Since childhood, Gene Green dreamed of learning the Russian language and getting to know the distant, mysterious and, as many in America said, hostile Russia. After many years, half of which he served in the US Army, Gene decided to make his childhood dream come true. Now he lives in Tomsk, learns Russian and gets acquainted with Russians.

Tom lost three opening games in a row. On Saturday, July 21, in a home match, she lost to the first division debutant, Nizhny Novgorod Olympian. On the one hand, of course, you can take comfort in statistical data: in the first match of the tournament, the Tomsk team conceded four goals, in the second - three, in the third - two... If you make an arithmetic progression, then in the next match "Tom" will concede only one goal, and in the fifth - none.

Four volunteers from Alexei Navalny’s headquarters ended up in police custody on Sunday, July 23. As the head of the Tomsk headquarters, Alena Khlestunova, told TV2, they were taken to the department to check documents and establish identities. Volunteers went to Melnikovo to introduce village residents to the activities of the headquarters and tell them about Navalny.

The air temperature in August in the Tomsk region will be around normal. In the east of the region it will be about 1 degree colder than usual. This preliminary forecast was made by weather forecasters, according to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Tomsk Region. The average monthly air temperature in August is expected to be around +12…+17 degrees. This corresponds to the climate norm. In the east of the region it will be 1 degree colder.

On July 22, in the Tomsk district, as part of the blacksmith's holiday, the regional beard and mustache championship was held. Participants showed their stubble, mustache and measured the size of the beard.

On Sunday, July 23, residents of the Nauka microdistrict again came out to a rally at which they demanded gasification of their microdistrict. Earlier, the regional administration invited them to the negotiating table and residents of Nauka canceled one of the planned rallies. On July 2, at the request of the regional authorities, we canceled the rally.

On July 22, the sixth Interregional festival-competition “Feast of the Blacksmith” was held in the village of Semiluzhki, Tomsk region. 13 blacksmiths from three regions came to compete in their skills: Altai Territory, Novosibirsk and Tomsk regions. The youngest participant was 8-year-old Lyuda Biletskaya from Belokurikha. She took part in the competition with her mother Anna. Anna Biletskaya is participating in the festival for the second year in a row.

The Tomsk region was in 79th place among Russian regions in terms of frequency of visits by foreign tourists. Such data was published by the magazine “Rest in Russia” in July 2017. Less often than Tomsk, foreigners visit the Republics of Adygea, North Ossetia-Alania, Ingushetia, Tyva, Nenets and Chukotka Autonomous Okrugs. Regions are ranked by the number of overnight stays of foreigners in hotels, hotels, holiday homes, etc., in each of the regions of Russia.

Tomsk police conducted a raid during which they searched the streets of the city for drivers whose vehicles were equipped with an exhaust system that did not meet the Russian state standard. Because of this, cars and motorcycles become too noisy and disturb residents. The press service of the Tomsk Region Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that complaints about “loud” vehicles moving along the city streets are received throughout the motorcycle season.