History The city was founded in NUMBER@1 at the future site of a MISC@1 bridge crossing the great MISC@2 river of Ob and was named Novonikolayevsk -LRB- -RRB- , in honor of both Saint PERSON@1 and of the reigning tsar , PERSON@2 .

It was founded in NUMBER@1 as the future site of the MISC@1 bridge crossing the great MISC@2 river Ob .
