Chulym is a town and the administrative center of Chulymsky District

Chulymsky District

Chulymsky District is an administrative district , one of the 30 in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia....

 of Novosibirsk Oblast

Novosibirsk Oblast

Novosibirsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk. Population: -Overview:...

, Russia

Russia

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, located on the Chulym River 131 kilometres (81.4 mi) of Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...

, the administrative center of the oblast

Oblast

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The settlement of Chulymskoye was founded in 1762 during the construction of the Siberian Route

Siberian Route

The Siberian Route , also known as the Moscow Route and Great Route , was a historic route that connected European Russia to Siberia and China. Previously Siberian transport had been mostly by river via Siberian River Routes...

. In 1898, the Trans-Siberian Railroad was built through the settlement. In 1947, Chulym was granted town status.