Kolyvan (Russian: Колыва́нь) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Kolyvansky District of Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Ob River 40 kilometers (25mi) to the north of Novosibirsk. Population: 11,842(2010 Census);[1]10,947(2002 Census);[5]10,589(1989 Census).[6]
Until the 1890s, Kolyvan was the commercial center of the surrounding area.
During the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway in the 1890s, there were plans to route the railroad through Kolyvan and Tomsk. However, Konstantin Garin-Mikhaylovsky, the engineer responsible for routing the railroad in the area, decided that a site at the village of Krivoshchyokovo, some 40 kilometers (25mi) upstream from Kolyvan, would be much more suitable for bridge construction: that was the only spot within the area where both the river banks and river bed were of solid rock; besides, the Ob floodplain is the narrowest there as way. Despite the protests of Kolyvan and Tomsk merchants, Garin-Mikhailovsky's southern route was approved by AlexanderIII in 1892.
The bridge was built at Krivoshchekovo; the new city of Novo-Nikolayevsk (later renamed Novosibirsk) arose around the bridge, and eventually became Siberia's largest city, meanwhile Kolyvan stagnated.
Culture
The majority of the log houses in Kolyvan are over two hundred years old, making the settlement a historical monument in itself.
Local attractions include a museum of local history and a Russian Orthodox convent.
Architecture
Krivtsov House
Orlov House
Krotkov House
Notable residents
Vladimir Zhernakov was a Russian merchant, public figure and politician, serving as the first city head of Novonikolyevsk, from 1909 to 1914.
References
Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том1[2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol.1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
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