Novonikolaevsk

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Novonikolaevsk was a major early 20th-century city in Siberia—now known as Novosibirsk—that served as an important administrative and military center during the Russian Civil War.

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Novonikolayevsk 3
Novonikolaevsk canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
historical city name
country Russian Empire
Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
dateOfRenaming 1926
foundedAsSettlement 1893
foundedInConnectionWith Trans-Siberian Railway
functionedAs administrative center during the Russian Civil War
military center during the Russian Civil War
hadBridgeOver Ob River NERFINISHED
hadEconomicRole grain trade center
timber trade center
hadPopulationGrowthCharacteristic rapid urban growth in early 20th century
historicalPeriodOfProminence early 20th century
languageOfLocalAdministration Russian
locatedIn Russia
Siberia
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Tobolsk Governorate
surface form: Tomsk Governorate
locatedOn Ob River NERFINISHED
namedAfter Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
surface form: Tsar Nicholas II
nowKnownAs Novosibirsk
partOfHistoricalRegion Western Siberia
precededBy small settlement at the Ob River crossing
predecessorOf modern city of Novosibirsk
railwayStationOn Trans-Siberian Railway
usedScript Cyrillic
wasAdministrativeCenterOf Novonikolayevsky Uyezd
wasCenterOf industry in early 20th-century Siberia
trade in Siberia
wasImportantInEvent Russian Civil War
wasInvolvedIn anti-Bolshevik and Bolshevik military operations
wasKeyNodeIn Trans-Siberian Railway logistics during the Russian Civil War
wasLocatedEastOf Omsk
wasLocatedWestOf Krasnoyarsk
wasMajorTransportHubFor Siberia
wasOneOf fastest-growing cities in the Russian Empire before World War I
wasRenamed Novosibirsk
wasSiteOf White and Red military presence during the Russian Civil War
wasStrategicallyImportantFor control of Siberian rail communications
wasUrbanStatus rapidly developing town before becoming a major city

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Siberian Army headquartersLocation Novonikolaevsk
Novosibirsk originalName Novonikolaevsk
this entity surface form: Novonikolayevsk
Aleksandr Pokryshkin placeOfBirth Novonikolaevsk
this entity surface form: Novonikolayevsk
Mad Baron executionPlace Novonikolaevsk
subject surface form: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
Bloody Baron placeOfDeath Novonikolaevsk
subject surface form: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
this entity surface form: Novonikolayevsk