Area of Tyumen - the history of the city

Tyumen is becoming more attractive for tourists. The Siberian city has something to brag and surprise even sophisticated travelers. To cover all the same things in one visit is not possible. Therefore, to get acquainted with the city, you will have to break it into districts or, more interestingly, explore the sights united by one theme.

The squares of Tyumen

The network of streets and avenues, even the most beautiful and famous, has quite certain functions in the city infrastructure. Majestic or fussy, crowded or dormant, they are needed by the city, like blood vessels to a living organism. знаменательное место, где люди собираются вместе по какому-либо торжественному или памятному поводу. The square is a landmark place where people gather together for some solemn or memorable occasion. Area - a bunch of their energy.

There are many squares in modern Tyumen, they are very different for the reason and time of appearance, according to their present purpose and architectural design.

Area of Unity and Consent

Today Tyumen is increasingly in the top positions of economic, tourist and other ratings. And it began its history in the XVI century with the construction of the Tyumen jail. Where the felling of the taiga was once conducted to fulfill the order of Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich (the last Rurikovich), today the center of the city.

, расположенная недалеко от тюрьмы, была просто безымянной площадкой. For a long time this area of Tyumen , located near the prison, was just an anonymous platform. The name of "Unity and Consent" was received in 2003. The trade traditions, which it was famous for earlier, are supported by the nearby TSUM. The square, cafes and restaurants invite everyone to relax.

But the highlight of the square is the most beautiful fountain of the city with four figures of girls named after the seasons. In the evenings, light music is included: both the girls and the jets of the rising water are simply magnificent. City holidays are held here.

Historical square

This place on the shore of the Tours, not far from the constructed prison, was chosen for settlement by the first Tyuments, this is reminded of the stone laid here. много раз меняла свой облик, пока не приняла сегодняшний вид. This area of Tyumen changed its appearance many times, until it took on its present form. Young people are attracted to the nearby bridge of lovers. The memorial sign to Ermak, the conqueror of Siberia, is also relevant here.

But the main monument here is a monument dedicated to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, whose eternal fire reminds of the dead.

A well-groomed square adorns the square at any time of the year, and from the high bank the Zarechnaya part of the city and the two rivers, Tour and Tyumenka, flowing into it are clearly visible.

Memory Area

She continues the theme of the war. To the memorial is a soldier's alley, at the foot - the burial of soldiers who died in the city hospitals. And a lot of plates with the names of Tyument who did not return from the front.

The memorial is unusually beautiful. A white-stone candle flies into the sky, set to all the dead, for which the city is grieving.

Square of the Fighters of the Revolution

получила в конце пятидесятых годов прошлого века из-за братского захоронения красноармейцев, павших в борьбе за Советскую власть в крае. Its name was the Square of the Revolution in Tyumen in the late fifties of the last century because of the brotherly burial of the Red Army soldiers who fell in the struggle for Soviet power in the province. On their grave a monument was erected on the project of E. A. Gerasimov - under the banner of the figure of a peasant and a worker.

And earlier the area was called Alexandrovskaya in honor of the Tsarevich Alexander Nikolayevich who traveled here in 1837.

And before that, she was a police officer, as the two-story brick house that stood here belonged to the local gendarmerie.

Area of the Sun

. There is such an area in the city of Tyumen . Here you can bring students to study the planets of the solar system.

In 2009 an unusual monument to the Sun was erected, with the planets of the system executed in proportions proportional to the actual. And the planets are in strict order of distance from the Sun. The spectacle of the bright, brilliant ball of the Sun with the planets is fascinating.

central square

Earlier here was the outskirts of the city. в середине XIX века администрация приняла решение о переводе сюда торговли с городских рынков, и устройстве одной большой площади в Тюмени для купли-продажи товаров. As it grew in the middle of the XIX century, the administration decided to transfer trade from the city markets here, and to build a large area in Tyumen for the sale of goods. It was then called Bazarnaya, Khlebnoy, Torgovaya. Passengers who traveled here recalled in their notes "impassable, black mud and beautiful cheap handmade rugs."

The square was chosen by merchants and burghers, who began to build their houses around, greatly reducing it in size. And just before the revolution, they put a water tower here, which still stands in its place.

With the outbreak of the war, here was located the evacuated from Moscow glider plant and design bureau OK Antonova.

, которая располагалась уже совсем не на окраине, начали строительство административных городских зданий. In the postwar years on the Trade Square of Tyumen , which was located not at all on the outskirts, began the construction of administrative urban buildings. As they grew, trade was closed here, and the area became Central.

In its middle is a monument to Lenin, near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - a monument to the deceased police officers. Around the building are the administration of the Tyumen region, the Tyumen Regional Duma, and the Oil and Gas University.

This is not the whole area of the city. To walk through its well-groomed streets and squares, it takes a lot of time and effort. But it's worth it.