The Dead City (Novosibirsk)
is really Novosibirsk city centre, Novosibirsk Oblast
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
Artyom and Miller enter the heavily irradiated ruins of Novosibirsk to find medicine for Anna. It is the most hostile chapter of the game, and The Two Colonels DLC is also set here.
The real place
Novosibirsk is Russia's third-largest city and grew from a settlement for builders of the Trans-Siberian Railway bridge over the Ob in 1893. Lenin Square is dominated by the Opera and Ballet Theatre, the largest theatre building in Russia.
Visiting
Start at Lenin Square, with the theatre on one side and Ploshchad Lenina metro station below. Many Western governments currently advise against all travel to Russia, so check official advice first.
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