Novo-Nikolaevsk (Novosibirsk): Planning Solution of the Future Siberian Metropolis Late in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

The paper studies the urban planning of future Novosibirsk in the period of formation of its general plan late in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The initial structure of the city as Central, Railway and Zakamenskaya parts with their orthogonal scheme of blocks, streets and alleys is investigated. The urban planning phenomenon of pre-revolutionary Novo-Nikolaevsk is of great interest for the history of national and world urban planning. The urban planning is considered and evaluated as well as the use of other planning concepts and new techniques available in those years. The necessity of preserving the existing historical urban structure in the central part of modern Novosibirsk is substantiated, the possibility of its practical use in reconstruction and development of historical quarters of the city is considered.