Population: Population of the region is more than 2.700.000 people.

Science: In the 1957 Siberian Branch of Academy of Science was opened in the city. In fact, they built special town "Akademgorodok" (Academy town) in the pine forest on the shore of the Ob Sea (man-made huge reservoir on the Ob-river). Nowadays it is a town with a 100.000 inhabitants, great ecology and the famous Novosibirsk University. On weekends, students usually go out to the Ob Sea for a swim and nice time with friends.

Culture: Rich cultural life of Novosibirsk is provided by six theatres, a local orchestra and a musical conservatory. The Novosibirsk Opera House is an architectural masterpiece itself and includes two ballet and opera groups well-known in the world.

Administrative division: It is divided into 30 districts, 6 towns of the regional submission, 8 towns of district submission, 20 town settlements, 408 villages.

Centre of the region is the town of Novosibirsk, founded in 1903. Distance to Moscow is 3,191 km.

Brief History:

• Novosibirskaya region was founded in 1937. Before the revolution the region was a part of Tomskaya province.
• Novosibirsk - was founded in 1893 as New Village.
• In 1903 it got the status of a town with the name Novonikolaevsky.
• In 1925 the town got its contemporary name.