Kolyvan (russian: Колыва́нь) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Kolyvansky District of

Novosibirsk Oblast Novosibirsk Oblast (russian: Новосиби́рская о́бласть, ''Novosibirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibir ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

, located on the

Ob River } The Ob ( rus, Обь, p=opʲ: Ob') is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia; and together with Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins ...

to the north of Novosibirsk. 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 (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the ea ...

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

Tomsk Tomsk ( rus, Томск, p=tomsk, sty, Түң-тора) is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, located on the Tom River. Population: Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. The city is a n ...

. However,

Konstantin Garin-Mikhaylovsky The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name ''Constantinus'' ( Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great ...

, 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 Novosibirsk) arose around the bridge, and eventually became

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive region, geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a ...

'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. It is the largest ...

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

convent A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglic ...

Architecture

File:Дом купца Ф.К. Кривцова.jpg, Krivtsov House File:ПРЕДПОЛОЖИТЕЛЬНО НАЧАЛО хх ВЕКА.jpg File:Дом купца Орлова.jpg, Orlov House File:Колывань, ул.Советская, 41.jpg, Krotkov House File:ДЕРЕВЯННОЕ ЗОДЧЕСТВО НАЧАЛО ХХ ВЕКА. П.КОЛЫВАНЬ НОВОСИБИРСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ.jpg File:Городской дом начала XX века. Памятник архитектуры.jpg File:Дом Пастухова Губина.jpg Колывань ворота.jpg

Notable residents

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