What is "barnaul"

Barnaul is a city and the administrative center of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka River into the Ob River in the West Siberian Plain. At the end of 2015, the city had a population above 700,000 people, making it the 21st largest city in Russia. The population of the Barnaul metropolitan area is estimated to be over 1.14 million.

Barnaul was founded in 1730 as a settlement to serve a silver smeltmill owned by Akinfiy Demidov of the prominent Demidov industrialist family, and was incorporated as a city in 1771. Now it is one of the largest industrial, cultural and university centres in Siberia.

Barnaul is a city and the administrative center of Altai Krai, Russia.

Barnaul may also refer to:

• Barnaul Urban Okrug, a municipal formation which the city of krai significance of Barnaul in Altai Krai, Russia is incorporated as
• Barnaul Airport, an airport in Altai Krai, Russia
• Barnaul Cartridge Plant, a manufacturer of industrial goods and ammunition in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia.
• Barnaul meteorite, a meteorite that fell in Russia in 1904
• Barnaul (inhabited locality), several inhabited localities in Russia

Barnaul is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.

• Barnaul, a city Altai Krai, administratively incorporated as a city of krai significance;

• Barnaul, Kurgan Oblast, a village in Mostovskoy Selsoviet of Vargashinsky District in Kurgan Oblast;