was built at the beginning of the 20th century according to the design of the moscow architect lev kekushevshev. the history of tambov is almost 400 years. the city was founded in 1636 as a military fortress by roman babarykin as a stronghold of the moscow state in the wild field area. an earthen rampart has been preserved around the city, part of the defensive structures of the 16th century to protect against raids by nomads. they had hand-held firearms, in the prisons they even had hidden caves, this is such an average weapon between cannons and a rifle; in principle , they could hold the defense of this area for quite a long time until help arrived. in the middle of the 16th century, these fortifications were also supplemented, then there was a ditch in front of the rampart. in front of the ditch there were wooden gouges, inside the ditch they also made a fence, a spike with sharp logs, six meters high, 4 m above the surface, two down. they stood like this, that is, if the enemy approached the fortification line, he would come across gouges, they had to be pulled apart somehow, then the