Sights of Tomsk. The city you want to return to

I actually believe that there are no such settlements on the planet in which there would be nothing to see, what to admire and what to fall in love with for life.

For example, in a small village there may not be museums, ornate architecture or parks of national importance. However, there necessarily flows some kind of such river or opens such a view that the seen landscape can forever be imprinted in our memory. We will remember it even after, say, visit the observation deck of the Statue of Liberty in the US, visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris and ride a camel in the African desert.

Perhaps, to such memorable places should be attributed and the West Siberian city of Tomsk. This administrative center is located on the picturesque bank of the Tom River. In Russia it has the status of the oldest scientific and educational center, which is famous for its universities, educational and innovation bases.

Although this is not why many tourists come here. The sights of Tomsk are so amazing and original that you want to return to this green town again and again. Well, let's start in order.

Tomsk. Attractions related to the location

From the point of view of urban planning, its location is very unusual - just on the border of the West Siberian Plain, which means that if you go north from the city, you can very soon find yourself among hard-to-reach forests and marshes, but, following the south, the traveler is compulsory Appears in the forest and forest-steppe zone.

The sights of Tomsk, represented by groves, squares, parks and gardens, are quite numerous, but this in no way detracts from the significance and popularity of each individual zone.

Most of the territories are concentrated in a part built south of the local Ushayka river. Both tourists and locals enjoy visiting the Buff Garden, the City and Camp gardens, the City Square, the Siberian Botanical Garden and the University Grove.

And what pleasure delivers a walk along the shady alleys of the Mikhailovsky Grove or among the thin, white, almost transparent birches on Kashtak! And located on the outskirts of the grove Solnechnaya, in turn, daily attracts hundreds of visitors of different ages to cozy benches.

Sights of Tomsk. Architecture, monuments and sculptures

The most common architectural styles And in the city are modern, manifested, first of all, in wood and stone, Russian architecture, classicism, and Siberian baroque.

However, unfortunately, at the moment, many works of art are threatened with extinction. For example, in the list of disappearing Russian sights by Forbes magazine, the Ascension Church was placed on the eponymous mountain. Gradually destroyed and built in the style of classicism - the main building of TSU.

It is impossible not to mention the buildings of the District Court and the Scientific Library. Increased interest among connoisseurs of architecture is the House of Science. P. I. Makushin, the university "Red Corps", the Exchange building, the building belonging to the city pawnshop, the houses of the commandant T. de Villeneuve and the governor.

Tourists also enjoy visiting the house with a tent and a house with dragons, which were built in pre-revolutionary times, and photographed against their background.

Unusual sights of Tomsk

The city develops in step with the times. People, buildings and, accordingly, monuments change. Here, for example, are several of those that deserve special attention:

• "Family bonds". Two embracing figures, male and female, with a heart in the middle.
• Monument to the fan. The prototype of the sculpture was a real photo of a Tomsk fan of the 50's holding a newspaper "Football-Hockey" in his hand.
• Located on Novosobornaya Square "Wooden Ruble". The sculptural coin is more than 100 times its prototype, and its weight is about 250 kg.
• Monument to the lover. The plot of the architectural structure is quite simple, but at the same time funny and original. Well-fed ladies' man in huge size shorts holds firmly at the ledge in the beloved's house ... Hangs and does not give up!
• Monument to the pregnant. Quite a complicated design. The architects wanted the image to be as reliable as possible, so to "stack" the baby inside the monument had to consult with obstetricians. And future mothers of Tomsk, there is a sign - if you stroke the belly of the sculpture, then the birth will be good.

As you can see, the attractions of Tomsk will suit everyone, even the most adventurous traveler, because here, in a relatively small area, it was possible to place shady parks and sunlit avenues, majestic buildings and modest buildings of the century before last, historical buildings and modern monuments of architecture.