Tyumen is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River 2,500 kilometers east of Moscow. Tyumen was the first Russian settlement in Siberia.
Tyumen, 2012 documentary about the city
It’s in Russian. Scenery and amazing architecture, modern and traditional Russian architecture of 18-19 centuries. The history museum of Siberia, with perfectly preserved skeletons of mammoth and other prehistoric animals. Also, a Tyumen Art Museum with its unique collection of XVIII – XIX century Russian portraits.
Tyumen Aerial View
Churches of Tyumen
Mosques of Tyumen
Riding horses in Tyumen
Wow, what a beautiful place, this seems very Russian……
I loved especially the light and those simple mosques ( Allah is everywhere ).
What surprised me was the color of the river, like blood, perhaps iron industry in the area?
Also, I was wondering if that little and strong horses are a breed from this area. Here in the Basque Country we also have a native breed of short strong horses called “Pottoka”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loeg376mXlQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4biQAdx-ss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ2apX1kEqY
Could it be that the horse riding in Tyumen is an school activity? I wonder since the children are drawing while waiting.
Hi, elsi
It’s most likely a Yakutian horse, sometimes called the Yakut horse. This is one of the most ancient breeds of horses. They have existed since times when mammoths lived in Siberia.
http://konovod.com/index.php?id=1079
It seems to be a new airport in Tyumen, plus others in other locations and expansion of existing and other new infrastructure: “(…) This year will also see the opening of new airport terminals in Tyumen (Roshchino airport), Volgograd, and Kaliningrad, and a new airport will open in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky after large-scale reconstruction.(…)” Making it easy to travel more in less time!
Also: “(…)The main task is to provide tourists with high quality and affordable holiday options(…)” Great!
And so on: “(…)There is still a lot we could do to develop the high tourism season’s full potential. To do this, we are working on promoting various additional forms of tourism, in particular, health resorts, sports, cultural and educational tourism, and also eco-tourism, ethno-tourism and other tourism activities(…)” Super cool! Just what I like!
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/51436
Hi Scott: I would go all the way to the East, near the Chinese border!
“I’m loving it”
Thanks, Martin
next I will post about Yamal peninsula, and an international sea port that doesn’t even exist on the maps yet.
The aerial view looks like a preview of some new “Sim City” type of computer game with the music and lack of heavy traffic.
Ah, a happy city. I needed that. It might be a fanciful idea but don’t poke holes in the dream.
I’m leaving soon for a cafe sort of like the one here, only it’s inside in the house of a retired psychiatrist who has been having a weekly get-together for years. The kitchen + living room has a wood floor, gas fire place, movie screen in a corner for Thursday night meetings, a red neon heart in the window and a lamp post light outside.
We talk about one topic of interest. It provides a nice companion to our virtual Moveable Feast Cafe. The fare is popcorn and juice afterwards rather than the full course of thought food provided here.
I was over at the latest Saker salon but got intimidated by the heavy hitters so came here where it’s lighter and safer. I’m glad we have the clean-up batters so a bat boy like me can enjoy a front row seat without the mortal danger of fast ball pitchers or a line drive down third.
I hope I dream tonight about the happiest city in Russia and that I’m the happiest one there next to you.
Dennis, you are always welcome here.
A great Russian doctor, a pure genius, Zurab Kekelidze said once that we can’t begin our every morning with the news about a war next door. If we do, we are at risk to develop a posttraumatic stress disorder that might never go away. To add a little good news, humor and clean fun to our daily dose of war, I’ve started posting these short entertaining videos of Russia.
I am really glad that you like them.
I agree with the Russian doctor Scott mentioned above and I really enjoy videos of Russian cities.
Re Yakutian horses, here are some more beautiful photographs
http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/f0030-colder-than-the-north-pole-but-winter-is-still-fun-for-some/
And an interesting theory about their origin. Supposedly true native horses became extinct at roughly the same time as the woolly mammoth and rhinoceros also died out, finally disappearing around 5,000 years ago.
Researchers say today Yakutian horses, which seem so well attuned to the harsh cold with thick, dense winter coats, their armour against temperatures of minus 70C (minus 94F), are incomers that only arrived in these parts within the last 800 years. Yet during that time, the requirement to survive has seen a quick-fire – almost overnight in relative terms – evolution by this species of horse.
http://siberiantimes.com/home/sent-to-siberia/truly-amazing-scientific-discovery-on-adaptation-of-yakutian-horses-to-cold/
I like this post, and would like to see more like it. Russia to the east of Moscow is very unknown to me.