The southern square is one of the main squares of Tomsk .
| South Square | |
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| Area | Kirovsky district |
Streets of Krasnoarmeyskaya , Prevokzalnaya, 19th Guards Division, Mokrushin, Bogashevsky and Kolarovsky tracts converge on the square. All buildings and structures located on the square are assigned to these streets.
South Square is a major interchange hub; the routes of several city buses, trams No. 2, 2A, and 4, trolleybus No. 3 end on the square, there are a trolleybus and tram ring.
In the area of the square there are educational buildings and dormitories of Tomsk universities: TUSUR, TSU , etc.
The coastal slope of the Tom River within the boundaries of the city of Tomsk from the South Square to the village of Anikino by the decision of the City Council of Tomsk dated June 7, 2011 No. 158 was declared a specially protected natural area of local significance [1] [ significance of fact? ] .
By the name of the square, the entire surrounding area is called South. On neighboring streets are famous institutions in Tomsk that have the word "Yuzhny" in the name: auto center, pharmacy, library, etc. . Sometimes Transport Square is confused with the South, located 200 m to the north-west along Krasnoarmeyskaya Street, at the junction of Nakhimov and Elizarovy Streets .
History
In 1895, at the crossing near South Square, the beginning of the construction of the railway from Taiga station to Tomsk was consecrated [2] .
In 1966, it was connected by tram service to the Tomsk-1 station and the Camp Garden . Later, the tram route to the Camp Garden was dismantled.
After the opening of the new Tomsk airport Bogashevo on November 6, 1967, the following traffic flows to the airport and through the square passed.
In 1989-1990, between the South Square and the village of Anikino, the archaeologist A. Gaman excavated an archaeological site with a thickness of the cultural layer of 6.7 meters, saturated with coals, calcined and calcined bones, chopped horse bones and fragments of a wooden log house [3] [ significance of fact? ] .
Notes
Links
- South Square on the map of Tomsk
- Photos of South Square on the Panorama website
- South Square. Photo retrospective (inaccessible link from 15-01-2015 [1672 days])