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TYUMEN – “GATE OF SIBERIA”
 Tyumen is the regional center, the capital of oil and gas region of Russia, the city of science, culture and sport, and the city proudly called “the Gate of Siberia”.
In ancient times Siberia was a place of exile, punishment, pain and suffering. For many people this place is still associated with the World’s end, where severe frosts reign.
But is it really so?
 The present-day Tyumen is a city where magnificent old buildings, antique mansions and churches, still holding memories of the great past of Siberia, neighbor with modern offices and high-rise buildings, built in the futuristic style, which gives the city its particular coloring.
You will learn about the past and the present of the first Siberian city from the review excursion.
TOBOLSK – SPIRITUAL CAPITAL OF SIBERIA
Tobolsk, one of Russia’s most picturesque and spectacular cities is situated in 200 kilometers’ distance from Tyumen at the intersection of two biggest Siberian rivers – the Tobol and the Irtysh. The city impresses by its breathtaking panoramic sight and majestic beauty of architectural constructions.
For the beauty of its scenery it is justly called “Architectural Pearl” of Siberia. The city possesses unique landscaping ensemble, the crown of which is the only one in Siberia Tobolsk Kremlin. other sights of the city are active Abalak Monastery, theological seminary, bone carver factory, and Ermak’s monument.
Tobolsk is also famous for its great historic past. In XVII-XVIII centuries it was the capital of Siberia, and was reputed to be one of the most important cities in the whole Russian State. An outstanding chemist Dmitry Mendeleev, a creator of the table of chemical elements, was born and lived here. Ways of world-famous exiled writers, philosophers and Decembrists such as Nikolaj Chernyshevsky, Fedor Dostoevsky and Alexander Radischev passed through Tobolsk.
A separate page in Tobolsk history is that the last Russian Tsar Nicolas II and his family lived here since August 1917 till April 1918.Tobolsk became the last earthy shelter for them.
GREGORY RASPUTIN’S MUSEUM
Gregory Rasputin is a Siberian elder, healer, ordinary man, who had become a person the last Russian tsar’s family could not go without.
Gregory Rasputin is one of the most mysterious people in Russian history. Up to the present day there are a lot of legends, contradictory fables and rumors around him. In most of them he is depicted as an embodiment of “dark forces” that surrounded the throne and paralyzed the normal government functioning, as a disgrace to the Russian Empire.
Who was he? A prophet or an impostor? A monk or a playboy and drunkard? A “saint man” or an antichrist?
You will have an opportunity to get answers to these questions, to touch the mystery, to hear the truthful biography of the Siberian peasant, who influenced Russian history, by visiting Gregory Rasputin’s museum in Pokrovskoe village, the place where he was born and lived, situated in 80 kilometers from Tyumen.
FERRY BOAT TOUR ALONG THE TURA RIVER
The Tura is a river waters of which flow through great Russian rivers the Tobol, the Irtysh, and the Ob into the Kara Sea and then into the Arctic Ocean.
It is the Tura River which banks the city of Tyumen stretches on. We offer you to take a fascinating ferry boat tour along the Tura River.
From the deck of the ship you will have an opportunity to enjoy beautiful cityscapes and unique Siberian sceneries.
Cozy friendly atmosphere and attentive hospitable staff await you. A shashlik picnic (barbecue) in picturesque riverside surroundings may be organized.
RUSSIAN STEAM BANIA (BATH-HOUSES)
First mentions about Russian bania can be found in the X-XII century chronicles.
Our forefathers knew that health is closely connected with clean body. Bania was considered to be a keeper of clean life-giving water and health, since it somehow strengthened and set one’s vital energy on the right track. Bania was a symbol of overcoming all dark and evil matters that could surround people in their mortal lives. Later it became an embodiment of hearth and hospitality.
The arrangement of Russian bania strikingly differs from others. Russian bania was always built from wood and was deprived of luxury and superfluities. Everything served health improving. Visiting bania and having rest afterwards was highly ceremonial among peasants as well as among noblemen all over Russia.
We offer you to visit Russian bania, known all over the world as a healer.
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