Archangel Mikhail Church

Western Siberia


The attractive Archangel Mikhail Church has a colourfully restored interior. The character of Tatiana Larina in Pushkin’s epic Eugene Onegin is said to have been modelled on Natalya Fonvizina, a Decembrist wife who prayed here.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Western Siberia attractions

1. Kornilov Mansion

0.21 MILES

The grand Kornilov Mansion, named after a 19th-century statesman and philanthropist, is closed while being converted into a museum dedicated to the…

2. Tobolsk Rayon Administration Building

0.24 MILES

Less eye-catching than the Kornilov Mansion opposite, the Tobolsk Rayon Administration Building was the home-in-exile of the last tsar, before his fateful…

6. Deputy’s Palace Museum

0.39 MILES

Tobolsk's best museum, and indeed one of the best museums in Siberia, occupies a beautiful 18th-century former administration on the southwestern edge of…

7. Arkhiereysky Mansion

0.4 MILES

The elegant Arkhiereysky Mansion was closed for renovations on our last visit and will eventually be reopened as an Orthodox history museum.

8. Pryamskoy Vzvoz

0.4 MILES

Wooden stairs lead beneath the kremlin’s Pryamskoy Vzvoz (gatehouse) to the wonderfully dilapidated old town full of weather-beaten churches and angled…

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "russia/siberia/tobolsk/attractions/archangel-mikhail-church/a/poi-sig/1126386/360543",
      "destination": "Western-Siberia",
      "continent": "Europe",
      "country": "Russia",
      "region": "Western-Siberia",
      "position": "superzone"
    }