Today the university starts a charity event dedicated to the flora and fauna of the University Grove. This was reported by the university press service. For the event, TSU students created a special series of postcards depicting birds, plants and animals. The proceeds from the sale of postcards will go to support birds and animals living in the grove in winter. Let's add that on the eve of the New Year, the university is holding a competition for the best snowman.

A fire in a wooden house on Kievskaya Street happened this evening. 17 families live in the house. According to preliminary information, no one was injured. At the moment the fire is still being extinguished.

The professional standard was developed for teachers. It is expected to be introduced in 2015. Now every school teacher will have to know a foreign language, understand social networks, and be able to teach migrant children and children with disabilities. Schools believe that today no more than 100 people throughout the country fully comply with the new standard. The guest of the Rush Hour Saturday program was Margarita Klimentyeva, a literature teacher at the Humanitarian Lyceum.

The evening of professional kickboxing fights “Storm in Siberia” took place at the Palace of Entertainment and Sports. The central fight was the fight between Tomsk Ilya Afonin and Tuvan fighter Irgit Ayan. The fight took place as part of the open championship of the Tomsk region in kickboxing. Athletes from Tomsk, Tuva, Krasnoyarsk and Chelyabinsk took part in it. “It was a tough fight, I gave it 200%. But fate decided that I would win this battle,” noted Ilya Afonin.

Photo: Photocor A traffic light equipped with a solar battery and a windmill has appeared in Tomsk. These devices allow the traffic light to provide itself with energy from alternative sources, the head of the SMEU, Yuri Rudenko, told the TV2 news agency. Please note that such traffic lights may appear on highways where it is not possible to extend the power grid.

Spring in December. The beginning of winter in Tomsk and the region this year turned out to be abnormally warm. During the day there are above-zero temperatures, snow is melting, streams are flowing. In the north of the region, ice crossings cannot yet be opened, and ice towns cannot be built. People suffering from cardiovascular diseases complain of feeling unwell.

In the program Closer to the point - Oleg Filimonovich Burlevich - Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CJSC LPK "Partner-Tomsk" Oleg Burlevich. The program is hosted by journalist Alexander Krasnoperov, producer of the Rush Hour program Olga Dubrovskaya, and director of the TV2 news agency Sergei Kolotovkin. At the beginning of a long journey - Oleg Filimonovich, “Partner-Tomsk” is one of the few, alas, successful projects that have been implemented in the Tomsk region in recent years.

As the press service of the regional administration reported, nine schools and additional education institutions have become intermunicipal centers for the development of giftedness. According to the terms of the competition organized by the Department of General Education, such centers should be dispersed throughout the region and work with talented children from nearby areas.

The number of industrial zones in the center of Tomsk will be reduced. Corresponding changes will be made to the rules of land use and development in relation to the territory located within the boundaries of Kirov Ave., Komsomolsky Ave., Yeniseiskaya St. and Shevchenko St., reports the press service of the mayor's office. The initiator of changing the industrial purpose of this territory to a public residential zone was one of the owners of land plots in this area.

The Christmas tree market season is open. Today you can buy a New Year tree in the city markets.

Vladimir Putin will propose to deputies and senators to reform the system of municipal government - to abandon mayoral elections and abolish city Dumas, this information was published last week by the Dozhd TV channel, citing its anonymous source. The Chairman of the Legislative Duma of the Tomsk Region, Oksana Kozlovskaya, believes that this should not be done. “In fact, this issue has never left the agenda.

A message that a paraglider was hanging from a tree in the area of ​​the Camp Garden was received by rescuers the day before. As the TV2 news agency was told by the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, at 16:05 an eyewitness contacted the rescuers. At a height of about 15 meters, a man, approximately 30-35 years old, became entangled in the branches. “The man was very confused; it took about two hours to remove him using climbing equipment.

The man was detained at the entrance to the city of Kolpashevo when he was trying to deliver smoking mixtures from Tomsk, the press service of the regional department of the federal drug control service reports. “The details of this operation were worked out very carefully, since the defendant, a 30-year-old native of Kolpashevo, who had previously been convicted of drug trafficking, has professional hand-to-hand combat skills.

The Leninsky District Court of Tomsk announced a verdict against a 21-year-old Tomsk resident who committed theft in a church. “The court found that in October 2013, a young man, while in the narthex of the Epiphany Cathedral, hid under the stairs leading to the second floor.

Today in Tomsk the final volleyball competitions among national teams of boys and girls of general education institutions of the city started for the Health Spartakiad. According to the press service of the mayor's office, the city volleyball final among national teams of youth will be held today and tomorrow in the gymnasium of school No. 4 and on December 20, 23, 24 from 14.30 in gymnasium No. 18. Teams from gymnasiums No. 1, 24, 56, the lyceum at TPU, schools No.