Judging by the number of funny monuments in the capital of the Tomsk region, only the sculptors with an unusual sense of humor were exiled to Tomsk under the tsar and during the Soviet rule.

The Monument of Happiness

He depicts the wolf figure from the famous cartoon "Once upon a time," where this hero, having eaten bounty from the master's table, pronounces the famous phrase: "Right now I'll sing!" "It is she who is engraved on a metal plate under the monument. It is interesting that the wolf has an electronic stuffing and when you press the button it gives out one of eight citations from the cartoon. It is rumored that immediately after installation, the scheme from the monument was stolen. But they were restored, and now the video camera watches over the sight.

Monument to the fan

On the bench of the Tomsk stadium Work in the fourth sector 24 hours a day, in any weather, the fan sits. Only not real, but bronze. In his hand he has a newspaper, and on his face uncovered experiences of the game. Only where he is looking, because the monument to the players on the field of that stadium has not yet been established.

Monument to the baby in a cabbage

Tomichi decided to prove that the children are still taken from vegetables. Therefore, probably, they installed a monument of giant cabbage opposite the city hospital. Being approximately by the shoulders of an adult person, this object represents the corresponding vegetable from which the baby appears. Whether this object influences the birth rate, it is not known, but it adds to the optimism of the townspeople. The sculpture is made of red stone. The weight of the boy is one and a half tons, and the height is 60 cm.

Monument to Anton Chekhov

The provocative and ironic portrayal of the Russian writer immediately after the erection became objects of bitter controversy. Someone likes a banter over a satirist and a humorist, and someone thinks that this sculpture offends the memory of the classic. To evaluate the monument with your own eyes and to come to one opinion is possible if you go to the embankment of the city, opposite the restaurant "Slavianski Bazaar."

Monument to the lover

But not the lover who regularly appears on the covers of women's novels, and then , which flaunts on collections of anecdotes and cheap crossword puzzles. Although the monument was removed, very soon it will be possible to mediate a fat peasant in the family members, who are clinging to the balcony with the last force, they are going to install him somewhere on the city street.

Monument to house slippers

A small monument set up near the hotel " Tomsk. " Apparently, this is how the city residents try to tell the guests of the Tomsk region that they feel at home. You can admire the monument and hotel in Tomsk at 65 Kirova Ave.