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• Area:
491.3 km²
• Region: Novosibirsk
• Population: 1,490,000 (approx.)
• Local Time: GMT +7 (GMT +8 in summer)
• Official Language: Russian
• Currency: Russian Ruble (RUR)
• Characteristics:
- A leading technology city with a top research complex; located between
mid-
Russia and Siberia |
| Novosibirsk
is one of the biggest cities in Russia. The city of Novosibirsk lies
on both banks of the Ob River. The day when construction of the new
bridge across the Ob River was started is considered to be the day
when Novosibirsk was founded. In 1993, Novosibirsk celebrated it's
100th anniversary. Novosibirsk's growth rate is so high, that we can
call the city the "Russian Chicago." The city of Novosibirsk
occupies an area of 477.2 square kilometers. Novosibirsk', local time
is Greenwich Mean Time plus 6. The city of Novosibirsk has a population
of about 1.5 million people. Administratively, Novosibirsk is segmented
into ten administration districts. The executive power is exercised
by the mayor and the prefects of the districts. The municipal authorities
are elected by the citizens of Novosibirsk. Elections are held once
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climate is distinctly continental. That means that winters here are
very severe, cold and snowy. Summer is rather hot and dry. Temperatures
in summer range from 20° to 22°C; in winter range from
-18° to -20°C, but sometimes they may go down to -35°C in winter and 35°C in summer . The difference between
the highest and the lowest temperature is 88°C. Most
of the time the weather is sunny. There are 2880 hours of sunshine a year. |
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Novosibirsk
ZOO: Despite the fact that information at this site is available
only in Russian. It won't stop you from enjoying the pictures of the
animals. Only a small number of the animals kept in the by zoo is
represented there, so you can get acquainted with all of them by visiting
the zoo in person.
Situated in the pine forest just ten minutes ride from the city center,
the zoo offers you more than 4000 animals of 399 species, a third
of which are rare and disappearing. |
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Art Gallery: Nowadays, the Novosibirsk Art Gallery is one
of the most extensive art collections in Siberia. |
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Museum
of Regional Studies: Novosibirsk's Regional Studies Museum
is one of the major museums of Siberia. Currently, its collection
contains more than 170,000 artifacts. These illustrate 150,000 years
of Siberian history, and describe the native culture and population. |
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| 1999 |
Discussed creating a course
about the two cities' relationship in Paichai University in Daejeon
and Novosibirsk' National Engineering University |
| November 1999 |
Russia's Science Academic Vice-chairman
attended the first WTA Daejeon Technomart and suggested to establishing
a sister city relationship |
| April 2000 |
Novosibirsk applied for WTA
membership. The city became a member in April, 2001 |
| October 2000 |
Novosibirsk applied for WTA
membership. The city became a member in October, 2001 |
| May 22, 2001 |
Novosibirsk's Mayor visited
Daejeon and exchanged MOU |
| October 22,
2001 |
Daejeon delegates visited Novosibirsk
and signed a Sister City Relationship Agreement |
| November 2001 |
16 Novosibirsk delegates attended
2nd WTA Daejeon Technomart |
| June 2002 |
Participatied in the Sister
City Mayor Meeting (Mayor and 2 others) |
| July 2002 |
Participatied in the Nobosibirisk’s
Korean product exhibition (9 companies, 15 people) |
| November 2002 |
Participatied in the EUROASIA
forum (Planning Department Head and one other)
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| June 2003 |
Visited by Daejeon Mayor for increased
economy, science and technology cooperation and increased affinity |
| August 2003 |
[ Korea Local Authorities Foundation
for International Relations ] dispatch of one Novosibirisk city
government official to the K2H program |
September 12, 2004 ~
September 17, 2004 |
The Chief of Daejeon International Trade Division visited Novosibirsk to agree to open the Daejeon Standing Exhibition Hall |
| November 2004 |
The Chief of the Economy & Science Bureau participated the opening ceremony of the Daejeon Standing Exhibition Hall |
| December 2, 2004 |
The Director of the Novosibirsk National Academic Ballet Company visited |
| December 10, 2004 |
The Novosibirsk National Academic Ballet Company plays “Nutcracker” |
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- Established
relationships with WTA member cities
- Collaboration of scientists and science technology between the cities'
research complexes
- Collaboration to establish the "South Korea Business Center"
- Developed relationships between colleges
- Performed cultural and art events |
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It's Daejeon
