Aleksandrovsky village

Japanese: アレクサンドロフスキー村 - あれくさんどろふすきーむら
Aleksandrovsky village

...Population: 1,431,000 (1993). It began as the village of Aleksandrovsky, which was established in 1893 when the Trans-Siberian Railway's Ob River Bridge was constructed, and was renamed Novonikolaevsk in 1895. It became a city in 1903, and in 1925 it was renamed to its current name, which means "New Siberia." At the time it was a typical merchant town, reminiscent of an American frontier, and was nicknamed "Sif Chicago (Siberian Chicago)."

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Alexandrovsky Village" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人口143万1000(1993)。1893年シベリア鉄道のオビ川鉄橋建設の際にできたアレクサンドロフスキー村にはじまり,95年にノボニコラエフスクと改称,1903年に市となり,25年に〈新シベリア〉を意味する現名に改称した。当時は典型的な商人の町で,アメリカの開拓地を思わせるものがあり,〈シフ・シカゴ(シベリアのシカゴ)〉と呼ばれた。…

※「アレクサンドロフスキー村」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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