Novosibirsk Facts for Kids

The recently completed second-tallest building of Novosibirsk, nicknamed "BlueTooth", "Batman", "Plug", etc.

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The flag

Novosibirsk (Russian:Новосиби́рск , pronounced) is Russia's third largest city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast. It is also the largest city in Siberia and the administrative center of Siberian Federal District. It is in the southwest of this district.

It was founded in 1893 as the future site of the Trans-Siberian railway bridge crossing the great Siberian river Ob. Its importance further increased early in the 20th century with the completion of the Turkestan-Siberia Railway connecting Novosibirsk to Central Asia and the Caspian Sea.

City name may be translated as New Siberian. From 1893 until 1925 Novosibirsk was called Novonikolayevsk.

The city lies along the Ob River in the West Siberian Plain. To the south is the Ukok Plateau part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site entitled Golden Mountains of Altai. The climate is sharply continental, with very severe, cold and snowy winters and hot and dry summers. Temperatures in summer range from 10 to 30 °C (50...85 °F), in winter -5 to -25 °C (20...-10 °F), but can reach -45 °C (-50 °F) in winter and 35 °C (95 °F) in summer. The difference between the highest and the lowest temperature is 83 °C (181 °F). Most of the time the weather is sunny, with an average of 2880 hours of sunshine per year.

Industries include machine manufacturing and metallurgy. It is the home of one of Novosibirsk State University (situated in nearby Akademgorodok), a number of institutes and a scientific research center. Novosibirsk boasts opera and ballet companies, several theaters, museums, and art galleries, and numerous sports facilities.

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The administrative building of Novosibirsk Oblast
Bugrinsky Bridge on the Ob River
Tolmachevo Airport
Novosibirsk-Glavny railway station
Trains at Novosibirsk-Glavny railway station
Bandy at Sibselmash Stadium
Spartak Stadium and city surroundings
Airphoto of Akademgorodok
Novosibirsk Zoo in 2015
Novosibirsk Children's railway
Marshal Pokryshkin metro station
BKM-60103 tram
71-623 (UKVZ) tram
Tatra KT4DM tram
Trolza-5265 low-floor trolleybus
MAZ-103 low-entry bus
Waterbus Moskva type on the Ob
Ford Transit marshrutka
Siberian State Transport University
Novosibirsk State Agricultural University
Novosibirsk State Technical University, Main Building
Siberian State University of Water Transport
Novosibirsk State Conservatory named after M.I. Glinka
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics
Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Technopark in Akademgorodok
Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre
Novosibirsk State Drama Theatre "Old House"
Novosibirsk Academic Youth Theatre "Globe"
Novosibirsk State Academic Drama Theatre "Red Torch"
Novosibirsk Musical Theatre
Philharmonic Chamber Hall of the Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Society

Novosibirsk facts for kids

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