2. Is the largest city in the Kemerovo region, it is an
administrative center of Kemerovo region of the
Russian Federation. Novokuznetsk has a population
of over 550,000. The city is situated on the left and
right banks of the river Tom. The climate is quite
humid in the city.
3. The main attractions are the National History Museum, the
exhibition connected with natural resources, flora and
fauna, history, ethnography and archeology, revolution and civil
war of Novokuznetsk region. This museum is one of the largest
in the area and the oldest in the Kuzbass region, one of the
departments of which is devoted to the participants of the
military conflict in Chechnya, the tragic events of the last
decades of our history.
4. The literary-memorial museum of F. M. Dostoevsky on the same
street consists of 5 halls: "the Road", "Kuznetsk
penny", "Salon, Ms. Moskaleva", "Triangle", "Wedding“. After
passing through these halls, visitor learns a lot about the writer's
life, about his relationship with his wife, creative activity, the
symbolism of his work and a lot of interesting things.
Novokuznetsk Literary and Memorial Museum of F.M.
Dostoevsky opened May 17, 1980 The museum is open in the
house in which the 1856-1857, which rented a room Isayev, the
future wife of the writer, and which visited Fyodor Mikhailovich
5. Memorial museum of battle and labor
glory of kuznetsk metallurgists opened in
the 1980 in memory of the heroic
contribution of the Kuznetsk
metallurgical combine in the defeat of
Nazi forces. Near the museum lit an
eternal flame. In the museum contains
about 2500 exhibits among which are the
photographs, original documents and
awards, objects of personal use of
soldiers, munitions of war, splinters of
shells, trophies, front letters, notices,
samples of military products of the
kuznetsk metallurgical combine.
6. It is worth to visit the Science-Technology Museum.
The museum was based on the Kuznetsk metallurgical
plant. It has more than 70,000 items related to this
enterprise: historical documents, gifts for the mill,
souvenirs, paintings, letters, personal things of the
employees, photos, video.
7. Novokuznetsk drama theatre is one of the oldest
theatre companies of Kuzbass, the theater is the
center of cultural life in the Novokuznetsk. The
theatre building was constructed on a special
project in the classical style, built in 1963.
8. The oldest Orthodox Cathedral of Novokuznetsk built
in 18th century. It is the Transfiguration Cathedral.
Cathedral was one of the highest in Siberia with the 40
meters bell tower.
9. Sports Palace of Kuznetsk metallurgists has passed hundreds of
events. There are exhibitions, concerts, not to mention the
thousands of hockey matches.
10. Kuznetsky fortress - the monument of history and architecture of
federal significance. The stone castle on the Voznesenskaya hill
was built in the town of kuznetsk of the 1800-1820, respectively by
the order of emperor Paul I, as a part of the Siberian line for the
protection of the South Siberia, from the Chinese threat.