Novosibirsk (rus)

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk ranks 505th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Amman, Stockport, and Toledo, Spain. Memorable people born in Novosibirsk include Aleksandr Karelin, Aleksandr Akimov, and Alexander Pokryshkin. Memorable people who died in Novosibirsk include Anatoly Maltsev, Dmitry Belyayev, and Alexey Okladnikov. Novosibirsk has been the birth place of many athletes, and fencers and the death place of many mathematicians, and biologists. Novosibirsk is located in Russia.

Novosibirsk is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and the Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,633,595, making it the most populous city in Siberia and the third-most populous city in Russia after Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Additionally, it is the largest city in the Asian part of Russia and the most populous city in the country that does not have the status of a federal subject. Novosibirsk is located in southwestern Siberia, on the banks of the Ob River. Read more on Wikipedia