The monument to the wives of the Decembrists, installed in the Square of the Decembrists, tells about the selfless feat of 11 women who followed their husbands into exile in distant and harsh Siberia.

From 1834 to 1859, 15 Decembrists were exiled in Tobolsk: N. A. Chizhov, M. A. Fonvizin, S. G. Krasnokutsky, A. P. Baryatinsky, V. I. Shteingel, the Bobrishchev-Pushkin brothers, P. N. Svistunov, I. A. Annenkov, S. M. Semenov, F. B. Wolf, A. M. Muravyov, V. K. Kuchelbecker, A. N. Muravyov, F. M. Bashmakov.

The fate of two of the eleven Decembrists – N. D. Fonvizina and P. E. Annenkova-is connected with Tobolsk. Thanks to Natalia Dmitrievna Fonvizina and Praskovya Yegorovna Annenkova, their homes in Tobolsk became the centers of the city’s cultural life, where musical and literary evenings were held.