This year they will be held for the 22nd time. Throughout the coming week, representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church together with Tomsk authorities, students, schoolchildren and teachers will discuss spiritual, moral, cultural and historical issues. This year, the Days of Slavic Culture in Tomsk are accompanied by an important event - the opening of the first Orthodox radio in Siberia.

The musical group "Elysium" composed a song called "Freedom Pussy Riot" in support of the members of the punk band of the same name. “What is happening now with Pussy Riot is a clear demonstration of the trend of plunging Russian society into medieval obscurantism, during the time of the Orthodox Inquisition, monastic prisons and the hunt for dissidents,” the performers believe.

The route passed through the territory of the Republic of Tyva, where incompatible landscapes coexist - mountains and forests, tundra and deserts. In many areas of Tuva, people's way of life and nature are untouched by civilization. Travel notes - in the diary of Expedition TV-2.

Over the weekend, on the embankment of the Tom River, passers-by were excited by the sudden outbreak of a massive dance flash mob . As Tomsk resident Olga Tretyakova reported, “several dozen young mothers and fathers who were watching from the sidelines, with babies in backpacks and just older children, began to dance fervently to the fiery rhythms! People jumped up from the benches and happily danced with the flash mobers ! Everyone was in a good mood and they had a lot of fun themselves.

Tomsk Mayor Nikolai Nikolaychuk announced this today at a staff meeting, the key topic of which was again the problem of sanitary maintenance of Tomsk. “We increased the costs for this item from 140 to 350 million, sent another 112 through the districts to the “intra-block”. We purchased 47 units of new equipment for the “Special Automotive Services”, concluded 2 thousand agreements on improvement, but there was no result.

The reorganization of Tomsk Polytechnic University caused a wave of discontent. Students and teachers opposed the creation of an institute of social and humanitarian technologies. According to the plan of the university management, the new structure will unite several departments and abolish the so-called non-core faculties. The Faculty of Engineering and Economics has already become unnecessary.

Because of the fires, an extremely dangerous situation has developed in the Tomsk region. From the burning dry grass the fire spread to the trees. Now the forest and fields are burning in the area between the villages of Nelyubino and Chernyshovka along the Shegarsky tract. Rush Hour reports this. On the Tomsk-Melnikovo highway, the fire approached the roadway. Due to heavy smoke on the highway, visibility is poor and drivers risk getting into an accident.

The head of the capital construction department, Alexey Safronov, announced this today at a press conference at the Interfax agency. The shutdown will affect houses in the area of ​​Transportnaya and GPZ-5 streets. According to plans, the water shutoff will occur on June 15. According to Alexey Safronov, in June there will be the last large water outage due to the construction of the Pushkinskaya interchange.

During the festive procession on May 9, my friend Lyudmila Zhdanova with her mother, an 89-year-old front-line soldier, and her military awards

On May 3 and 4, 2012, a meeting was held at the Siberian Chemical Plant OJSC (part of the TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom) on the planning of work to modernize the complex of experimental installations of the chemical and metallurgical plant of the Siberian Chemical Plant OJSC to test the technology for the production of dense fuel for reactors on fast neutrons. In the future, the creation of new generation nuclear fuel is one of the strategic directions of development of TVEL Fuel Company.

Guest of the Rush Hour program is female conductor Maria Eklund. “It is difficult to fight the stereotypes that are embedded in large European institutions and have developed in classical music for centuries. Not only I, but all modern female conductors face this problem. We have to prove that a woman can be a professional at the same level as a man.

This is how the representative of the Tomsk region in the Federation Council, Vladimir Zhidkikh, commented to the TV2 news agency on the nomination of Victor Kress to senator. “In my opinion, the decision of the governor of the Tomsk region is expected, natural and correct. The life baggage, human and political experience of Viktor Melkhiorovich cannot be overestimated. Tomsk residents will benefit if he represents their interests at the federal level,” noted Vladimir Zhidkikh.

Sections of networks where current repairs will be carried out are disconnected from hot water supply for 14 days. Where major work is required, related to the replacement of insulation, shut-off valves or re-laying of pipes, the standard repair period will be 21 days.

The Orthodox radio of the Tomsk diocese “Blagovest” will begin broadcasting from the regions of the region. Archbishop of Tomsk and Asinovsky, Bishop Rostislav, announced this today at a press conference in Interfax. According to him, the first district of the region where Blagovest radio will begin broadcasting will be the city of Asino. The first broadcasts there will begin in June. “We will launch our broadcasting gradually. The first districts will be Asino, Strezhevoy and Melnikovo.

On May 13, writers, journalists and musicians took a “control walk” in the capital - from the Pushkin monument to the Griboedov monument on Chistye Prudy. According to the organizers, the action was supported by about 20 thousand Muscovites. The walk was peaceful, accompanied by a song that “a good mood will never leave you again...”.