Tobolsk is located two hundred kilometers from the Omsk-Tyumen highway, but the first pointer to the first capital of Siberia appeared only 53 kilometers away. The road was broken, the navigator was frankly confused in the readings, and for 100 kilometers there was no connection at all, I had to check the direction with local residents in rare villages. And since the nearest airport is only in Tyumen (250 km), fate itself keeps Tobolsk from an excessive influx of tourists.
According to the official city, the city was founded in 1587, five years after Yermak's decisive victory over the troops of Khan Kuchum on the Chuvash Cape, the stone Kremlin was built at the beginning of the 18th century, as wooden buildings regularly suffered from fires. The Tobolsk Kremlin did not carry a defensive function; there was especially no one to attack in the middle of Siberia.
The walls of the Kremlin were designed to protect the exiled prisoners, including the last Russian tsar, the writers Dostoevsky and Korolenko, the Decembrists, and even the Uglich bell that announced the death of Tsarevich Dmitry. Now a museum is located within the walls of the hard labor prison, and a hostel is located in the former cells.
Tobolsk is a city of legends: the underground passages under the Kremlin, the "angel's palm" on the city plan, the golden cauldron, the treasures of Khan Kuchum, the story of the beautiful Queen Suzga ...The "tsar's friend" Grigory Rasputin was born and lived in the Tobolsk province. I like the legends about Sofiysky (Pryamskoye) import most of all - the stairs leading to the Kremlin from the lower part of the city. Slowly climbing 198 steps, a person remembers his life, significant events, mistakes, wrong actions. During enlightenment, according to stories, the earth sways underfoot, if you stumble, you understand how to change your life, what mistakes to correct, who to ask for forgiveness.
Tobolsk is a relatively unpromoted (and thank God! ) direction of domestic tourism, about 18.000 people visit the city every year. In 2011, the Tobolsk Kremlin was included in the list of seven wonders of Russia.
According to the official city, the city was founded in 1587, five years after Yermak's decisive victory over the troops of Khan Kuchum on the Chuvash Cape, the stone Kremlin was built at the beginning of the 18th century, as wooden buildings regularly suffered from fires. The Tobolsk Kremlin did not carry a defensive function; there was especially no one to attack in the middle of Siberia.
The walls of the Kremlin were designed to protect the exiled prisoners, including the last Russian tsar, the writers Dostoevsky and Korolenko, the Decembrists, and even the Uglich bell that announced the death of Tsarevich Dmitry. Now a museum is located within the walls of the hard labor prison, and a hostel is located in the former cells.
Tobolsk is a city of legends: the underground passages under the Kremlin, the "angel's palm" on the city plan, the golden cauldron, the treasures of Khan Kuchum, the story of the beautiful Queen Suzga ...The "tsar's friend" Grigory Rasputin was born and lived in the Tobolsk province. I like the legends about Sofiysky (Pryamskoye) import most of all - the stairs leading to the Kremlin from the lower part of the city. Slowly climbing 198 steps, a person remembers his life, significant events, mistakes, wrong actions. During enlightenment, according to stories, the earth sways underfoot, if you stumble, you understand how to change your life, what mistakes to correct, who to ask for forgiveness.
Tobolsk is a relatively unpromoted (and thank God! ) direction of domestic tourism, about 18.000 people visit the city every year. In 2011, the Tobolsk Kremlin was included in the list of seven wonders of Russia.
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