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Andrey Shapran
Novosibirsk is the third most populous city in Russia.
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It is inhabited by representatives of more than 80 nationalities, but the majority of its population is Russian.
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The largest ethnic groups there are Germans, Ukrainians, Siberian Tatars, Jews and Byelorussians.
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Over the last years the ethnic structure of Novosibirsk has noticeably changed owing to the increase in the number of migrants from CIS countries and China.
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Novosibirsk is often unofficially called the capital of Siberia.
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The climate in Novosibirsk and its suburbs is continental. The lowest temperature was registered on January 9, 1915 (-51.1 °C).
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The economy of Novosibirsk is based on industry, commerce, transport, construction and science.
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The city’s production complex comprises over 250 large and medium-sized industrial enterprises which produce over 2/3 of the total regional output of products and services.
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Novosibirsk is the largest transport hub in the Western Siberia which is located on the intersection of various transport lines including the Trans-Siberian Railway. There is also a railway line connecting it with the Central Asia.
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Commerce is one of the leading sectors in the structure of the city’s economy. In May 1993 Novosibirsk was admitted to the World Trade Centers Association.
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Novosibirsk is the largest center of academic sciences in the Asian part of Russia, its scientific potential is very strong.
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In the city there are over 100 organizations working in the spheres of fundamental and sectoral sciences and 7 international research centers.
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Today Novosibirsk is considered the cultural center of Siberia and is recognized as one of the cultural centers of Russia.
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The first man on the Moon, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, visited Novosibirsk with a special purpose – to collect a handful of soil from outside the house which was the home and workplace for one of the pioneers in cosmonautics – Yuri Kondratyuk, the author of the scheme of a spaceship flight to the Moon which was used in the Apollo program.
