For the centuries that have passed since the founding of Novokuznetsk, this city has grown and grown, turning into a major industrial and economic center. More than a million and a quarter people live in Novokuznetsk and its environs, and for them it has become a home, a place of work and study, and generally almost everything else.
All but a few stone houses were built only after the revolution. In 2016, the first airmobile training center for mine rescuers and miners began work in Novokuznetsk. In 1971, Novokuznetsk received the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, thereby becoming the first city of Kuzbass to have this honorary award. Novoilinsky district of Novokuznetsk was originally planned as a separate satellite city. In it, and now there is not a single industrial zone. Among all the cities of Russia that are not the administrative centers of their regions, Novokuznetsk is the second most populous. The first jazz museum in Russia was opened in Novokuznetsk in 2005.
Novokuznetsk Square is larger than the area of almost all European capitals. The numbering of houses along Razvedchiki Street in the Ordzhonikidze district on the even and odd sides goes in opposite directions: on the odd side from Shakhtyorov Avenue to Zyryanovskaya Street, and along on the even side – vice versa. Some peoples, for example, Khakass, call this city “Aba-Tura”. City Day in Novokuznetsk is celebrated on the second Sunday of July. By population, Novokuznetsk is the third city on the Tom River. The first two places belong to Tomsk and Kemerovo, respectively. It is here that a number of the oldest coal mining and metal processing centers are located in Russia.
The area of Novokuznetsk is larger than the area of such a country as Malta. During the Civil War, most churches and churches in Novokuznetsk were looted. This city is the largest in the Kemerovo region. Novokuznetsk urban agglomeration in terms of population takes 12th place in Russia. The Kuznetsk district of Novokuznetsk used to be a separate city, but in 1932 it was included in its composition. It was in Novokuznetsk in 1999 that the first Center for Utility Payments was opened to the east of the Urals.
