TOMSK, May 25 – RIA Tomsk. The Tomsk region could cooperate with Estonia in respect of experience exchange on preservation of monuments of wooden architecture, and also in the sphere of the higher education and culture, the head of the region Sergey Zhvachkin reported at the meeting with Estonian ambassador Arti Hilpus.
The ambassador of Estonia works in Tomsk on May 24-27. Meeting with the head of the region, visit higher education institutions and museums of Tomsk, and also a trip to the Estonian villages of Beryozovka and Liliyengofk are in the program of his visit.
"Our pride is historical Tomsk. People call our city the Siberian Athens and therefore that there are a strong education and monuments of architecture. I accepted delegation of architects from Tallinn, we have agreed about further cooperation. You have a wide experience on preservation of wooden architecture. We are ready to use the experience", – Zhvachkin told.
According to him, the Tomsk authorities also support exchange of experience on creation and development of systems of the electronic government – the online services supporting work of administration and state institutions. Besides, they hope for cooperation in the sphere of the higher education. Also, according to the governor, development of cultural ties is possible."Tomsk was the capital of Siberia for 250 years, we have a multinational structure – 120 nationalities, including Estonians. <…> Within the visit you will see Beryozovka, we celebrate Jani (Estonian holiday), on June 23 for about 25 years there. You will see the preparation there. <…> We have remarkable holidays – axe Holiday, Etudes of the North. Come", - the governor invited.
In turn Hilpus thanked the Tomsk governor for a highly topical program and an opportunity to visit the Estonian villages. "For me it is the first visit of such scale in Russia – I have arrived to Moscow only in September of last year. <…> It is necessary to communicate with all regions of Russia. It is the first time for me in Tomsk and in Siberia. One of main goals is a meeting with our fellow countrymen living in the Tomsk region", – he noted.