About Novosibirsk

President Kurmanbek Bakiyev (right) with Dmitry Medvedev in Bishkek, 2008 Novosibirsk is Russia's third-largest city, after Moscow and St. Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia. It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District. The city is located in the south-western portion of the federal district and occupies an area of 477.2 square kilometers (184.2 sq mi).