Zheleznodorozhny City District, Novosibirsk

Zheleznodorozhny City District (Russian: Железнодорожный район) is an administrative district (raion) of Central Okrug, one of the 10 raions of Novosibirsk, Russia. The area of the district is 8.3 sq km (2.5 sq mi). Population: 64 972 (2017).[1]

Zheleznodorozhny City District
District
Location of Zheleznodorozhny City District
Coordinates: 55°0′N 82°54′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNovosibirsk
Area
 • Total8.3 km2 (3.2 sq mi)

History

The first houses were built here in 1893. At first, the district was named Vokzalnaya Chast.[2]

In 1895 the Resettlement Center was established.[3]

Kaganovichesky District was formed in 1936.[2]

Novosibirsk Glavny Railway Station built in 1939.[2][4]

In 1957 the Kaganovichesky District was renamed the Zheleznodorozhny District.[2]

Streets

Architecture

Tsarist period

Soviet period

Post-Soviet period

Science and education
  • Siberian Scientific Research Institute of Metrology
  • Novosibirsk Medical College
  • Novosibirsk Cooperative Technical School named after A. N. Kosygin
  • Novosibirsk Special Music School
  • Novosibirsk State Conservatoire named after M.I. Glinka
  • Novosibirsk State Academy of Water Transportation Engineering
  • Novosibirsk State Theater Institute

Medicine

Religion

Christianity

Economy

Industry
  • Noema is a sound equipment company.[5][6]

Tourism

Hotels
  • Azimut Hotel Siberia
  • Park Inn by Radisson Novosibirsk
  • Novosibirsk Hotel

Museums
  • Nicholas Roerich Museum
  • Museum of communication

Theatres
  • Novosibirsk Puppet Theatre
  • "Red Torch"

Parks

Narymsky Square

Transportation

Railway

Three railway stations are located in the district: Novosibirsk-Glavny, Tsentr and Pravaya Ob.

  • Novosibirsk-Glavny Station
  • Pravaya Ob Station

Metro

One Novosibirsk Metro station is located in the district: Ploshchad Garina-Mikhaylovskogo.

  • Ploshchad Garina-Mikhaylovskogo

References
  1. Novosibirsk Oblast Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения по муниципальным районам и городским округам Новосибирской области на 1 января 2018 года и в среднем за 2017 год
  2. The Novosibirsk government. Official site.
  3. Ламин В. А. (2003). Энциклопедия. Новосибирск. Новосибирск: Новосибирское книжное издательство. pp. 670–671. ISBN 5-7620-0968-8.
  4. Novosibirsk-Glavny Railway Station. Travel portal of Novosibirsk Region.
  5. Official site.
  6. Vecherny Novosibirsk.
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