Tomsk

Tomsk was founded at the beginning of the 17th century by order of Russian tsar, Boris Godunov. The city became one of the trade centres of Siberia and one of the richest cities in this region. The local merchants used to be the most wealthy people of Russia at that time. Later the first university in Siberia was found here. Now the city has lost its significance, but its history and architecture still attract a lot of tourists, and its universities host the students from different parts of Russia and the whole world.

The Museum of Tomsk's History is situated near the place the city has been founded: at Voskresenskaya hill. What leads to in is the real cobblestone road, and the church nearby the museum if made completely of wood. There used to be a monument, dedicated to a lover, hanging on a ledge of his girlfriend's house, but now it's removed. But at the same time the city has the statues of homeslippers, travelling frog, wolf from the Russian cartoon called "There used to be a dog" and many other funny sculptures.

The wooden houses of Tomsk are very well-known. The city has a lot of buildings, created in 18-19th centuries. They make the city look extremely cosy. Also the city has a lot of churches, cathedrals and monasteries.  The most impressing is Voskresenskaya church. It stands at the top of a hill, and you can see the whole centre of the city from it.

The first university of Tomsk was founded in 1878. Later the amount of them increased until 9. Lenina street has been included into the Guinness Book of Records as the street with the biggest amount of universities on it. The city is reputed to be the city of students. Indeed, Tomsk looks abandoned during summers, when all the students from other places come home.

Also the city has a lot of museums. The most interesting and unusual is the museum of the brewery "Tomsk Beer" ("Tomskoye pivo"). It's a private place, but all the tourists are eager to visit it. All the exhibits here are somehow connected with the process of brewing and pouring of beer since 18th century. Here you can see the old equipment and vessels for brewing this drink, the bottles, mugs and  labels, which have been used from the founding of the brewery until now.

It's not everything that can be told about this exciting city. Everyone can come here and find out, what's the most interesting thing about Tomsk for him.