A boring tour of Tomsk

I invite you to take a walk around Tomsk.

My name is Konstantin, I am a guide to Tomsk. I was born and raised here and would love to tell you about my hometown.

You will get acquainted with the history of Tomsk from the fortress of Boris Godunov to the space age.

You will see the beauty of wooden architecture and merchant stone houses.

Learn the history of universities, the first in Siberia and beyond the Urals.

Get acquainted with merchants, whose contribution to the development of Tomsk, it is difficult to overestimate.

Walk through the old streets, where you can shoot historical films without scenery and enjoy the atmosphere of the ancient Siberian city.

We will learn the history of Siberian exiles, the legend of Elder Fedor, see the oldest male monastery, which is almost the same age as the city.

We will visit the foundation stone of the city on Resurrection Hill, where you will get acquainted with the history of Tomsk from the fortress to satellites and nuclear reactors.

You will learn the history of merchants, their contribution to the development of Tomsk, we will pass along the old Siberian highway and cobblestone pavement. The Sunday Church and the Tsar are Siberian bells.

We will see the embankment and the monument to Chekhov. Find out what Chekhov was doing here.

We will drive along the main avenue, it is not for nothing called "Siberian Peter" and we will stop at the Tatar settlement - a whole area of wooden houses. Here we'll see "The Pineapple House" and learn to read the casings.

And then you will learn the history of Tomsk universities and see their majestic buildings.

Well, the cherry on the cake of our excursion is a real masterpiece of wooden architecture that you will not see in any city of our country. Tomsk is called the capital of wooden architecture.

See you on the tour!

• The tour takes place on the guide's car
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