Archive for the ‘Cities’ Category

Tyumen – The First Russian Town in Siberia

March 21, 2010, Posted by admin at 7:31 am

Tyumen is a Siberian city located on the Tura River which crosses the city from the north-west to the south-east. It is the administrative center and the largest city of Tyumen Oblast.
The Tyumen area was annexed to Russia by a Cossack Yermak Timofeyevich in 1585. It originally belonged to Siberia Khanate – Tatar Turkic political [...]

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Khanty-Mansiysk – The Mountain Skiing Centre

November 4, 2009, Posted by admin at 6:46 am

Khanty-Mansiysk is the city located in the central part of Western Siberia on the bank of the Irtysh River. It is a small town with an area of 534,8 thousand sq. km surrounded by coniferous wood. The population is just above 1500 people.
The history of the city began in 1930 as a working settlement. Afterward [...]

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Novosibirsk – The Third Capital of Russia

October 18, 2009, Posted by admin at 10:06 am

Founded in 1893 Novosibirsk is the third largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia.
Novosibirsk means “New Siberian city”
Novosibirsk obliges its birth to the construction of the Trans-Siberian railroad. The railway demanded in 1893 a bridge across the Ob river and the town was established next to the bridge. Novonikolaevsk was the [...]

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Tomsk – Siberian Athens

October 13, 2009, Posted by admin at 1:14 pm

Siberian Athens
Tomsk is a city on the Tom River in the southwest of Siberia which borders on Tyumen, Omsk, Novosibirsk, and Kemerovo regions and Krasnoyarsk Territory.
In 1604, Tomsk was established under the order of Tsar Boris Godunov. 200 Cossacks were sent to construct a fortress on the bank of the Tom River. Thus began the [...]

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Omsk – The Treasure City of Siberia

July 3, 2009, Posted by admin at 9:47 am

Omsk is the treasure city of Siberia. it is one of the biggest and oldest city of Siberia and located in its Western part.
Omsk was founded as a fortress on the left bank of the river Om in 1716, during the reign of Peter the Great. Nowadays the gates remained from former strengthenings are historical [...]

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