Tobolsk, a town of western Siberia, capital of a government, stands at the confluence of the Irtysh and the Tobol, nearly 2000 miles east of St
Petersburg. It is well built, with timber houses and wide and regular streets, and its position on the two great rivers is picturesque; but its situation, considerably north of the great commercial highway between Russia and Siberia, and at a distance from the more productive regions of the country, is unfavourable for the development of commerce. Pop. 25,130.—For the government, see RUSSIA; also SIBERIA.