Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1804 , the government selected Tomsk to become the center for a new governorate which would include the modern cities of Novosibirsk , Kemerovo , Altai , Krasnoyarsk and eastern Kazakhstan .
Simplified: In 1804 , the government selected Tomsk to become the center for a new governorate which would include the modern cities of Novosibirsk , Kemerovo , Krasnoyarsk and eastern Kazakhstan .