Talking a walk around familiar places

parents – the servicemen – came here by river. The

river bank became its body, the riverbed – the navel-cord, and the name of the river – its own name.

My Home Town TOMSK

by architect T. Fischel and built in 1907. It completed

the ensemble of trading and merchandise buildings in Bazaar Square (now Lenin Square). Its domes, imitating the bags full of flour, still remind of the former usage.

from the former wooden Dumskii Bridge designed by Gavrila Batenkov

in 1819, which served nearly a hundred years. The Brick Bridge was being constructed during the wartime (1915 – 1916), so Austrian prisoners took part in the works. That may be why, but mostly thanks to participation of architect K. Lygin in the decoration, the bridge is as good as its many European counterparts.

of architect V. Khabarov. Downstairs, meals were served; and in

the upstairs rooms the merchants celebrated their profitable bargains. Anton Chekhov, who passed via Tomsk in 1890, wrote in his letter, «… there’s the «Slavyanskii Bazaar» here. Lunch meals are good.

first-night performance of «Solyonaya Pad» ( after S. Zalygin). There

used to stand «Gostinyi Dvor», a terraced brick building of merchant s shops completing the ensemble with the Commodity Exchange building. Unfortunately, that unique ensemble has not been preserved to this day.

town nearly disappeared in the last quarter of XX century

through a series of architectural modernizations. The Tomskians, fortunately, managed to preserve this scenic place.

of the Ushaika there’s the name «1000 trifles», while nearly

a
hundred years ago it was a famous merchant Vtorov’s Department Store, built in 1904. A solid strongly set construction elegantly wears the fragile intricacies of Art Nouveau elements.

Maxim Gorky cinema hall. The building was constructed by the

owner of the Buff Garden V. Morozov for a chamber theatre, named later «Intim».

for a St. Petersburg trading house «Stoll & Schmit». The

drugstore was downstairs and the chemist, who was always ready to serve a customer, lived upstairs. Today it is still functioning as a pharmacy, though no pharmacists are living upstairs.

former estate of the gold mine owner I. Astashev. The

group of the buildings occupied by the museum dates its history from 1842 and is historically appealing for the fact that has been preserved in the center of the town without essential losses and reconstructions. G. Batenkov and M. Bakunin were guests to this house. In 1868, the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich stayed there. In 1879, the heirs of Astashev sold the house to Tomsk Clerical Administration.

Zhelyabo. Its construction ( 1896 – 1914 ) was supervised

by architect P. Fedorovskii and actually performed by unknown carpenters and carving and fretwork masters. It started from an ordinary log-house, then more and more additional structures, adornments and details were made to turn the house into a real fairy-tale palace.

merchant Gadalov – one of the representatives of the famous

family of merchants settled in the city of Krasnoyarsk. Owing to the ability to built successful business relations with the western partners, the Gadalovs delivered to the Siberians the most fashionable European goods – furs, clothes, footwear… After the October Revolution, the store was converted into a shop selling food, which became known as «the Upper Foodstore» in contrast to one at the foot of the hill.

town for religious services and events, and later – rallies,

demonstrations, and athletic festivals. Today, it is one of the coziest and most beautiful public gardens in Tomsk.

and fir trees. It is not far from Tomsk. In

summer I like to go to the river to swim and lie in the sun, to read a book in the shadow of the trees or walk along the forest listening to birds songs and admiring the beauty of the nature. I like my town Tomsk.

терем      сказочный,
Весь в  резьбе, как в паутинке,
Птиц   на      ставни выпускал,                                   

На        певучей       берестинке
Тебя        мастер     высветлил,
Из травинок,        из   росинок
На досуге сотворил
И  в   счастливый    час России
Это чудо подарил
( Михаил Карбышев. Томский поэт).