Twin Towns and Sister Cities
Novosibirsk is twinned with:
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, United States, since 1989
- Sapporo, Japan, since 1990
- Changchun, China, since 1994
- Larnaca, Cyprus, since 1993
- Minsk, Belarus
- Daejeon, South Korea, since 2001
- Varna, Bulgaria, since June 28, 2008
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