Novoaltaysk

Nowoaltaisk (Russian Новоалтайск ) is a town in the mountainous region of Altai on the border of Western Siberia ( Asian part of Russia ). She has (October 14, 2010 Balance ) 70,437 inhabitants.

Geography

Nowoaltaisk situated about 12 km east of this as a satellite town of the regional capital Barnaul, on the right bank of the Ob and its tributary Tschesnokowka. The city is the administrative region subject to direct and also the administrative center of Rajons Pervomaisky.

Nowoaltaisk is an important railway junction, where the routes to Novosibirsk - Barnaul - Semipalatinsk crosses the South Siberian Railway from the direction of Pavlodar about Barnaul in the Kuznetsk Basin. A little further north, the Central Siberian Railway from Omsk Karassuk and Kamen is tied to the Whether on these routes.

By Nowoaltaisk also performs the highway M52 Novosibirsk - Mongolian border, branches off from the A349 over here the Barnaul to Kazakh border.

History

Since the mid-18th century is known to site of today's Nowoaltaisk the village Tschesnokowka. The construction of the Altai Railway Novonikolayevsk - Barnaul - Semipalatinsk (opened 1915, later extended to the Turkestan -Siberian railway or Turksib ) emphasized the importance of the village. At the same time, the branching here branch line was opened after Bijsk. 1934, a wood-processing plant was completed. After the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941 shifted the Dniprodserschynsker railroad car factory here. 1942 was the place city charter in 1962 it was renamed the Nowoaltaisk (Russian for about Altai new city).

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy

In addition to the work Altai Wagon for the production of freight cars, other businesses of rail transport, construction ( precast concrete, flooring, road construction) and the wood processing industry dominate the cityscape. In addition, there are companies in the food industry, as the city center is an agricultural area.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Konstantin Vasilyev ( b. 1970 ), composer and musician
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