A stop on the famous Trans-Siberian Railway, Novosibirsk is perched on the banks of the Ob River, which features fountains that seem to float on its surface. You can learn about the city’s founding at the West Siberian Railway History Museum. Novosibirsk is renowned for its thriving arts scene, and the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is fondly known as the “Siberian Coliseum.” The Novosibirsk Zoo is beloved for its collection of animals and its preservation work with endangered species.
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This internationally renowned theater is an architectural masterpiece and includes two well-known ballet and opera groups.
Somewhat unusual choice. 'Coppelia' isn't a very populated ballet, at home they had moved it to the New Stage with less than 900 seats. Here in Novosibirsk the theatre is the biggest in the country – that is, the building, the seating capacity of the main hall after the renovation is about 1400, as far as I remember. And they are always full-booked! Like all theatres designed in 1930-s it is planned as circles going around the stage; no boxes, just one 'open space'. The good thing is that the view is fairly good thanks to very steep steps. That is unless you have a seat somewhere in the corner. But you really don't need to do that, as the tickets are not so awfully expensive, compared with what we are used to in Moscow. The ballet was really charming! It's sort of a fairy-tale, based on Hoffmann's works, but much more cheerful. To enhance the magic they used modern visual graphics; I am generally not a huge fan, but to my surprise it merged well with the traditional ballet skills. I've heard sometimes they offer backstage tours, or maybe, guided tours around the building - very much worth a visit; a splendidly furbished foyer, and the newly-renovated audience-hall. Highly recommend!
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Pobeda cinema is situated in Novosibirsk city centre. Pobeda is one of the largest Novosibirsk cinemas. It is the scene for many glitzy film premieres. Film buffs visiting Pobeda can enjoy a feast of cinematic delights from the latest blockbusters to the best in classics. Pobeda houses a number of large screens with the latest in surround sound and exquisite interior reflecting the combination of the Modern era and Soviet past. Pobeda is one of the oldest cinemas in the city. It was closed in the late 90's and reopened in 2006 after extensive refurbishment. Its reputation and location gives it the priceless flexibility of being able to handle specialist films or more major films by established directors. Bruno Dumont, Christian Vincent, Emir Kusturica, Nikita Mikhalkov, Alla Surikova, Andrei Zvyagintsev were the guests of the Cinema. The following cultural events have taken place in the Pobeda cinema. The retrospective of the films from the classic German intellectual cinema Rainer Fassbinder; the premier of the film "Novaya Zemlya" (Terra Nova) with Konstantin Lavronenko; the French Film Festivals with French actors such as Carole Bouquet, Melanie Bernier, Valerie Meyers, Louise Manot, and French directors Jaques Audiard, Jean-Paul Liliefeld, Bruno Podalydes, Frederic Auburtin and Michel Azanavichus coming to the festivals to present their films. The acting master-class with the coach of “The Bejart Ballet Lausanne” Azarii Plisetskii; the premier of the film “The Hot News” presented by Sam Klebanov; the weeks of Japanese and Italian cinema; the first night in Russia for the film “Kanikuli strogogo rezhima”(High Security Vacation)presented by a famous Russian actor Sergei Bezrukov and one of the most popular and beloved directors in Russia Vladimir Menshov who is known as the first Russian Academy Award (Oscar) winning film director. The premier of “Juri’s Day” and the meeting with director Kirill Serebrennikov; the Korean Film Festival; the premier of “The Banishment” and “New-York, I Love You” that were presented by director Andrei Zvyagintsev; a master-class by Alexander Petrov, a Russian animator and animation director who received the Academy Award for Animated Short Film; the premiere of “The Black Sun” and the retrospective of the Polish director Krzysztov Zanussi’s films; the Israel Film Festival; the program of short films “Future Shorts”.
Cinema Pobeda is one of the few places that show movies in their original language. Overall it’s comfortable and people seem to be more polite and not make much noise compared to some other cinemas. Will visit again/ 10
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This fascinating zoo features 4000 animals representing 399 species, and is active in the preservation and reproduction of endangered species.
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As my heading says I really like this church. The people that work there are quite relaxed and let you take photos. The murals on the roof and walls are quite beautiful and tell stories. I’ve been here a few time already and like to wander around inside. Worth a visit/ 10
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Novosibirsk railway station is an very nice building, beautiful architecture and you find basically everything you need for your long train ride either in the railway station or absolutely next by. We stocked up our food and drinks for the next part of our Vodka Train Adventure from Moscow to Beijing.
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