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Exhibits of the Tomsk prison, 1911. From a collection of photographs documenting the First West Siberian Agricultural, Forestry, and Industrial Trade Exhibition, which took place in Omsk in 1911. The exhibition was held from June 15 to August 1 of that year, and was a significant event in the life of the Siberian region. Nothing on this scale or this level of ambition had ever been staged in Siberia. Omsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife Exhibits of the Tomsk prison, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/HERITAGE ART)