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Novokuznetsk

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Travel to Novokuznetsk, visa requirements / Get around / Novokuznetsk attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Novokuznetsk souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Novokuznetsk nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get out

Novokuznetsk is a big coal city in the south of Kemerovo Oblast. As the oldest city in the region by far (1617), Novokuznetsk has seen its fair share of different names. It was known simply as Kuznetsk (Blacksmith City) until the 1930s when massive coal deposits were found, sparking the industrialization of the city under the name Stalinsk. In the Khruschev era, the city was reborn as Novokuznetsk (New Kuznetsk). Novokuznetsk's age and proximity to the Kemerovo Oblast's beautiful southern region makes it the top destination in the region for tourism.

Travel to Novokuznetsk & Visa Requirements

Trains arrive from Novosibirsk and Kemerovo, or, if arriving from the east, the more distant Taishet. Novokuznetsk also has an airport with flights arriving from Moscow and Saint Petersburg. For the benefit of locals who want to get out of Siberia and hit the beaches, there are also flights in the summer to/from Russia's Black Sea Region: Sochi, Krasnodar, and Anapa.

Tours & Getting around Novokuznetsk

Novokuznetsk attractions and sightseeing

The house-museum of Fyodor Dostoevsky
Kuznetsky Fortress (1780)
Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (19th Century)

Novokuznetsk city tours

Drama Theather
Circus
Ice Hockey Palace
Skating Ring
Entertainment & Shopping Centers Globus and Continent
Casino & Night Clubs
Jazz Club

Novokuznetsk souvenirs & shopping

Novokuznetsk Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Pel'meni
Bliny
Smetana
Khren
Schi

Novokuznetsk nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs

Vodka di Novokuzneck "Kuznechanka"

Novokuznetsk cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels & lodging

Get out

Novokuznetsk is a convenient gateway for travelers going south into the Gornaya Shoria region of Kemerovo Oblast: to Tashtagol for skiing or to the Shorsky Nature Reserve.

This page was last edited at 18:21, on 29 December 2007 by Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. Based on work by Peter Fitzgerald.

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