and towns in Omsk Oblast Tarsky Uyezd Populated places on the Irtysh River