The cities of Tomsk Oblast are similar to other cities in Russia only partially. Located in the taiga, with the exception of Seversk, they have their own characteristics, since people live in them, mainly engaged in logging, forest processing, and oil workers. This can be explained both by the northern location of the region and the fact that taiga occupies 68% of its territory. This region is rich in oil deposits and other minerals. The peculiar beauty of these places is also amazing.
Tomsk region
The region is located on the West Siberian Plain and covers an area of more than 314 thousand kilometers. Its territory has been inhabited since the sixteenth century and is rich in historical monuments, but its main wealth is nature. The vast expanses of the area are covered in taiga.
The region is rich in natural resources, one of which is oil. Huge forest reserves have allowed here to create large enterprises for logging and wood processing.
City Seversk
The year of foundation of the city is considered to be 1954. It was in this year that it received this name. It was founded in connection with the construction of a chemical plant, which was founded in 1949. It was used to enrich uranium and plutonium. The city of Seversk, Tomsk Region is better known as Tomsk-7. Hundreds of prisoners worked at its construction. The rest of them worked at the plant and other enterprises.
Today it is a modern city with a developed infrastructure. There are several secondary, art and music schools, sports facilities. You can’t get into the city without a pass, it is surrounded by barbed wire and has six checkpoints. The distance to Tomsk is 12 km, two good roads lead to the city. Nevertheless, the population is declining year by year. There is a good reason for this.
The year 1993 is considered to be sad for this city in the Tomsk Region, when an accident occurred at the plant, which triggered the release of radioactive substances. About two thousand people were affected. Today, the environmental situation remains poor, this is due to environmental contamination, however, 110 thousand people continue to live here. Mortality in the city is high, which, along with the outflow of youth, contributes to a decrease in the number of residents.
City Asino
The cities of Tomsk Oblast are mostly young. Nevertheless, Asino is a settlement with its own history. It was formed in 1896 at the site of the settlement of immigrants, which was called Ksenievka. It was formed by 48 families, immigrants from the Novgorod province.
The development of the settlement was due to the development of land that was used in agriculture for sowing rye and oats. The number of inhabitants increased from year to year. The river Chulym flowing near gave a large number of fish. The impetus for the further development of the settlement was the sawmill, built in 1928. A sleeper plant is being built after him.
In 1973, the village received the status of a city of regional destination. The city of Asino, Tomsk Region, is located at a considerable distance from the regional center - 109 kilometers. The number of inhabitants today is 29, 300. Nevertheless, it has a number of industrial enterprises, including “Askom” - a wood processing plant, a printing association, a meat and dairy plant, and a linen factory.
On its territory there are 8 secondary schools that are connected to the information system "Network City" (Tomsk Region). There are 5 kindergartens, two colleges, several representative offices of universities, including a branch of TGASU.
The sights of Asino are not offended. Here is a zoological reserve Malo-Yuksky, formed to preserve rare species of taiga animals. On its territory is the famous Tunguska stone. Two lakes of rare beauty, called Turgai and Shchuchye, attract tourists from all over the region. The history of the settlement, which later became the city of Asino, is collected in the museum of local lore.
City Kolpashevo
The small town of Kolpashevo is one of four cities in the Tomsk Region. The history of its appearance is very curious and originates in the XVII century. The settlement, which originally appeared on the site of the city, was founded by a Kolpashnikov service man. It was located on the Ob River, along which the route of the Kamchatka expedition and the Russian embassy to China passed.
Gradually, the settlement becomes a village, a record of this appeared in 1878. In 1926, Kolpashevo became a working village, and already in 1938 - a city. He even happened to be the center of the Narym district, it was from 1932 to 1944.
Kolpashevo - one of the cities of the Tomsk region, where there were wooden houses that retained the style of Siberian peasant architecture. The tallest houses are only in the center. The city-forming enterprise is Ketsky Lesokombinat. There is a marina, a shipyard, a fish factory, a poultry farm and even an airport.
As in any city, there are sights. The Saroske fortification, the space complex, with its help, the first satellites were launched, Kolpashevsky Yar - the burial of the repressed, the museum of local lore.
A special place is Bright Lakes, located among the taiga and having a floating island. Kolpashev’s problem is that the city was built on swamps, as a result of landslides it annually loses up to 15 meters of territory.
