Russia's executioners live on in the streets Jul 30, 2009
Why are regions of Novosibirsk, Volgograd and Perm still named after Feliks Dzerzhinsky, the creator of the machinery of state terror under whose personal leadership more than 1. 5 million people were destroyed in the first years after the October Revolution. (Asia Times Online)
Click to read:Solar Eclipse Seen in Parts of India Jul 22, 2009
A total solar eclipse is observed above the Sibe 00004000 rian city of Novosibirsk, Russia in 2008. Millions of people across Asia will witness the longest total solar eclipse of the century on Wednesday. (CBS News)
Culver wins geography bee; Carlson takes third place Apr 4, 2009
Photo by Paul Ruhter Billings Gazette - Thomas Culver of Helena Middle School shows his answer of Novosibirsk during the final question of the 2009 National Geographic Bee on Friday inside Petro Hall in Billings. Novosibirsk is the largest city in Siberia, the central region of Russia ... The answer that is sending Thomas to Washington, D.C., to compete against the other state winners from across the country: Novosibirsk. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
New crews take on 'Amazing Race' Feb 16, 2009
"We shot in the city of Krasnoyarsk and the city of Novosibirsk," said "Amazing Race" executive producer Bertram van Munster. "The teams get from one city to another via the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Of course, it started off nice, but we got into this Siberian snowstorm with below-zero temperatures, which we weren't used to. It was pretty exciting.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
