Томск в 1950-х / Tomsk in the 1950s

Томск в 1950-х

Томsк in the 1950s

Музыка:
Русская балалайка - "Русские напевы"

Music:
Russian balalaika - " Russian melodies"

Tomsk is considered one of the oldest towns in Siberia.
Tomsk originated with a decree from Tsar Boris Godunov in 1604 after Toian, the Tatar duke of Eushta, asked for the Tsar's protection against Kirghiz bandits. The Tsar sent 200 Cossacks under the command of Vasily Fomich Tyrkov [ru] and Gavriil Ivanovich Pisemsky to construct a fortress on the bank of the Tom River, overlooking what would become the city of Tomsk. Toian ceded the land for the fortress to the Tsar...
n 1804 the Imperial Russian government selected Tomsk as the seat of the new Tomsk Governorate, and with this new status brought development and the city grew quickly..
The discovery of gold in 1830 brought further development to Tomsk in the 19th century; however, when in the 1890s the Trans-Siberian Railway bypassed the city in favour of the village of Novonikolayevsk (Novosibirsk), development began to move south to connect with the railway.
In time, Novosibirsk would surpass Tomsk in importance...
However, within a few years, the city reinvented itself as the educational centre of Siberia with the establishment of Tomsk State University, founded in 1880 and Tomsk Polytechnic University founded in 1896.

Видео Томск в 1950-х / Tomsk in the 1950s канала Nigel Fowler Sutton