On May 1, the Friendship of Peoples festival took place in Tomsk. 25 national and cultural associations of the city took part in it. At 12:00 the festive procession began from the square . Novo-Sobornaya. And on the square near the Big Concert Hall there was a presentation of festival participants and a gala concert of creative groups of national cultural associations of Tomsk and the region. Governor of the Tomsk Region Sergei Zhvachkin delivered a welcoming speech to the diasporas.

The chairman of the regional branch of the A Just Russia party, Galina Nemtseva, reported this to the TV2 news agency. “There were fewer people at the rally that took place after the march. This suggests that people are more in need of movement forward rather than slogans. Moreover, this time for the first time all opposition parties marched in a single column. From our party there were about 100-150 people,” added Galina Nemtseva . According to her, the column was led by communists.

25 national and cultural associations of Tomsk will take part in the festival. The director of the Avangard Palace of Folk Art, Vitaly Volochinkov, told the TV2 news agency about this. The festival of national cultures “Friendship of Peoples” will begin at 11:00 with a gathering of participants in the area of ​​pl. Novo-Sobornaya and Tomsk City Hall buildings.

“Administration staff are happy to have the opportunity to work with their hands.”

Today they began to demolish the market on Internationalists Street. Four manipulators arrived and began loading the kiosks. Who gave the order? The market did not seem to interfere with the passage of cars and the residents were in good standing. It is interesting that the demolition is carried out on a day off - the administrations have a day off.

According to the press service of the mayor's office, the movement of trolleybuses along Lenin Avenue in the section from Frunze Avenue to the street. Nakhimov will be closed from 9.30 to 13.00. At this time, an athletics run in memory of Vasily Udut will be held here.

Photo: Ivan Bystrov On April 29, the opening of the next drag season in Tomsk took place at Neftekhim. About 100 cars from Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo took part in the event.