Cities of the Tomsk region: Seversk, Asino, Kolpashevo, Strezhevoy

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:53

The cities of the Tomsk region are only partly similar to other cities in Russia. Located in the taiga, with the exception of Seversk, they have their own characteristics, as they are inhabited by people who are mainly engaged in logging, wood processing, and oil workers. This can be explained both by the northern location of the region and by the fact that 68% of its territory is occupied by taiga. This region is rich in deposits of oil and other minerals. The peculiar beauty of these places is also striking.

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 we alth is nature. The boundless expanses of the region are covered with taiga.

The region is rich in natural resources, one of which is oil. Huge forest reserves allowed herecreate large logging and wood processing enterprises.

City of Seversk

The year of foundation of the city is 1954. It was in this year that he received this name. It was formed in connection with the construction of a chemical plant, which was founded in 1949. It carried out the enrichment of uranium and plutonium. The city of Seversk in the Tomsk region is better known as Tomsk-7. Hundreds of prisoners worked on 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 schools, art and music schools, and 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. However, the population is declining year by year. There is a good reason for this.

The year 1993 is considered sad for this city of the Tomsk region, when there was an accident at the plant, which provoked the release of radioactive substances. About two thousand people suffered. To date, the ecological situation remains poor, this is due to the contamination of the environment, nevertheless, 110 thousand people continue to live here. The death rate in the city is high, which, along with the outflow of young people, contributes to a decrease in the number of residents.

Ashino City

Cities of the Tomsk region are mostly young. Nevertheless, Ashino is inhabitedpoint with its own history. It was founded in 1896 on the site of a settlement of immigrants, which was called Ksenievka. It was formed by 48 families, immigrants from the Novgorod province.

The development of the settlement took place through the development of land that was used in agriculture for sowing rye and oats. The number of inhabitants increased from year to year. The Chulym River flowing nearby gave a large number of fish. The impetus for the further development of the settlement was a sawmill built in 1928. Behind him, a sleeper plant is being built.

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 people. Nevertheless, he has a number of industrial enterprises, which include Askom - a woodworking plant, a printing association, a meat and dairy plant, and a linen plant.

There are 8 secondary schools on its territory, which 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.

Asino is not offended by the sights. Here is the 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, named Turgai and Shchuchye, attract tourists from all over the region. The history of the settlement, which later became the city of Asino, is collected inlocal history museum.

City of 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 17th century. The settlement, which originally appeared on the site of the city, was founded by the serviceman Kolpashnikov. 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 settlement, and already in 1938 - a city. He even happened to visit the center of the Narym district, it was from 1932 to 1944

Kolpashevo is one of the cities of the Tomsk region where wooden houses have remained that have preserved the style of Siberian peasant architecture. The tallest houses are only in the center. The city-forming enterprise is the Ket timber processing plant. There is a pier, a shipyard, a fish factory, a poultry farm and even an airport.

As in any city, there are attractions. Saro settlement, a space complex, with its help the first satellites were launched, Kolpashevsky Yar - the burial place of the repressed, the local history museum.

A special place - Light Lakes, located in the middle of 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.

City of Strezhevoy

The northernmost city of the Tomsk region -Strezhevoy. This is the city of oil workers, the most remote from the regional center. The distance to Tomsk in a straight line is 635 kilometers. It was built in 1966 and was originally a shift workers' settlement. Now it is a modern city, divided into 10 districts. The eleventh is currently under construction. From here you can only get to Nizhnevartovsk, there are no other settlements nearby.

There are 8 secondary schools and 11 kindergartens in the city. The construction of a bridge across the Vakh River is nearing completion. There is a river port six kilometers from the city. In winter, Strezhevoy can only be reached by plane.