Tomsk’s first gubernatorial election campaign in 15 years was supposed to go off without a hitch. In February this year, when the incumbent governor Sergey Zhvachkin gave his notice, president Putin ...

Tomsk Medical Military Institute. Source: Change.org.In the very centre of Tomsk stands a brick building, a listed monument in the late Russian style, with a cupola, arches and lateral porches. In ...

Siberian Jews celebrate the opening of a new Jewish education center in Tomsk, Russia, Sept. 12, 2021. (Levy Kaminetzky via JTA) JTA — A century ago, communists shuttered the synagogues of Tomsk, one ...

(JTA) — A century ago, communists shuttered the synagogues of Tomsk, one of the oldest cities in Siberia. It was a painful blow, especially to the local community of Jewish Cantonists — former ...

The city, which was founded 410 years ago, provides stark contrasts as young students walk past centuries-old architecture. Tomsk also has one of Siberia’s youngest populations. Six major universities ...

With the expansion of Russian control to the south during the 18th century, Tomsk’s military significance was replaced with a new role as a trade and transportation center for caravans from China. The ...

TOMSK, Russia -- Seven local lawmakers of the Siberian city of Tomsk have called on Russia's Investigative Committee to launch a probe into the nerve-agent poisoning in August of Russian opposition ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In Tomsk, the Siberian city where quaint gingerbread houses intermingle with monolithic Soviet high-rises, ...

Tomsk is symbolic for many Russian Jews for its Cantonist community, which has become an icon of the determination of many Jews in Russia to adhere to their faith and culture. A century ago, ...