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Tobolsk | ||
Oblast | Tyumen | |
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Residents | 98.886 (2017) | |
height | 90 m | |
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Tobolsk is a city in Russian Tyumen Oblast. It is located at the mouth of the river Tobol in the Irtysh.
background
Tobolsk was founded by Cossacks in 1587 and is the oldest Russian city in Siberia after Tyumen.
getting there
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Map of Tobolsk
By plane
- 1 Tobolsk Airport (Тобольск (аэропорт)). small local airport.
By train
- 2 Tobolsk railway station (Тобольск (станция)). From Tobolsk there is a train connection to the Trans-Siberian Railway Tyumen, Travel time approx. 3 hours.
By bus
In the street
By boat
mobility
Tourist Attractions
The city on the eastern bank of the Tobol consists of the Upper Town, it is located on a 60 m high hill, called Alafejskaya Mountain. In the lower town there are some baroque and classicist churches.
- 1 Tobolsk Kremlin (Тобольский кремль). After the city was founded in 1587, wooden fortifications were first built. After several fires, the building was made of stone in the 17th century.
- 2 Софийский собор Sofia Cathedral (Софийско-Успенский собор)
- 3 Saint Michael Archangel Church (Tobolsk) Храм Архангела Михаила (Храм Архангела Михаила (Тобольск), Archangel Michael Church)
- 4 Chfisti Resurrection Church Церковь Захарии и Елизаветы (Церковь Захария и Елизаветы)
- 5 Znamensky Monastery Знаменский монастырь (Знаменский монастырь (Тобольск), former monastery)
- 6 Dostoevsky monument Памятник Достоevскому (Памятник Достоевскому (Тобольск))
- 7 Abalak Monastery (Абалакский монастырь)
- 8 Тобольская мечеть Tobolsk Mosque. Mosque in the city of Tobolsk, Tyumen region. It is located in the Tobolsk foothills in the former settlement of Tatar-Bukhara.
- 9 Тюремный замок prison castle. The prison castle, built in the mid-19th century, is located near the Kremlin. Prominent "visitors" to the transit prison were Vladimir Korolenko, Nikolai Chernyshevsky and Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky.
- 10 Governor's House: Дом Куклина (Governor's Mansion (Tobolsk, Russia)). Built around 1790.
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- https://tobolsk.admtyumen.ru/ (ru) - Tobolsk official website