the banks of the Ob River (near a tributary
of the Barnaulka), the administrative center of the Altai Region.History
The city was founded by Akinfiy Demidov (1678-1745),
a Russian founder of the mining industry in Altai in 1730.
Geography
The city is located in the steppe zone of the West Siberian Plain, on the north east of the Ob plateau on the left bank of the Ob, where the Barnaulka river flows into the Ob.
- The distance from Moscow - 3419 km.
- The nearest big city - Novosibirsk (193 km).
- The absolute height above sea-level city of 130-250 m.
- The area of the city - 321 km. square.