In the house on Sibirskaya, 33, the main work has begun on the restoration of apartments and interfloor ceilings. A team of TDSC installers, using a tower crane, began removing emergency slabs from the roof of the nine-story building. Before this, the specialists of the Alice-M company were engaged in strengthening the floors. You have to work in difficult conditions - in the cold. The team will have to very carefully dismantle the structures destroyed during the explosion of the gas cylinder.

The Department of Natural Resources of the Tomsk Region plans to carry out such an action together with the Zavarzino Stud Farm, the head of the department, Alexander Adam, said today at a meeting with journalists. According to him, everyone can bring the Christmas tree purchased at the Christmas tree market back to the retail outlet after the New Year holidays, and the farm employees will take the trees to Zavarzino in an organized manner.

Yesterday I read a lot about the new wonderful initiative of our legislators. They really want to respond to the American “Magnitsky list”. Non-trivial. The Americans, therefore, are restricting the entry of those they consider involved in the murder of a lawyer under investigation in prison and the theft of Russian budget funds. And in return we will prohibit them from adopting our street children.

Some shops and enterprises have already begun to actively decorate their windows for the New Year holidays, but so far banks, industrial enterprises and grocery stores are not actively involved in the New Year’s decorations of the city, reports the press service of the mayor’s office.

The idea of ​​abolishing the transport tax, expressed by President Vladimir Putin in the State Duma, was commented on by the director of the NP Tomsk Taxi Association Vladimir Romanov to the TV2 news agency. The system of collecting transport tax taking into account the power of the car is outdated and requires abolition , said Sergei Kanaev, a supporter of the abolition of the tax, head of the Federation of Car Owners of Russia.

Two children from the Zyryansky orphanage and three from the Tomsk orphanage No. 4 will go to Veliky Ustyug to meet with Santa Claus on New Year's holidays, the press service of the regional administration reports. In Tomsk, New Year trees will be held in all 26 social institutions of the region and orphanages. “Graduates of previous years, as well as children from low-income and foster families will be invited to the holidays.

On Botanichesky Lane (namely, building 4) the hot water has been turned off every day for two weeks now. They turn it on for 30 minutes, and then the water is cold all day...!!! Moreover, there were no warnings or announcements...! There were no reports of accidents on the Tomskvodokanal website... And it’s -30 outside, so the feeling, to put it mildly, is not very pleasant...

All day long he accepted congratulations from students, colleagues at the higher school, and Afghan veterans with whom he had the opportunity to fulfill his international duty. And in the evening, fellow deputies gathered and the Duma meeting hall even briefly turned into a concert hall. The hero of the day himself sang along about the fact that the years fly by.

Last weekend, two major tournaments took place in Tomsk with the participation of martial artists from different cities. Representatives of kudo and kickboxing competed against each other.

Tomsk environmentalists plan to create a recreational zone along the Ushaika River, Alexander Adam, head of the Department of Natural Resources of the Tomsk Region, said today at a meeting with journalists. “Next year we plan to organize a repeated cleaning of Ushaika. The work will be carried out in two stages: cleaning springs in the Zavarzino area and cleaning the river within the city. But the goal in itself is not just to clean the river, but to create a recreational area around it.

On December 18, the main work began on the restoration of the house on Sibirskaya, 33. Workers began partial dismantling of the roof and upper floors of the first two entrances of the house. “Despite the frost, work has begun to dismantle dangerous structures. The work will proceed sequentially - strictly from top to bottom. First, the slab coverings are dismantled, then the floors, and so on.

Digital broadcasting has been launched in test mode today. Owners of TVs and set-top boxes in DVB-T2 format have the opportunity to watch eight television channels in digital quality. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the director of the branch of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network, Tomsk Regional Radio and Television Transmission Center, Vladimir Yurshin.

The Mindset Fun Science Museum is exchanging gears for two more days. The New Year's holiday "TechnoYolka" will be held every Thursday to Sunday from December 20. You can attend the festival only by appointment. For the holiday, museum employees are decorating the hall in a steampunk style, so the museum needs gears. You can bring the gears directly to the museum. It is located in the TPU scientific library, Belinsky, 55 room 315a.

Deputy of the Legislative Duma of the Tomsk Region Lev Pichurin told the TV2 news agency about his plans and current work. Today Lev Pichurin turned 85 years old. As the deputy noted, most of his time is occupied by the current work of the regional Duma. “I participate in the development of legislation, it takes a lot of time. Besides, I have a lot of creative plans. I’m very afraid that I won’t have time to tell Tomsk residents about the people I met, about the many wonderful things I know.

Photo: Alexandra Komnian. Tomsk sculptor Leonty Usov is preparing a gallery of 10 wooden faces of Hollywood stars. “In the workshop, work is in full swing. Three wooden heads are already ready. Now Leonty Usov is working on the image of Nicholas Cage. There will be 10 goals in total - all these works will go to the exhibition in distant Hollywood, ”writes Alexander Komnian.