communist statue, Lenin's Sq

Day #29: Novosibirsk, an archetypal Russian city

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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 ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more