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Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk is the largest city in Siberia, Russia, and the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast and the Siberian Federal District. It lies on the Ob River, roughly midway along the Trans-Siberian Railway, and serves as a major economic, scientific, cultural, and transportation hub. The city has about 1.6 million residents, making it the third-most populous city in Russia after Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Novosibirsk was founded in 1893 as a settlement named Novo-Nikolayevsk-on-the-Ob to support the construction of the

The economy is diverse, with strength in machine building, metallurgy, chemical industry, food processing, and services.

Culturally, Novosibirsk features the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, a large philharmonic, museums, theatres, and the

Transport links include a major railway junction on the Trans-Siberian line and Tolmachevo International Airport. The

Trans-Siberian
Railway.
It
grew
rapidly
as
the
railway
terminal
and
regional
center
and
was
renamed
Novosibirsk
in
1926.
In
the
1950s
the
science
town
of
Akademgorodok
was
established
nearby
by
the
Soviet
Academy
of
Sciences,
fostering
prominent
research
institutions
and
universities.
The
city
is
also
an
important
center
for
science
and
higher
education,
hosting
Novosibirsk
State
University,
several
technical
and
medical
universities,
and
numerous
institutes
of
the
Siberian
Branch
of
the
Russian
Academy
of
Sciences.
large
Novosibirsk
Zoo.
Akademgorodok
remains
a
distinct
university
town
with
many
research
institutes
and
student
housing.
city
experiences
a
humid
continental
climate,
with
long
cold
winters
and
warm,
sometimes
hot
summers;
average
temperatures
range
from
well
below
freezing
in
winter
to
the
low
20s
Celsius
in
summer.