Tip 1: How to get to Tomsk

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Tip 1: How to get to Tomsk

Tomsk is a fairly large Russian city,located in the territory of Siberia and the river Tom. It is the center of the eponymous region, and also an important agricultural, scientific and industrial city. According to the beginning of 2014, the population of Tomsk was 557.179 thousand people, it was founded in 1604.

Geographical position

The area occupied by Tomsk is 294.6square kilometers, so the area of the population of one territorial unit of the city is 1.891 thousand people. The difference between the capital of the Tomsk region and Moscow is 3 hours. The city is a part of the UTC + 7 zone, while the Russian capital is in UTC + 4. The location of Tomsk in the West Siberian Plain and the Kuznetsk Alatau Trough is one of the peculiarities of Tomsk's geographical location. Approximately 50 kilometers from the city, the Tom River flows into the more abundant Ob. The natural zone, which includes Tomsk - taiga, and near the city there are forests and marshes, as well as small forest-steppes. Tomsk is united in one city agglomeration with the city of Seversky, which is located near the capital of the region and used to be a closed settlement called " Tomsk-7 ".

How to get to Tomsk

Not far from the city there is an airportGolovino, from which regular communication is established not only with Moscow and St. Petersburg, but also with Surgut, Novosibirsk, Barnaul, Yekaterinburg, Nizhnevartovsk and even other countries popular with tourists - Egypt, Vietnam, Turkey, Thailand and others. This message greatly facilitates the way to popular vacation spots for Russians, since they do not have to fly first to Moscow, and then to the resorts. From Yaroslavsky station of the Russian capital to Tomsk, the train 038H "Tomich", which, however, will follow to the final station is quite a long time - 55:09 hours. Other railway routes from Moscow have not yet been opened. If you need to get to Tomsk with the help of JSC Russian Railways, but already from St. Petersburg, you will first have to get to the capital, and then just go from the Leningradsky Station to Yaroslavsky, where you will transfer to the next train. Direct communication between the two cities has not yet been opened. If you want to come to Tomsk by car, you will need to be stocked with time and patience, as the distance between the two cities is 3,500 kilometers that will run through Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary , Kazan, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Omsk and Novosibirsk, as well as near the Russian border with Kazakhstan. From the capital it will be necessary to first leave the highway Enthusiasts, then onto the M77 highway, after on the M7, then on the M5, then on the P254, A1, M51, then again on the P254 and P255.

Tip 2: How to go to Kazakhstan

Russia and Kazakhstan have developedwarm relations, and Russians can visit the neighboring country in a visa-free regime. However, at the same time, Russian citizens entering Kazakhstan will need to have a number of documents with them.

You will need

- Passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation (birth certificate);
- Passport (optional);
- diplomatic passport (if available);
- Seaman's passport (if necessary);
- service passport (if necessary);
- certificate of the possibility of return to the territory of the Russian Federation.

Instructions

Russia is among the 12 states, residentswhich, according to an international agreement, can use visa-free entry to Kazakhstan. There is a separate register of documents that Russians need to prepare in advance in order to enter the territory of the neighboring state. According to the latest agreements between the two countries, Russians can enter Kazakhstan with both a foreign passport and an internal Russian passport. In the event that a Russian travels to the territory of a neighboring country for a working purpose, he may need additional documents: a diplomatic and service passport, a seaman's passport, and a certificate that allows him to return to the territory of the Russian Federation. Most often, the registration of these documents is handled by the company in which the potential traveler is working.

You can fly to Kazakhstan by plane, dailyfrom Russia a large number of airliners go there. For example, you can fly to the capital of Kazakhstan - Astana, from Moscow, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Omsk, Orenburg, Krasnoyarsk. Every day the airports of Astana, Almaty, Balkhash and Pavlodar take flights not only from capitals, but also from Kazan, Samara, Grozny and other Russian cities. At the same time the cost of air travel is quite low, which is important for the traveler.

Kazakhstan has 11 butt railpoints with Russia, as it borders on it not only in the north, but also in the west. So, you can go to Kazakhstan from Moscow by train №007 "Moscow-Alma-Ata", and also by passenger trains №072 "Moscow-Astana" and №084 "Moscow-Karaganda". These trains follow through Ryazan, Syzran, Ufa and Chelyabinsk. One of the directions of the Russian railway network passes through the city of Petropavlovsk, geographically belonging to Kazakhstan. This city can be reached by train from Novosibirsk, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Omsk, Ekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Severobaikalsk, Anapa, Tomsk, Penza and many other cities.

Finally, you can go to Kazakhstan with the help ofpersonal motor transport, since bus intercity communication between Russian and Kazakh cities at the moment is functioning with serious interruptions. The nearest border car points between Russia and Kazakhstan are near Omsk, Samara and Chelyabinsk. Extending from Samara, you need to go to the highway M32. If the traveler leaves for Kazakhstan from Omsk, he needs to use the A320 route. Moving from Chelyabinsk, you should drive along the A310. It is worth noting that the distance from Omsk to the border and from Chelyabinsk to the border is the same, it is 150 kilometers.