Novosibirsk - "Uncrowned" Capital of SiberiaThe city was founded in 1893 owing to the construction of the Great Trans-Siberian Railroad and in the beginning was named Novonikolaevsk, and was renamed Novosibirsk only in 1926.Novosibirsk is the geographical center of Russia (the distance to the western Russian border is the same as the distance to the eastern one). The crossroads of the major transport routes proved to be an advantageous location, which promoted rapid growth of the city- which is sometimes called Siberian Chicago, because of its phenomenal growth rate. Among all the big cities, Novosibirsk has the fastest growth rate; it reached a million population mark in less than 70 years (Chicago - in 90 years, New York - in 250, Moscow - in more than 700 years!). Nowadays it's a third largest city of Russia (after Moscow and St. Petersburg) both by population and area and is often called «Uncrowned capital of Siberia»!Video courtesy:Vadim MakhorovAndrey Melnikovdedmaxopka.livejournal.com/72435.htmlhttp://vimeo.com/78756578________________________________________­__________In case of any questions about Siberia and traveling to Siberia, please feel free to write to my office email: contact@orsib.ru