city in SC Russia, on the Ob River: pop. 1,436,000
See Novosibirsk in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(nōˌvə-sə-bîrskˈ, nə-)
A city of south-central Russia on the Ob River east of Omsk. An important transportation hub on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, it prospered after the development of the Kuznetsk Basin. Population: 1,410,000.