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Novokuznetsk – Travel information

Novokuznetsk was founded in 1618, and in the past centuries has experiencedan eventful history. The city first gained importance 120 years ago when the fi rst mineral resources
were found in the Kuzbass Area.
During the time when Stalin was in power, the city was populated
and consistently industrialized and expanded to this day into a leading mining centre in the middle of Siberia. Approx imately 600,000 people live in Novokuznetsk today.
The city has its own airport and can be reached daily from Moscow by Siberian Airlines and Ural Airlines.
The largest hotel in the centre is the Novokuznetskaya, which is
near the central place of the city of Novokuznetsk.

Novokuznetsk is one of the largest industrial centres of Western Siberia, and the home of the two metallurgy state holding companies “West Siberian Metallurgical Combine”
(ZSMK, ZapSib) and “Novokuznetsk Metallurgical Combine” (NKMK; in former times known as KMK). Both are amongst the largest steel producers in Russia. This is also the
location of the Novokuznetsk aluminium plant, the Novokuznetsk
factory for ferrous alloys, several coal mines, the Kuznetsk Basin,
machinery manufacturing companies, food-making factories and two combined heat and power stations.

Brief travel information - Novokuznetsk / Russia

Hotels available in price categories - Tourist and First Class
Good transport links
Currency: Ruble (approx. 39 Rubles = 1 EUR,
(February 2011 - subject to currency fluctuations)
Visa required
Local time: CET + 5 hours
Climate: continental - hot, dry summers, extremely cold winters
extremely cold winters, January: max 0° C / min. - 29 ° C