Novosibirsk, why is it the biggest city in Asian Russia and the capital of Siberia?

Novosibirsk is the third biggest city in Russia making it the biggest city in Siberia and all of Asian Russia. But how did this city grow to be so big?
Lets look at the history and events that lead to the growth of this important Russian city.

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Novosibirsk was founded in 1893 as a settlement for the builders of a railway bridge across the Ob river for theTrans-Siberian Railway
the bridge was finished on March 28th 1897 and it didn’t take long for a major trading and industrial settlement to start growing
By 1905 when the first census was taken there was a population of over 26,000 and a variety of economic activities were taking place.
The first time the city was influenced by any kind of conflict came in 1904 when the Russo-Japanese war began in 1904, which resulted in the mass conscription of its citizens for the army.
By the beginning of the First World War, Novosibirsk, with a population of about 60,000 people, was the center of the main routes of communication, in which the shipping of Ob river intersected with the Great Siberian Route and the Altai Railway.
The war of 1914 turned the city into a major training center for troops for the front and The city received thousands of wounded soldiers and war refugees during the entirety of the war.
Soon came the October Revolution and with it Soviet power was first established around December, 1917.
The Russian Civil War took a toll on the city.
Wartime epidemics, especially those of typhus and cholera, claimed thousands of lives.
Ob River Bridge was destroyed
and For the first time in the city's history, the population of the city began to decline.
But By the 1920’s, the city had moved on ans out of the period during which it was mainly considered a point of transfer of goods from water to rails, and acquired the importance of a factory-industrial center.
With the construction of multiple railway projects in 1920's and 30's the city became the largest transportation hub in Asian Russia.
And During Joseph Stalin's industrialization effort, Novosibirsk secured its place as one of the largest industrial centers of Siberia with multiple major facilities.
Its rapid growth and industrialization led to Novosibirsk being nicknamed the "Chicago of Siberia".
By 1934, the population had reached 287,000, making Novosibirsk the largest city in Siberia.

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