On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the end of hostilities in Afghanistan, a commemorative motor rally started from Tomsk. Its organizers were the Tomsk branches of the Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans and Disabled Persons of the War in Afghanistan. The rally left Tomsk today and headed along the route: s. Melnikovo, s. Krivosheino, s. Molchanovo, s. Podgornoye. “The main goal of the event is the memory of the victims and the patriotic education of the younger generation.

By his order dated October 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin included Governor of the Tomsk Region Sergei Zhvachkin into the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation, reports the press service of the regional administration. “The new composition of the presidium includes the heads of the Tomsk, Vologda, Belgorod and Sakhalin regions, the republics of Ingushetia, Kalmykia and Bashkiria, as well as the governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,” the statement says.

The sports festival “It’s not a problem for us”, dedicated to the Day of the Senior Generation, started at the “Harmony” sports complex. Veterans of Tomsk sports, world and European champions, including Zoya Lebedeva - winner of the World Cup, 4-time champion of the USSR, silver medalist of the World Athletics Championship, 4-time winner of the Goodwill Games, gathered at the sports complex.

The Catholic Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tomsk celebrates the 180th anniversary of its consecration. As part of the anniversary celebrations, an Open Day was held in the temple. All Tomsk residents could attend the service, get acquainted with the history of the temple and learn about its most important places. The temple was built and consecrated in 1833.

The next concrete remake will apparently appear next to one of the most beautiful in Tomsk and one of the last surviving monuments of wooden architecture - the House with Firebirds on Krasnormeyskaya. The famous Zhelyabo estate. How many promises have already been made to stop infill development in Tomsk altogether and not allow it in the so-called security zones. And here is another remake.

A month ago we told a story about children who decided to help other children on their own. Sonya, Egor and Oleg Andreev painted pictures, sold them, and donated all the money to the Ordinary Miracle Foundation for the treatment of sick children. Then the little artists had another idea: to hold a fair to sell even more paintings and help children again. There is just over a week left until the fair. There is a special group on social networks - the Tomsk Masters Fair.

The pedestrian crossing in the Vodozabor area, a village near Timiryazev, does not comply with safety rules, local residents believe. Cars regularly hit pedestrians right at the crossing. There are no lights on the road at all. Villagers are afraid to send their children to school. The village of Vodozabor belongs to an urban area, and the highway with a dangerous crossing is federal. Who is responsible and must make the transition safe?

"Gazelle" drove into a tire and wheel store on the street. Yakovleva, 26,” Nikita Skripnik, an eyewitness to the incident, told the TV2 news agency. The Gazelle deftly drove around the fence and “parked” against the wall. Fortunately, no one was hurt. A traffic police officer was driving right behind the Gazelle. The Gazelle driver seemed to be drunk,” Nikita Skripnik said. As we were told by the traffic police, specialists are now working at the scene of the incident.

This week we celebrated another round anniversary of the events of 1993 - which some call the October putsch, a failed coup attempt, others, on the contrary, the Yeltsin coup, the shooting of parliament. Footage of tanks firing at the White House has already entered the annals of our post-Soviet history forever.

Tomsk martial artists visited mountainous Tibet during a trip to South Asia. The main problem for the guys was altitude sickness. She did not spare even the most experienced athletes.

The Tomsk championship in sports tourism at combined distances started today and will end tomorrow, reports the press service of the mayor’s office. 65 students from tourist groups and educational institutions in Tomsk will take part in the competition.

Today, as part of the Dobro.ru festival, Hollywood actor Cary Tagawa will give a martial arts master class. According to Cary Tagawa, he began developing his system 35 years ago. His philosophy is to become strong and win without "breaking your opponent's bones." “I left the combat system long ago and turned to the healing side. I'm more interested in helping people become better than breaking them. I think that both sides are important for young people - both the fighting and the healing.

Tomsk students will gather today for a rally in defense of their rights. The rally was organized by the independent trade union “Student Defense”. As the acting TV2 news agency reported. Chairman of the independent trade union Sergei Naumov, students will demand that university management organize major repairs in dormitories, not raise the cost of living in dormitories, cancel the “curfew” and solve the problem of turning off hot water on the territory of the square. South.

Residents of these villages have long accused the head of the district of lawlessness in the distribution and cutting down of forests, in the Tomsk region there have already been several notable scandals with land allocations, and this fall, someone attacked an environmentalist near a village store who is trying to prove that forests in the region are being cut down illegally , in general, not a pastoral picture at all.

The Catholic Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tomsk celebrates the 180th anniversary of its consecration. According to the official website of the community, an Open Day will be held today as part of the anniversary celebrations. You can visit the Catholic Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and get to know the community today from 12 noon. At 16:00, a conference on the history of the Tomsk Catholic Church will be held on the territory of the temple.