Zone time: +3 from Moscow one.

Population: about 1402 thous.

Average temperatures: January -19, April 0, July +18,
October +1.

The distance from to Moscow: 3336 km.

Novosibirsk is the third largest city in Russia after Moscow and St-Peterburg. It was founded in 1893 as the future site of the Trans-Siberian railway bridge crossing the great Siberian river Ob. Now it is a large river, rail and air transportation hub and the leading industrial center of Siberia.

Novosibirsk has the biggest railway station along the Trans-Siberian route and the biggest opera and ballet theatre in all of Russia, even biggest than Moscow's Bolshoy. The city has metro.

The city is the home of the famous Novosibirsk University, a large number of institutes and research centers, many of them are located in Academgorodok. This small town is situated 30 km south of Novosibirsk.

What to see

Novosibirsk Regional Studies Museum

Address: 23, Krasny Prospekt.

The museum displays the exposition of history Novosibirsk region from the ancient period to the modern era.

Novosibirsk Art Gallery

Address: 5, Krasny Prospekt

Open from 11.00 a.m. to 07.00 p.m. Closed on Tuesday.

Lenin Square

The central square has huge statues of workers, soldiers and Lenin.

Novosibirsk Museum of old trains

The open-air museum is located in Academgorodok. There are only 2 such museums (Novosibirsk and St.Petersburg cities) in the whole country. Visitors have a chance to see train engines and wagons that was used on railways of former USSR and more concrete - on Trans-Siberian railway.