Day #29: Novosibirsk, an archetypal Russian city
May 13th 2013 Apart from a couple of days in Tomsk, I will be spending the next 2 and a half weeks in Novosibirsk, so we made an effort today to get to know it better.
Novosibirsk is a new, unpretty, industrial city which developed from an unremarkable village because of the Trans-Siberian railway, part of which crosses the river Ob, around which Novosibirsk has grown. It is now the 3rd largest city in Russi
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