On the basis of the TSU are: Competition Centre grants the Ministry of Education RF on the problems of ecology and environmental protection; The Expert Council of the regional competition of grants RHF and Tomsk Region Administration; Association "Open University of Western Siberia", which unites more than 30 universities in Siberia, the Far East and Kazakhstan.
* TSU widely developing international cooperation with leading educational and research centers, rrealizuet projects for the most prestigious grants from major foundations (Carnegie Corporation of New Eurasia Foundation, MacArthur Foundation CRDF) and the Ministry of Education of RF in the development of both human (open CASE - Interregional Institute of Social Sciences), and physical and mathematical sciences (formed REC - Research and Education Center «Physics and Chemistry of High-Energy Systems"). The projects to 15 grants of the European TEMPUS program with the University of Sheffield, Utrecht and Oxford. TSU professors invited to lecture at Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, the Sorbonne, Heidelberg and other foreign universities.
* TSU - the largest information center, which included scientific library of national importance (4 million copies.), The Federal Resource Center of scientific-methodical, personnel and logistics of the unified educational information environment of the Siberian Federal District, Institute of Distance Education, Tomsk regional teleport.
* Currently, the TSU has developed innovation infrastructure, including education, research, innovation center (29 REC 10 CCU, Interuniversity center of training for the TVZ, and others.), Equipped with the most modern and unique equipment, including the supercomputer SKIF Cyberia, powerful transceiver station of satellite communications (Teleport). The belt of small innovative enterprises TSU includes 28 companies, including 6 companies available under the Federal Law № 217. In 2015, there was the launch of the first Russian enterprise for the production of import-substituting glyoxal, established on the basis of scientific research scientists of TSU.
* In 2015, on the basis of the federal target program "Research and teaching staff" TSU has become a leader among universities in the country, won the largest number - 89 contests.
* The University occupies a prestigious position in the Russian and international rankings. TSU - one of the four universities of the country, members of the TOP-500 international ranking of universities by the magazine «Times».

* Widely known in the country and abroad are winners of national and international competitions - choir, violin ensemble of TSU, jazz band "TSU-62".
* Among the TSU students - members of the Olympic national team, winners of international and Russian competitions. Athletes TSU perform in 20 sports. World renown acquired university club of divers "Scat". As part of the club's 20 world champions, 15 European champions, athletes TSU has more than 30 world and European records.
* Tomsk State University was awarded in 1967 the Order of the Red Banner of Labor,
in 1980 - the Order of the October Revolution,
in 1978 the Order of the Red Banner of Labor awarded the Siberian Physico-Technical Institute TSU: http://history.tsu.ru/

History of Tomsk
Founded as a fort in 1604.

Since 1629 Tomsk given the status of the city, the center of the Siberian region.

Since the XVIII century, the most developed trade, industrial city in Siberia.

In 1726 it added to the Tobolsk province as a district town.

In 1804 Tomsk became the main city of the new province of Tomsk.

Tomsk

Getting laid Tomsk city jail, built in 1604 a detachment of military men. They arrived under the command of Pisemsky and B. Tyrkova from Surgut. For the construction of the prison was chosen place on the right bank of the Tom River, which gave the name of the future city. On three sides this place had natural fortifications, river, wetlands, steep cliff. Fourth, north side strengthened during the construction. The central part of the prison was surrounded by wooden walls with guard towers and entrance gates. On towers were guns and food, there is always carried the guard. Tomsk jail was one of the strongholds for the detachment of Cossacks, heading the future, to the south and east in search of new lands and convenient ways to the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific. Next to the prison quickly formed Posad, Living servitors and Russian immigrants, whose government sent here from Vologda, Look Great, Ustyug and other cities. Prison population has grown rapidly. By 1626 there were more than 500 families, and in 1646 the number rose to 884. Since 1629 Tomsk already had the status of the city, the center of the Siberian region. The settlers received plots of arable land and pastures for cattle and engaged in the fur trade, fishing, various crafts and trade. With the locals have accepted Russian citizenship, immigrants have lived in peace and harmony. The fortress protected them from attacks of nomads, and Russian peasants and artisans introduced native Siberians with previously unknown grain and industrial crops, new crafts and construction methods. Now in Tomsk began to sow rye, wheat, oats, vegetable gardens were cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, onions, radishes and garlic, and of industrial crops cultivated flax and hemp.

