The 1st bridge across the Ob

A monument like no other

But still hardly interesting for a foreign tourist. While for Russians in general and for locals in particular it's something to be proud of, a guest of this country would most probably find nothing s...

where Novosibirsk began

As in Irkutsk just before, where I first went to the Moscow Gate by the Angara river, the place of the town's beginnings, so I started my visit of Novosibirsk by the Ob river, where the bridge for the...

HHistorically important, but not that much to seeJust a bit of steel

This is a piece of the first bridge that was built on this place over the Ob river. Since this bridge that was part of the legendary Siberian railway and the start of the city, I can understand of its...

A piece of history

I really liked that they've kept this piece of history there. Gives you a little glimpse at the beginning of the Trans-Siberian

Monument to Russian engineering

The bridge across the ob river commenced construction in 1893, and was completed four years later. The bridge was built as part of the trans siberian railway line connecting the new city of novosibirs...