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The main reference point in city is Voskresenskaya church - an architectural dominant of the historical centre of Tomsk - on Voskresenskoj mountain 
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 Tomsk is the religious centre of Siberia. The last century on one townspeople in Tomsk more churches, than in all Asian Russia were necessary.
 Tomsk for the Bogoyavlenskoy, Voskresenskoy,Petropavlovskoy, the Altay churches, a cathedral of the Sacred Trinity - the reduced copy of the Temple of the Christ of the Savior in Moscow and other constructions is well-known. Now many spiritual relics of Tomsk are restored and come back the believer.
 The structure of any cult construction is deeply individual and reflects performance of people about the world.


One of the most interesting temple constructions of Tomsk is Voskresenskaya the church located on Voskresenskoj mountain. The mountain has received the name from the first cut down here founders of Tomsk Churches  "in a name of Revival Christ"  in 1622. The first wooden Voskresenskoj the temple stood to the east of stone, on 
Territories former to the Virgin - Uspenskogo a man's onastery (it is abolished in 1626), based by the first bishop Tobolsk Kiprian. The building of church not once burned and by the end of century finally  Has decayed. On an example of other Tomsk temples, in 1789 the bookmark was held  The base of a new two-storeyed stone building of a temple. Was under construction Church with 1789 on 1807 on means of parishioners. Church erected Egor  Domonevskiy and Peter Baranov. (it is sometimes erroneous builders of church Ivan Karpov and Ivan Nedomolvin) refer to as. The bottom altar of a temple in The name of Revival God was consecrated October, 18, 1803. The top limit  In name Uspenya - Presvyatoy of the Virgin was consecrated June, 16, 1807 (in Memory of the Virgin - Uspenskom a monastery).It is known, that October, 5, ( 17 ) 1858 in church wedding was held The known public figure banished to Tomsk, the philosopher, the theorist Michael Aleksandrovicha Bakunina's anarchism with Tomsk noblewoman Antoninoy Ksaverevnoy Kvyatkovskoy. On ceremony was present in quality confessor the father close relative Bakunina The general - governor of Eastern Siberia of columns Nikolay Nikolaevich Ant - Amur. In 1892 at church guardianship about poor was open. In 1894-1895  On means of a Tomsk merchant of Paul Borisovicha Shumilova and churchwarden Alexey Evgrafovicha Kuhterina the top floor of church was It is repaired. It is known, that the temple was cold and was not heated. Now furnaces for heating the top limit of church here were established, And services it was possible message the year round. In the bottom limit church Services began only with Easter holidays. Besides were  Icons are again copied and the iconostasis is reconstructed. Thus to belltower with The western party the closed ladder - vestibule conducting on was attached The second floor of a building.   In 1896 at a temple the school for boys has opened parish school and Girls, a building for which have constructed also Kuhterin. Contained School on means of advice of Tomsk female Eparchial school and Donations of merchant Innokenty Evgrafovich Kuhterin. Since 1892 at Churches guardianship about poor operated. To the west of a temple, at edge of breakage, was raise low bell tower on  Stone support for 1000 poods bells, was found in 1896 on  To the initiative of a Tomsk merchant of Andrey Afanas'evicha Vasil'eva who has lent on Melt of a bell of three thousand roubles silver. The bell was found  in honour Holding May, 14, ( 26 ) 1896 crownings of king Nikolay II and empresses Alexander Fedorovny. Tomsk  was made on Well-known bell factory Olovyanishnikova in Yaroslavl also it is delivered To Tomsk in second half of November, 1896 by rail and sleigh-road. The bell of 1005 poods of 35 pounds, i.e. approximately 17 tons (16. 640 weighed  Kg.), cost more than 18 thousand roubles also was the third on size in  Siberia, after Irkutsk and Tobolsk. December, 19, ( 30 ) 1897 a bell Was lifted on a belfry, and December, 21, 1897 (January, 1, 1898) above Tomsk The first was distributed deep-voices bells the giant.A.A.Vasil'ev more than once helped Voskresenskoy to church money, endowing  The big sums for needs of a temple. For merits before church Vasil'ev,  Dyed 31 (November, 11) October, 1898, was buried in a fencing  Voskresenskoy churches where the tomb and gravestone till now was kept  Marble slab contributors bells. According to the will, Vasil`ev  Has left fifteen thousand roubles for the benefit of Voskresenskoy churches and three Thousand for Voznesenskoy churchyard. The big cross on church Was bought on Irbitskoy to fair by merchant Innokentiem  Evgrafovich Kuhterin in 1897. In 1906 in church participant I of world War (with 1914 - 1917 got married ), the creator of female battalions of death Maria Bochkareva.  Tragical for Voskresenskoy churches began the twentieth and thirtieth years XX centuries. So, according to the certificate of the provincial commission on withdrawal church Values from April, 5, 1922 from Voskresenskoy churches the part was withdrawn  Silver church utensils big and small crosses, candlesticks, Censer, icon lamps etc. Then, under the order of Advice of national commissioners of the USSR  "give the alarm" which was accepted in October, 1923, in the beginning of January 1930 Year well-known Tomsk "czar-bell" was dumped with bell tower and divider on parts, and pieces are taken in iron-foundry and  metal workshop-mechanical factory "Rebublic" on remelting (former Foundry workshops of a merchant of Ivanov, now Open Society "Pushkinskoe"). In this To year it was disassembled also itself bell tower,.  The order of Tomsk city council from May, 25, 1936 should  To be liquidated Nikol`skaya, Petropavlovskaya and Voskresenskaya churches. So-called orders of voters recommended City council To use Voskresensaya church under a cinema, a factory "Republic",  Flour-grinding combine, zoo veterinary technical school. November, 3, 1936. Voskresenskaya the church was closed. In 1937 attempt was undertaken Destructions of church. But only church fencing was demolished. At the end of 30 years in church there was a garage for machines, then  granary. In 40th years in building Voskresenskoy of church it was placed The central state archive of RSFSR of the Far East.  The Soviet government, being afraid of threat of an attack of Japan on Distant The east, the decision on translation of archives Khabarovsk and Seaside has made Edges, in part the Chita area to Tomsk. Documents from Vladivostok  Acted in 1935, 1941 and 1942. So, in August, 1943, in Tomsk was The Central state archive of RSFSR of the Far East is created. Originally the archive settled down in a building of a former pawnshop (street. To. Marks, 26), and later, in premise Voskresenskoy of church, where and  The basic part of his funds was placed. The archive of the Far East borrowed  Both floors. 
Now the church requires under repair and restoration, Due to the Internet the opportunity to receive the donation has appeared with The help the Internet of technologies.
All who would like and might render the feasible financial help, let even in the small size, may translate means in the help of repair and restoration of church on purse WebMoney - This kind of translation is more convenient and less labour-consuming. 

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