Standing in Skver Rubtsova (Rubtsov Gardens) which overlooks the River Sukhona is a statue of the Russian poet Nikolai Rubtsov.  This statue was erected in Totma as Rubtsov spent the early years of his life at a children's home in the Totma District from 1943 to 1950 and then went on to study in Totma itself from 1950 to 1952.  The statue depicts Rubtsov sat on a bench and is the work of the well-known sculptor Vyacheslav Klykov.