Breakfast at the hotel.
The city is located on the high Trinity Cape, where the rivers Tobol and Irtysh merge.
He was called the "Gateway of Asia", the "Father of Siberian Cities".
It was in Tobolsk that the first stone temple and the only stone kremlin in Siberia appeared.
The first printing house was founded here and the first Siberian newspaper was published, the first school, theater and one of the oldest museums in Siberia began operating.
Among the natives of Tobolsk are the Siberian encyclopedist, cartographer, architect S.U. Remezov, composer A.A. Alyabyev and chemical scientist D.I. Mendeleev.
Tobolsk was one of the places where convicted Decembrists were exiled: Wilhelm Kuchelbecker, Mikhail Fonvizin, Ivan Annenkov.
The history of Tobolsk also includes events closely related to the Imperial Family.
Sightseeing tour of the Tobolsk Kremlin, which has become a special symbol of state power in Russia.
All the royal guests began their acquaintance with Tobolsk with a walk through the Kremlin and a visit to the oldest church in Siberia, St. Sophia and Assumption Cathedral.
The first wooden fortress was built shortly after the foundation of the city in 1594.
Since all the buildings in Tobolsk were wooden at that time, the Kremlin suffered from fires several times.
It was rebuilt 6 times. The white-stone Kremlin was designed by Semyon Remezov in the early 18th century. It is a unique historical architectural complex.
Its walls preserve memories of the pioneers and enlighteners of the Siberian land, uprisings and rebellions, the ups and downs of the first Siberian capital.
Visit to the Viceroy's Palace Museum.
The exposition of the Governor's Palace reveals the theme of the 300-year rule of Siberia, starting with the victories of Ataman Ermak's detachment and the establishment of the voivodeship, until the revolutionary events of 1917.
Excursion to the Prison Castle (Museum of Siberian Penal Servitude and exile).
The castle was built in the north-western part of the city, next to the Trinity Cape.
Criminals were kept here, and then they were sent to hard labor and settlement. The terms of the arrest varied: life or short-term imprisonment.
As in many places of detention, the regime was very strict, so the institution began to be called Tobolsk Central. Its inhabitants at various times were thousands of prisoners, including famous Russian writers Vladimir Korolenko and Nikolai Chernyshevsky.
Fyodor Dostoevsky also spent a couple of weeks here.
It was here that he received the Gospel, given to him by the wife of the Decembrist Natalia Fonvizina.
As the writer himself later noted, his stay in Tobolsk and the gift of the Gospel played an important, perhaps even decisive role in his spiritual biography.
Lunch at the hotel.
Sightseeing bus and walking tour of the city.
We will see the stele "Tobolsk – the Pearl of Siberia", a monument to the wives of the Decembrists, and walk along the alley where the bas-reliefs "The Life of the Decembrists in Tobolsk" were installed in 2008.
Seven Decembrists are buried in the Zavalny cemetery, including Wilhelm Kuchelbecker, Pushkin's lyceum friend. Let's find out why a funny monument to Robinson Crusoe and Friday appeared in Tobolsk.
We will walk around the Lower Town, see several Tobolsk Angels, monuments to the founders of the city and composer A. Alyabyev.
Free time.
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