In most Russian cities in Siberia with local people to collect tribute, the tax on the royal treasury. We paid tribute in furs. Each family of the hunter handed over 10 sables. So it was in Tomsk, but by the end of the XVII century in place of tribute on the local population has been assigned Yamskaya service for ferry cargo from Tomsk to Tobolsk and back. Together with the Russian Cossacks and archers indigenous Siberians guard duty, went to the military campaigns against the steppe nomads, were "Tolmachev" - translators: http://history.tsu.ru/

The rapid growth of Tomsk began with the end of the 30-ies of the XIX century. In Tomsk and Yenisei province have opened gold mines. Since 1822 Tomsk Civil Governor was at the same time, and chief of the Altai mountain plants in the Tomsk was Mining Office. In the city there are many shops, hotels, luxury villas new kuptsov- "millionaires" began working small industrial enterprises. Increased trading volumes. Goods continuous flow went to Tomsk land and river routes. These leather goods transported from Moscow, Yaroslavl, Kazan. A particular demand was morocco, which sold well in the markets of Central Asia and China. Wide distribution is in Tomsk homespun cloth, axes, knives, locks, scissors, pots and nails.

At the end of the XIX century Tomsk continued to preserve the value of the shopping center in Siberia. In Tomsk province during the year took place more than 60 trade fairs, where the amount of goods sold more than 50 million rubles a year. The growth of trade affects the development of transport. With a weak industry special place in Tomsk held artisans representing 35 different kinds of industries, including izvozny stood in the first place. Quickly developing river transport. By the end of the century on the rivers of Western Siberia there were a more than 100 ships, most of which belonged to the Tomsk companies and merchants. But the development of the shipping company could not satisfy requests rapidly growing trade. In 1891, the Russian government decided to build the Siberian railway. In 1896, Tomsk stretch the railway line. In the city there are railway workshops, which gave rise to the development of heavy industry.

By the beginning of XX century in Tomsk, there were 208 factories. In addition to traditional leather, salotopennyh, candle, brick enterprises in the city are organized by the barrel, furniture, candy production. By the time the Tomsk population of over 25 thousand people, was built 13 thousand houses, of which 6 thousand houses. The city had electric lighting, trams, telephone network. As a commercial and industrial center, Tomsk ahead of all other city Ssibiri. Its value central warehouse Russian Siberian large firms grew with each passing year.

The town became famous scientific and cultural center. In 1888 he opened the first in Tomsk University in Siberia, in 1900. Institute of Technology, Higher Technical school, and then the University for Women. The city has 59 schools, colleges, schools, three public libraries, the theater department of the Moscow Society of Agriculture, urban community gardening, hunting, and promote the physical development of children, the Department of the Russian Musical Society: http://history.tsu.ru/

Events 1917 revolution brought major changes in the life of the city: emerged from the underground political parties began to form trade unions, and any new controls act - the Committee of public order and security, Tomsk provincial People's Assembly, and then - the Soviet of Workers 'and Soldiers' Deputies. In December 1917 in Tomsk it was established Bolshevik government, but almost at the same time the city began to gather anti-Soviet forces. Since the summer of 1918, Tomsk was a place of formation and training parts of the White Army, stationed military hospitals. Tomsk intellectuals and bourgeois layers of the population supported the White movement, but in December 1919 in Tomsk Soviet power was restored, turned conversion in management, economics, society and culture along socialist lines.

While in 1920 the center of the province (later - districts), Tomsk and then lost administrative value, and restored it only in 1944, when there was the establishment of the Tomsk region. Being on the side of the socialist industrialization, the city practically did not grow industrially. For a long time it remained a city of universities, but it did not provide him a tolerable existence. The material difficulties of life were compounded by government policies. The repression against citizens, which began immediately after the establishment of Soviet power, have caused irreparable damage to the city.

However, during the Great Patriotic War Tomsk was able to accept and accommodate up to 50 thousand people were evacuated from the war zones, a few dozen industrial enterprises, educational, scientific and cultural institutions. There are many hospitals working on the front to send several large military formations.

During the war, clearly manifested a sense of patriotism, self-sacrifice in the name of Tomic victory over the enemy. On defense needs work as part of the country's first public committee of scientists from Tomsk prominent researchers and - VD Kuznetsov, AG Savinykh, DD Yablokov, B. Tokin, NI Kartashov, M. Korovin, V. Kessenikh. After a violent overthrow of the religion, the closure and destruction of almost all the temples of Tomsk at the end of the war and after it opened Trinity and St. Peter and Paul Church: http://history.tsu.ru/