Tomsk is an extraordinary Siberian city. It is striking the vivid contrast of antiquity and modernity. To understand his mysterious soul, just stroll through it.
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The NKVD Museum is perhaps one of the main historical sights of Tomsk. There is a memorial museum in the mixture of the building, in the walls of which from 1923 to 1944, the Tomsk inner prison of the NKVD city prison was located. After reconstruction and restoration in the room, the museum's exposition was equipped - this is a prison corridor, several cameras for prisoners with wooden bars and an investigator's office with copies and origin of secret investigative cases. The NKVD Museum is unique in its kind, he is cracked, with a heavy atmosphere, but it is worth a visit. Tomichi call it shrouded in sadness, a place, a monument of memory of victims of political repression.
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Museum of beer, located on the territory of the city brewing enterprise Tomsk Beer - the modern attraction of the city. In the exhibition hall, the museum contains interesting exhibits associated with a hint drink - funny beer mugs, unique bottles, branded labels of Soviet times and even a shovel, with the help of a malt in ancient. Those who wish can stroll through the enterprise itself and see how real foam beer is brewed, breathe the aroma of a drinking malt and taste new varieties of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
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You can also visit the museum of the history of Testa located in the "heart" (on the Resurrection Mountain). Earlier in the building of the museum there was a fire station, which is why on the observation site (by the way, this is the highest point of the city) a figura-dummy fuel fiber is installed. Everyone who wants has the opportunity to rise to him and personally welcome. The pride of the local history museum is the exhibition-panorama of the city of the beginning of the XX century. It transmits the image and mood of the ancient Tomsk, the layouts of its quarters and buildings are reproduced with maximum accuracy, according to archival sources.
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Siberian Tomsk is famous for interesting and funny monuments. One of the symbols of the city is a cheerful monument to the Bosnogo Chekhov. He is on the Tomi Embankment, pass by him without a smile - just unreal. It is said that if you make a desire and rub the bronze nose of the great writer, then everything conceived will certainly come true. Even in Tomsk there is a monument to a wooden ruble, the weight of which is a quarter of tons, monuments of happiness and home slippers, monuments to traffic cop and electrician, baby in the cabbage and lover. All of them are kind and ironic. Maybe, thanks to them, tourists respond about Tomsk with such sincere warmth?
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Tomsk Epiphany Cathedral is one of the oldest Orthodox churches, located in the central part of the city near the embankment. The internal decoration of the church is incredibly elegantly and solemnly. The main shrines of the cathedral are the particles of the relics of St. Panteleimon the healer, the icon of the lifty Trinity and the crucifix in the altar of the temple. With the Epiphany Cathedral, the Sunday School and the Church-Historical Museum operates - here it is possible to inspect the old church utensils, ancient icons, antiquities and other valuable exhibits. Near the temple there is a small cozy square, where you can stay after an exciting walk along Tomsk.
Despite the fact that the weather in Tomsk is most often overcast, a walk through this unusual city for a long time leaves warm and bright memories in the shower.