 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panguva yokuvhurwa kwebhiriji, Novonikolayevsk yakanga ine vagari vevanhu 7.800. Nzvimbo yokugara pamuganhu yakakura nokukurumidza. Bhengi rayo rokutanga rakavhurwa muna 1906, uye mabhangi mashanu ose akanga achishanda pakazosvika 1915. Muna 1907, Novonikolayevsk, zvino ine vagari vanopfuura 47 000, yakapiwa nzvimbo yeguta rine kodzero dzakazara dzokuzvitonga. Mukati memazuva epamberi peshandukoMunguva iyi, vagari veNovonikolayevsk vakasvika 80 000. Guta racho rakakura nokukurumidza mune zvoupfumi, richiva rimwe remaguta makuru ezvokutengeserana nemaindasitiri eSiberia. Yakagadzira indasitiri yakakosha yekugadzira zvekurima, pamwe chete nesimba remagetsi, simbi yekukanda simbi, musika wezvinhu, mabhangi akati wandei, uye makambani ezvokutengeserana nekutakura. Pakazosvika 1917, machechi manomwe eOrthodox neChechi imwe yeRoma Katurike akanga avakwa ipapo, pamwe chete nemitambo yemafirimu inoverengeka, zvikoro zvepuraimari makumi mana, chikoro chesekondari, seminari yokudzidzisa, uye chikoro chechipiri chisiri chechinyakare cheRomanov House. Muna 1913, Novonikolayevsk yakava imwe yenzvimbo dzokutanga muRussia kugadza dzidzo yepuraimari inomanikidzwa. 