Tobolsk Rayon Administration Building

Western Siberia


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 journey to execution in Yekaterinburg. It's now a museum of legal studies, which is just as exciting as it sounds.


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