I live in a small Siberian town (population is over 1000000 persons) in Russia. As any small Siberian town Omsk has its artists. These artists paint that they can see. Because they can see my small Siberian town only, they draw it. The best time in Omsk is Spring. All town blooms and smells sweet. Next you could be fried in summer. Autumn is a very sad time... And winter...
The Assumption Cathedral Uspensky Cathedral in Omsk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_Cathedral,_Omsk is one of the largest churches in Siberia. The first stone of a new church was laid by Tsesarevich Nicholas during his journey across Siberia in 1891 Emperor Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsarevich of Russia --- Prince Nicholas's attacker Tsuda Sanzō The Ōtsu incident (Japanese: 大津事件 Hepburn: Ōtsu Jiken) was a failed assassination attempt on Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (later Emperor Nicholas II of Russia) on 11 May [O.S. 29 April] 1891, during his visit to Japan as part of his eastern journey. Tsesarevich Nicholas went to Far Eastern Russia for ceremonies in Vladivostok marking the start of construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. On his way (by sea) he made an official visit to Japan. The Russian Pacific Fleet with the Tsesarevich stopped in Kagoshima, then Nagasaki, and then Kobe. From Kobe, the Tsesarevich journeyed overland to Kyoto, where he was met by a delegation headed by Prince Arisugawa Taruhito. This was the first visit by such an important foreign prince to Japan since Prince Heinrich of Prussia in 1880 and two British princes in 1881, and the military influence of the Russian Empire was growing rapidly in the Far East. So the Japanese government placed heavy emphasis on using this visit to foster better Russo-Japanese relations. Nicholas showed interest in the Japanese traditional crafts, got a dragon tattoo on his right arm,[1] and bought an ornamental hairpin for a Japanese girl who happened to be near him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ōtsu_incident
This is a really interesting temple. He was blown at 1935. When I was a boy, I was seeing instead the temple this: In 2007 this cathedral was restored. Now it looks like this: As for this church This is a very young temple. It was built in 2001. It has a very sad story. In fact, this Church looks like this.
