Barnaul is the capital of the Altai Territory, the largest city in the southern part of Western Siberia. It was founded in 1730. What are the areas of Barnaul, how many of them all and what is the interest of each of them? This article is about this.
Districts of Barnaul: general statistics
Barnaul is a large industrial center with about 630 thousand people. The city closes the top twenty in the ranking of the best cities in Russia in terms of quality of life. The local economy is mainly represented by enterprises in the chemical and food industries, as well as engineering.
In the administrative-territorial plan, the territory of the city is divided into five areas:
- Railway
- Leninist
- October
- Industrial
- Central
The districts of Barnaul differ in their area, population and other indicators. More detailed statistical information about them is presented in the following table:
District Name |
Area, in sq km |
Main streets |
Important objects |
Railway |
15, 5 |
Matrosova, Yurina, Youth, Pavlovsky tract, Lenin and Builders Avenues |
Main Station Theater named after Shukshina, a number of universities |
Leninist |
125.6 |
Popov, Petrov, Malakhov, Cosmonaut Avenue |
Altai Cardiology Dispensary, hippodrome a number of industrial enterprises |
October |
69, 4 |
Malakhova, Alekseeva, Kalinin Avenue, Cosmonauts, Komsomolsky |
Barnaul Machine-Tool Plant, TPP-1, urban planetarium |
Industrial |
129.9 |
Popov, Malakhov, Petrov, Enthusiasts |
Airport, confectionery factory "Altai" |
Central |
145.0 |
Pushkin, Avanesov, Korolenko Prospectuses of Lenin, Komsomolsky, Red Army |
Central Park, Rotor Plant, river port. |