Zheleznodorozhny District, Novosibirsk

Zheleznodorozhny 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 km² (2.5 sq mi). Population: 64 972 (2017).^[1]

Zheleznodorozhny District
District
Location of Zheleznodorozhny City District
Coordinates: 55°1′59.99″N 82°55′0.01″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Novosibirsk
Area
• Total	8.3 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

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  Lenin Street
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  Dimitrov Prospekt
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  Vladimirovskaya Street
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  Saltykov-Shchedrin Street
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  Gorky Street
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  Chaplygin Street

Architecture

Tsarist period

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  Macaroni factory, 1910
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  Andreyevskaya School, 1912
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  Istomin House, 1905
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  Kryukov House, 1908
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  Main Post Office, 1916
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  Metropoliten Hotel, 1905
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  Ikonnikova House, 1900s

Soviet period

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  Housing estate near Novosibirsk-Glavny Railway Station, 1928–1933
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  October Revolution House of Culture, 1928
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  Univermag, 1927

Post-Soviet period

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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

• Novosibirsk Psychiatric Hospital No. 3

Religion

Christianity

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  Orthodox cathedral of the Ascension of Christ
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  Church of the Protection of the Theotokos

Economy

Industry

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

Tourism

Hotels

• 
  Azimut Hotel Siberia
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  Park Inn by Radisson Novosibirsk
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  Novosibirsk Hotel

Museums

• Nicholas Roerich Museum
• Museum of communication

Theatres

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  Novosibirsk Puppet Theatre
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  "Red Torch"

Parks

Narymsky Square

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Transportation

Railway

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

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  Novosibirsk-Glavny Station
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  Pravaya Ob Station

Metro

One Novosibirsk Metro station is located in the district: 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.