Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Novosibirsk

Received from: Russia
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: March 2016
Distance: 3780 km
Time of travelling: 13 days

Novosibirsk is the third most populous city in Russia after Moscow and St. Petersburg. It is the most populous city in Asian Russia, with a population of 1,473,754 as of the 2010 Census. It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District. The city is located in the southwestern part of Siberia on the banks of the Ob River adjacent to the Ob River Valley, near the large water reservoir formed by the dam of the Novosibirsk Hydro Power Plant, and occupies an area of 502.1 square kilometers.

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