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
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]

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.

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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