Remezov Square

Semyon Ulianovich Remezov is a talented Tobolsk nugget, the "Siberian Leonardo", grandson of Mokey Remezov, the man of Patriarch Filaret.

For some offense, Mokey Remezov was exiled to Tobolsk, where he quickly settled in and began serving at the Voivodeship court. After his death, his son Ulyan began to serve. Semyon Ulianovich Remezov first served as a Cossack in the Ishim fortress, then was turned into a "boyar's children" (the first noble rank of that time).

Remezov proved himself in many fields of knowledge. He painted icons and paintings, guns were cast according to his drawings in Tobolsk, in the vicinity of the city Remezov found saltpeter and made gunpowder, collected a "Drawing book".

Remezov’s main building is the Tobolsk Kremlin, the only stone kremlin in Siberia and the last one built in Russia.

On May 9, 1700, work began on the construction of the first building — the Writ Chamber. Then for 15 years Remezov conducted stone construction. Only two buildings erected according to his project have survived to our time — Gostiny Dvor and the Greenhouse (the repository of the state treasury).
After Remezov’s death, the Kremlin was rebuilt many times. In the second half of the XVIII century. the Kremlin lost the importance of a fortress and became a place where archives were kept, secular and spiritual authorities were housed.

On Remezov Square, at the entrance to Ermak’s garden, is the building of the Tobolsk Provincial Museum, founded by I.N. Yushkov. The museum has 350 exhibits of the life and culture of the indigenous peoples of the Tobolsk North, Siberian Tatars and the Russian old-timers.

M.S. Znamensky, N.L. Skalozubov, A.A. Dunin-Gorkavich, L.E. Lugovsky, V.N. Pignatti, B.N. Gorodkov, N.A. Abramov, A.I. Sulotsky and many others collaborated with the museum in different years.

In 1925, the former provincial museum was transferred to the building of the bishop’s house. In 1961, on the basis of the collections of the museum and architectural treasures of the Kremlin and the city, the historical and architectural Museum Reserve was created. In the old building of the museum, the Tatar pedagogical college and the House of Pioneers were housed in different years. In 2002, during the celebration of the 415th anniversary of Tobolsk, an Art Museum was opened in the building. Currently, an old exposition has been recreated in the building of the provincial museum.

There is a water tower next to the Kremlin. The main achievement of the cities of the province in the late XIX — early XX centuries was water supply. The authorities of Tyumen and Tobolsk were the first to arrange a water supply system. The arrangement of the water supply system in Tobolsk was particularly difficult, since since the foundation of the city, the terrain features have led to the appearance of two parts of it — the Upper and Lower Townships. The height of the mountain was about 30 fathoms (60 meters). Back in the second half of the XVIII century, a well about 50 fathoms (100 meters) deep was dug in the Sofia courtyard, but there was not enough water from it even for the needs of the clergy. Up to the beginning of the twentieth century water had to be imported to the mountain. A bucket of water cost 3−5 kopecks. According to A.I. Dmitriev-Mamonov, 39 110.5 barrels of water were required annually to supply the mountain, which cost the city treasury 9732 rubles. 89 kopecks. On September 8, 1882, the Danish engineer I. Brant, who lives in Tobolsk, promised to build a water pipeline in 1884 if he received funds and building materials. Following Brant, a similar proposal came from the exiled A.I. Fischer. The City Duma could not decide for a long time whose project to approve, until the governor refused both by his order.

In the spring of 1900, the Tobolsk authorities signed an agreement with the Moscow firm "Neptune" for the construction of a water pipeline with a length of about 9 versts with a daily water supply of 110 thousand buckets. In 1901, a red brick water tower was built on the Upper Posad near the Kremlin. There was a water supply system in the city.

The sculpture group was installed in Tobolsk by the Russian Foundation of sculptors "Unity" in 2007. It is located in front of the central entrance to the Provincial Museum. The author of the work is the Belarusian sculptor Vasily Ivanovich Zhbanov.

There are four such wagons: in Minsk, Kursk, Dolgoprudny near Moscow and in Tobolsk. On the drawbar of the cart there is information with the name of the author, indicating the place of manufacture and the name of the city for which it was cast.

City cabs were divided into dray (transported goods) and passenger (transported riders). In addition, there was a division of cabs into exchange and non-exchange. Permanent parking places were determined for stock cabs.

In the second half of the XIX century in Tobolsk there were five places where it was possible to hire a passenger cab: on the square near the prison castle, on the corner of Kuznechnaya Street near Kokui, near Bogorodsky Bridge, opposite the Zakharyevskaya Church and opposite the public assembly building. Places were identified for dray cabs: at Bogorodsky Bridge, opposite Zakharyevskaya Church and at the flour bazaar.

