Tobolsk

Tobolsk occupies a high promontory above the Irtysh River, close to its confluence with the Tobol, in Tyumen Oblast. Founded in 1587, it became one of the principal administrative and trading centres of Russian Siberia, a role reflected in the division between the elevated Upper Town and riverside districts below. The white-walled Tobolsk Kremlin, Siberia’s only stone kremlin, crowns the historic centre; within it stands the Sophia-Assumption Cathedral, among Siberia’s oldest surviving stone churches. The Irtysh, one of Eurasia’s great rivers, has long connected the town with the wider Ob basin. Browse nearby webcams to place Tobolsk within the Irtysh and Tyumen region.

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