Barnaul

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Barnaul

Total population

623,057

Coordinates53.35°, 83.78°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Barnaul is the largest city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As of the 2021 census, its population was 630,877, making it the 20th-largest city in Russia and the fourth-largest in the Siberian Federal District.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Uliana Podpalnaya

para badminton player

Darja Varfolomeev

German rhythmic gymnast

V

Vitaliĭ Ivanovich Kodukhov

V

V. V. (Vladimir Vasilʹevich) Uchaĭkin

Aleksandr Anisimov

Soviet architect

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Yulia Igorevna Alióshina

Russian politician

G

Galina Baranova

Russian singer

O

Olga Yershova

Russian athlete

V

Vsevolod Nikolaevič Ilʹin

M

Maria Ponomarenko

Russian journalist

V

Valentin Kovalev

Russian saxophonist

L

Lidiia Ponomarova

Ukrainian painter

F

Flaviy Nikolayevich Bonchkovskiy

H

Hennadii Leonov

Ukrainian painter and academic (1912-1973)

A

Anna Smirnova

Russian sabre fencer

Ilya Andryukhov

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Altai Krai

• Yuzhny
  7.3 mi away · pop. 19,670
• Novoaltaysk
  7.7 mi away · pop. 73,769
• Vlasikha
  9 mi away · pop. 9,992
• Sibirsky
  14.7 mi away · pop. 11,993
• Pavlovsk
  32.6 mi away · pop. 14,445
• Kosikha
  33 mi away · pop. 5,118
• Talmenka
  33.7 mi away · pop. 19,046
• Troitskoye
  45 mi away · pop. 9,634
• Topchikha
  45.8 mi away · pop. 8,906
• Шелаболиха
  48.9 mi away · pop. 3,780
• Zarinsk
  53.6 mi away · pop. 46,254
• Zalesovo
  59.7 mi away · pop. 7,370

Browse all places in Altai Krai →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Barnaul

Altaĭ-Kosmos-Mikrokosm

Altaĭ-kosmos-mikrokosm (3rd 1995 Barnaul, Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ, Russia) · 1995

Rossii︠a︡ i Altaĭ 2004 goda

Mezhdunarodnai︠a︡ konferent︠s︡ii︠a︡ "Altaĭ-2004" (11th 2004 Barnaul (Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ, Russia)) · 2005

Tezisy 2-oĭ mezhdunarodnoĭ konferent︠s︡ii " Altaĭ-kosmos-mikrokosm"

Mezhdunarodnai︠a︡ konferent︠s︡ii︠a︡ " Altaĭ-kosmos-mikrokosm" (2nd 1994? Barnaul, Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ, Russia) · 1994

Altaĭ-kosmos-mikrokosm

Mezhdunarodnai︠a︡ konferent︠s︡ii︠a︡ "Altaĭ-kosmos-mikrokosm" (4th 1998? Barnaul, Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ, Russia) · 1998

Iz istorii altaiskoĭ kraevoĭ partiĭnoĭ organizat︠s︡ii

Ėlla Vasilʹevna Kosheleva · 1975

Environmental security and sustainable land use

NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Environmental Security and Sustainable Land Use of Mountain and Steppe Territories of Mongolia and Altai (2004 Barnaul, Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ, Russia) · 2006

Ekonomicheskie mekhanizmy reshenii︠a︡ globalʹnykh ekologicheskikh problem v Rossii

V. G. Kni͡azev · 2008

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-24

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-24

Acanthosoma spinicolle

Acanthosoma spinicolle

Seen 2026-09-24

Green Shield Bug

Palomena prasina

Seen 2026-09-24

Little Arboreal Lady Beetle

Calvia decemguttata

Seen 2026-09-24

Pear-shaped Puffball

Apioperdon pyriforme

Seen 2026-09-24

Sloe Bug

Dolycoris baccarum

Seen 2026-09-23

Dewick's Plusia

Macdunnoughia confusa

Seen 2026-09-23

Domestic Dog

Canis familiaris

Seen 2026-09-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).