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We invite you for the short trip into the major siberian cities. |
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| Novosibirsk is the largest Siberian city as regards the area and population. It spreads on the banks of the mighty River Ob. The city arose in 1893 in connection with the construction of a railway bridge across the River Ob when laying the Trans-Siberian Railway track. Novosibirsk is famous for his Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Conservatoire, the picture gallery, Siberia's biggest book depository and the University. At a distance of 28 km from the city is the famous Akademgorodok, or Academic Township, Siberia's scientific centre standing in the picturesque taiga forest on the bank of the Ob Water Storage. Its institutes conduct research in the sphere of mathematics, nuclear physics, chemistry, genetics, biology, geology, ecology, philosophy, applied mechanics and hydrodynamics. |
 
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| Omsk is one of Russia's largest cities and administrative centre of Western eria. This is a cosy verdant city etching for over 40 km along the bank of River Irtysh. 'The city's main hitectural relics are the old fortress, the Drama theatre, the former goods exchange and the governor-general's offices. |
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| Tomsk is one of the oldest Siberian cities, founded in 1604 on the bank of the River Tom. Among the city's sights are its monuments of wooden architecture which number over 300. Functioning in Tomsk is Siberia's oldest library which preserves quite a lot of rare books and manuscripts. |
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| Irkutsk, one of the oldest Siberian cities, stands on the picturesque bank of the River Angara. Founded in 161l, it is now a major administrative and cultural centre in Russia. The city has many museums and historical monuments, notably masterpieces of Siberian wooden architecture. |
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