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NOVOSIBIRSK
The capital of Siberia
The
1.5-million Novosibirsk is the third largest city of Russia and the chief
city of Western Siberia.
Born
in 1893 on the great Siberian river Ob it officially became a town in
1903. After from the tome of its foundation and until 1926, Novosibirsk
was called Novonikolayevsk. In 1926, "by the demand of the
people", it was given the new name Novosibirsk ("New
Siberia").
Novosibirsk is city that prides itself on size: it is the third-largest
city in Russia (the biggest city of the East of the Urals), has the
biggest railway station along the trans-Siberian route, the biggest
library in Siberia, and the biggest opera/ballet theater in all of Russia
- even bigger than Moscow's Bolshoy Theater. The red-brick Cathedral of
St. Alexander Nevsky, while not the biggest, is considered one of the
finest existing examples of pure Russian Orthodox architecture. In 1943, 
the
Academy of Sciences opened up its Siberian branch in Novosibirsk, which signaled
the beginning of the city's transformation into the educational hub of
Siberian Russia. The majority of research Institutes are clustered in
Academgorodok, 30 km
south of Novosibirsk. At its height, Academgorodok was home to 65,000
scientists and their families, and was a privileged area to live in, with
well-stocked stores and dachas for the academic elite.
Even now, when Soviet times have gone and new Russia suffers from difficult economical crisis, Novosibirsk keeps economical stability and usual Russian hospitality for its guests. New private business helps the city to grow and year by year it becomes more and more beautiful and attractive to tourists from all over the world.
Visit
Novosibirsk and enjoy Siberian hospitality by yourself!
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