Tomsk is the capital of Tomsk oblast. It is an old Siberian town. It is located on the bank of the river Tom, in Western Siberia. Tomsk was founded in 1604. It is known as a great educational, scientific, cultural and industrial centre.

Tomsk

Asino

Asino. General Information.

    Location: Tomsk region, Western Siberia.

    Type of country: Low locality (lowland).

    Square: 90 sq. km

    Population: approximately 24,346 (now).

    Currency: Russian rouble.

    Industries: food, timber, dairy, furniture, manufacturing, agriculture.

    History: was founded in 1896. Town-from  1952.

Interesting things to see: monuments to Heroes of the Great Patriotic  and the Civil Wars, the Museum of Our Native Land, cinemas,the Library Centre, the Town Park, the Cultural Center of Lampsakov. 

THE ASINO COAT OF ARMS.

The coat of arms of Asino was approved by the District Duma’ s decision in May, 1995. There is a horse at the upper part of the coat of arms, at the lower part-a ripe grain and a steel nut. The fir-tree is depicted on the background in the middle.The background in the centre of the circle is pink-purple.

    The author of the Asino coat of arms is Kemenov Vasiliy Timofeevich, a graphic artist, the creator of exlibrises. 

                        Asino in Brief.

      Asino, one of the Siberian towns, was founded in 1896. A small village was built on the left bank of the Chulym River. In 1952 the village Ksenijevskiy became the town, named Asino.

                         The Beginning of Asino

   The first settlers were impressed by the beautiful scenery of this land. They noticed pine-forests, different valuable animals and deep river named the Chulym. Such a combination of natural components attracted the people who settled on the banks of the Chulym.

People came there from Smolensk, Vilensk, Vyatsk, Kaluga and Tombov regions. They worked hard to explore unknown areas. The settlers used horses to plough land.

Georgiy Mokeevich Markov 

             (1911-1991)

Famous Soviet - Russian writer,               screenwriter, war correspondent, public figure.

     In 1952 Markov was awarded

 the State Prize of the USSR for

 his novel "The Strogovs". He

 wrote his famous novels

“Father and Son” (1962-1964),

 “The Siberia” (1969-1973) for

 which he got the  Lenin Prize

Vil Vladimirovich Lipatov                         (1927-1979) 

Famous Soviet writer, screenwriter and novelist, journalist, special correspondent.

V.V.Lipatov lived and worked in Asino in 1958.

The street and the Central Library were named after the writer in Asino in 1987

  Vasiliy Timofeyevich                      Kemenov

        (1929 - 2006)

People know him as the artist-graphic, the teacher, a great chess-player, the author of the Asino Coat of Arms.He created exlibrises - more than 500 book signs.

             Places of Interest

Children's hospital                                    Administration                                                                                   

Hotel "Rainbow"                                           Cafe "Lakomka"

Places of Interest

Swimming pool

The centre of culture

Monument to Lenin

Cinema "Vostok"

  Sberbank

Stadium