Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk (Roushie: Новосиби́рск, pronounced [nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk]) is Roushie's third-lairgest ceety, efter Moscow an Saunt Petersburg, an the lairgest ceety o Siberie wi a population o 1.4 million (2010). It is the administrative centre o Novosibirsk Oblast as well as o the Siberian Federal District. The ceety is locatit in the sooth-wastren portion o the federal destrict an occupies an aurie o 477.2 square kilometres (184.2 sq mi). Twin touns/Sister ceeties Novosibirsk is twinned wi: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Unitit States, syne 1989 Sapporo, Japan, syne 1990 Changchun, Cheenae, syne 1994 Larnaca, Cyprus, syne 1993 Minsk, Belaroushie Daejeon, Sooth Korea, syne 2001 Varna, Bulgarie, syne 28 Juin 2008 References