Tobolsk

Tobolsk (?????????; Tatar: Tub?l) is a historic capital of Siberia, now an ordinary town in Tyumen Oblast of Russia. It is located at the confluence of rivers Tobol and Irtysh. In 2001, the population was about 95,000.

Monuments

Tobolsk is the only town in Siberia and one of the few in Russia which has a standing stone kremlin, or elaborate city-fortress, built at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Its white walls and towers with an ensemble of churches and palatial buildings spectacularly sited on a high river bank were proclaimed a national historical and architectural treasure in 1870.

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Siberia - Kremlin - 1870

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The principal monuments in the kremlin are the Cathedral of St Sophia (1683-86), a merchant courtyard (1703-05), an episcopal palace (1773-1775), and the so-called Swedish Chamber, with 6 baroque halls (1713-16). The city contains some remarkable baroque and Neoclassical churches from the 18th and 19th centuries. Also noteworthy is a granite monument to Yermak, constructed to a design by Alexandro Brullo in 1839.

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Yermak - 1839

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The city's neighbourhood is rich in ancient kurgans and pagan shrines. Some of these date back to the 10th century BC.

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