VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
The city was founded in 1636 as a fortress to protect the borders of the Muscovy State from nomad invasions.
From the middle of the 18th century the city developed as a trade and economic centre of the large agricultural region. In 1781, the first development plan and coat of arms of the future city was approved.
The city grew quickly in the 18th century under the leadership of Gavrila Derzhavin. A theatre, a printing house, a public school and Russia's first provincial newspaper Tambovskiye Izvestia appeared in the city, followed by a mathematical school, a seminary, a gymnasium, a public library, the Aleksandrinsky Institute for Young Ladies, a teacher's institute, and a historical and ethnographic museum in the first half of the 19th century. At the end of the 19th century there was intensive construction in the city. New metalwork industrial enterprises and agricultural products processing industries appeared.
Today, Tambov has a population of about 280,000 people, a quarter of the region's total population.
Tambov is the region's cultural centre, boasting four theatres, a concert hall, four museums, an art gallery, 19 municipal libraries and several cinemas and culture centres. It has over 30 cultural, historical and architectural monuments.
