Novosibirsk. Open thread

[D-Man Mongol]

Krasnyi prospect (Red Avenue):
















The intersection of Krasnyi prospect (Red Avenue) and Kommunisticheskaya St.



The bust to Pokryshkin. Pokryshkin is a Soviet legendary pilot ace. He was born in Novosibirsk. The first three times Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union three times. During the World War II Pokryshkin made 650 operation flights, conducted 156 air battles, brought down 65 enemy planes.

[AlekseyVT]

Novosibirsk Metro:

Photos taken by Gelio:
http://gelio-nsk.livejournal.com/

Line 1 - Leninskaya Line:

1) "Ploshchad Marksa" ("Marx Square"). Opened on July 26, 1991:








2) "Studencheskaya" ("Student station"). Opened on December 28, 1985:






3) "Rechnoy Vokzal" ("River Terminal"). Opened on December 28, 1985:


Novosibirsk:


Omsk:


Tyumen:


Tobolsk:


Surgut:


Novokuznetsk:


Tomsk:


Biysk:


Barnaul:


Mangazeya:




4) "Oktyabrskaya" ("October station"). Opened on December 28, 1985:








5) "Ploshchad Lenina" ("Lenin Square"). Opened on December 28, 1985:








6) "Krasniy Prospekt" ("Red Avenue"). Opened on December 28, 1985:








Transfer to the Line 2:


7) "Gagarinskaya" ("Yury Gagarin *"). Opened on April 2, 1992:
* first world spaceman









8) "Zaeltsovskaya" ("Beyond the Yeltsovka river"). Opened on April 2, 1992:






Line 2 - Dzerzhinskaya Line:

9) "Ploshchad Garina-Mikhaylovskogo" ("Nikolay Garin-Mikhaylovskiy's * Square"). Opened on December 31, 1987:
* Russian writer, who consider as one of the founders of Novosibirsk









10) "Sibirskaya" ("Siberian station"). Opened on December 31, 1987:


"Forests of Siberia":


"Soils of Siberia":


"Peoples and Mountains":


"Bread of Siberia":


"Waters of Siberia":


"History of Siberia":


"Flowers of Siberia":


"North":




11) "Marshala Pokryshkina" ("Marshal Alexander Pokryshkin's * station"). Opened on December 28, 2000:
* legendary pilot ace, first three times Hero of the Soviet Union.








12) "Beryozovaya Roshcha" ("Birch Grove"). Opened on June 25, 2005:








"Zolotaya Niva" ("Golden Niva"). 13th station planned to be opened this year:

[Herbie Fully Loaded]

That's one of the coolest metros i've seen.

[D-Man Mongol]

The office building "Greenwich":







The building was built in 1927. Earlier it was the Department Store of the Novosibirsk Transport Consumer Society (NovSibTPO). Now there is the bank in this building:







The fountain near the railway station:













The building of the railway station "Novosibirsk-Glavnyi":




The mansion of the late 19th - early 20th centuries:







Dimitrov Avenue:




Vokzalnaya Magistral:




Administration of West-Siberian Railroad on Vokzalnaya Magistral:

[D-Man Mongol]

The fountain in Pervomayskiy Park:



















The stone sculptures. Every year Novosibirsk holds the long-distance competition of stone sculptures. The sculptures are made by masters during a month. Once the winner has all the sculptures installed on city streets and parks.

[D-Man Mongol]

Maxim Gorkiy Street:
















A new bridge for cars is constructed in Novosibirsk. He will be the largest arch bay in Russia - 362 metres.There are some views of the river Ob and nature near the construction site of the bridge:

[D-Man Mongol]

City Trade Building (built in 1910). There is the Museum of Regional History in this building now:




St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (built in 1897-1899). It's the first stone public building in Novosibirsk.




In the archway of one of the pre-revolutionary building:




The quiet small courtyard:




The dwelling house on Yadrintsevskaya St.




The sculpture on Bogdan Khmelnitskiy St.







The Novosibirsk spires:




Roerich Museum and the Peace Bell:










Deputatskaya St.




The dwelling house on Stanislavskogo St.




Sberbank:




Crosswalk bridge:

[D-Man Mongol]

The fountain on Bogdan Khmelnitskiy St.




The building on Bogdan Khmelnitskiy St.







Bolshevistskaya St. The traffic:




The Chapel-monument in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God:










Children's railway:







The sculpture "Neighbors":




Industrial views:

[D-Man Mongol]

Novosibirsk bikers:




Dancing for older people in Pervomayskiy Park:







Lenin St. In the street cafe:

[Herbie Fully Loaded]

Loved the live pics of the metropolis, specially the fountain one with the chick, which give an optic ilusion that makes it look like if the chick was peeing :P.

[D-Man Mongol]

Evening city/Night city:

[Benonie]

Great thread! And that metro looks cool!

[D-Man Mongol]

Stikhin House (built in 1909):










The highest building in Novosibirsk (87,9 metres). Its unofficial names are Blue Tooth and Batman:










Kolyvanskaya Street:




Vedernikov House (built in 1909):







Serebrennikovskaya Street:







The apartment house on Krasnyi Prospect:

[D-Man Mongol]

Vokzalnaya Magistral:







Lenin Street:




Walking street without name:




Restaurant enter:




Sovetskaya Street:




The fish



Drawing people:

[D-Man Mongol]

The left bank of the Ob. New buildings.







Novosibirsk was founded with the construction of the railway bridge, so on the bank of the Ob there is a monument to the bridge as one of the old bridge spans:







The monument to the railway bridge and the modern railway bridge:




The embankment:




The river Ob:

[D-Man Mongol]

Left coat of arms is coat of arms of Novosibirsk, the right coat of arms is coat of arms Berdsk, a neighboring small town.

[D-Man Mongol]

Ippodromskaya Magistral:







Derzhavin Street:




Dwellings:




One of the dwellings:




The dwellings "7th Sky":

[D-Man Mongol]

Gogol Street:




People call this building Syringe or Wizard Tower:













Palace of Culture "The Builder":




Its decoration:







Dzerzhinskiy Avenue:




Dwelling "Sunny" (people call it TV set):










Pixels

[D-Man Mongol]

The Dormition of Virgin Mary Church:







Soviet standardized architecture:







Dwellings under construction:




Siberian Mall:

[D-Man Mongol]