Kolyvan () is an urban locality (an

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) and the

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of Kolyvansky District of

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, located on the

Ob River The Ob (; ) is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia, and with its tributary the Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . The Ob forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins in the Alta ...

to the north of

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. Population:

History

Until the 1890s, Kolyvan was the commercial center of the surrounding area. During the construction of the

Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway, historically known as the Great Siberian Route and often shortened to Transsib, is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway ...

in the 1890s, there were plans to route the railroad through Kolyvan and

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. However, Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky, the engineer responsible for routing the railroad in the area, decided that a site at the village of Krivoshchyokovo, some upstream from Kolyvan, would be much more suitable for bridge construction: that was the only spot within the area where both the river banks and river bed were of solid rock; besides, the Ob floodplain is the narrowest there as way. Despite the protests of Kolyvan and Tomsk merchants, Garin-Mikhailovsky's southern route was approved by Alexander III in 1892. The bridge was built at Krivoshchekovo; the new city of Novo-Nikolayevsk (later renamed

) arose around the bridge, and eventually became

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's largest city, meanwhile Kolyvan stagnated.

Culture

The majority of the log houses in Kolyvan are over two hundred years old, making the settlement a historical monument in itself. Works by Kolyvan craftsmen are exhibited in the

Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the large ...

in St. Petersburg. Local attractions include a museum of local history and a Russian Orthodox

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Architecture

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Notable residents

* Vladimir Zhernakov was a Russian merchant, public figure and politician, serving as the first city head of

Novonikolayevsk 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-mo ...

, from 1909 to 1914.

References

External links

Petr Marsakov, "From the Early History of Novo-Nikolayevsk - Novosibirsk
''Gornitsa'' (magazine), Novosibirsk, 1995, No. 3, p. 54-56. {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Urban-type settlements in Novosibirsk Oblast