The driverless cabs did not have permanent parking places, therefore they were called "staggering". The townspeople called them "vanka".

The fare was 20 kopecks per hour. It was necessary to pay 30 kopecks for the passage from the pier along the Podgora, 40 kopecks from the pier to the mountain. Dray drivers received payment less than passenger cars by 5 kopecks. If the driver was hired for riding, the fee was set by mutual agreement of the parties.

The Tobolsk Museum, founded by I.N. Yushkov, is one of the oldest museums in Siberia. Yushkov lived a short life, but managed to collect 350 exhibits related to the life and culture of the indigenous peoples of the Tobolsk North, Siberian Tatars and the Russian old-timers. Initially, the museum did not have its own building and was located at the Provincial Statistical Committee. On June 4, 1887, at the initiative of the Tobolsk Governor V.A. Troynitsky, the foundation of the museum’s own building took place.

The building designed by architect P.P. Aplecheyev was built with people’s money, Tobolyaks donated materials for construction. Оn September 25, 1888, the building was consecrated, and on April 10, 1889, the museum was officially opened to the public.

The Committee of the Tobolsk Provincial Museum in those years consisted of seven members: chairman (Governor V.A. Troynitsky), deputy chairman (director of the men’s gymnasium P.I. Panov), secretary (secretary of the Provincial Statistical Committee L.E. Lugovsky). Curator of the museum (director of the veterinary-paramedic school N.A. Lytkin), assistant curator (architect K.D. Gordeev), librarian (staff captain S.N. Mameev), treasurer (mayor S.M. Trusov). The museum had five departments: natural history, ethnographic, archaeological, industrial and educational.

On July 10, 1891, the heir to the throne Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich (the future Emperor Nicholas II) visited the museum.

In 1895, the museum took part in agricultural exhibitions in Kurgan and Moscow, in the All-Russian Art and Industrial Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod, and for participation in the Paris Exhibition of 1900, he received a diploma and a bronze medal. In 1896, the art department of the Tobolsk Provincial Museum was opened.

M.S. Znamensky, N.L. Skalozubov, A.A. Dunin-Gorkavich, L.E. Lugovsky, V.N. Pignatti, B.N. Gorodkov, N.A. Abramov, A.I. Sulotsky and many others collaborated with the Tobolsk Provincial Museum in different years.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the southern hall was attached to the building. In 1925, the former provincial museum was transferred to the building of the bishop’s house. In 1961, on the basis of the collections of the museum and architectural treasures of the Kremlin and the city, the historical and architectural Museum Reserve was created. In the old building of the museum, the Tatar pedagogical college and the House of Pioneers were housed in different years. In 2002, during the celebration of the 415th anniversary of Tobolsk, an Art Museum was opened in the building. On March 6, 2003, the famous tea party of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the women of Tobolsk took place in the museum. Currently, the exposition of the old provincial museum has been recreated in the building.

On September 25, 1967, a monument to the great chemist Dmitry Mendeleev was erected on a two-meter pedestal on the square near the Siberia Hotel.

The author of this work was the People’s Artist of the USSR, academician Vsevolod Lishev.

The fate of the monument is amazing! To commemorate the centenary of the great scientist, the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1934 decided to erect a monument on Vasilievsky Island in Leningrad. About a dozen famous sculptors of that time participated in the competition for the design of the monument — but the matter was not brought to an end, the war prevented it. The issue of the competition was raised again in the post-war years, already by the State Committee for the Arts of the USSR. The City Architectural Council, and then the committee itself, approved the proposal of Vsevolod Lishev, a graduate of the Academy of Arts of Russia, for development. "I would like to use my abilities, skill and experience to the limit of my abilities when performing the monument to Mendeleev, so that my conscience as an artist and citizen remains calm," said the author of the work, which took more than 20 years to create. However, not everyone agreed with the official point of view. "The figure of Mendeleev presented on the model of the monument makes a gloomy, depressing impression, emphasized by a low-bowed head framed by heavy strands of hair and a gloomy expression on his face," said opponents, among whom were the contestants rejected by the commission. And under public pressure, the installation of the monument was postponed indefinitely. In 1960, the sculptor Vsevolod Lishev died, and the monument was completely forgotten. Now there is a monument to another great Russian scientist, Mikhail Lomonosov, at this place in St. Petersburg. The monument to Mendeleev was eventually sent to the birthplace of the brilliant chemist — Tobolsk.

In the 1980s, the monument to Mendeleev in Tobolsk was dismantled.