Bolotnoye is a town and the administrative center of Bolotninsky District

Bolotninsky District

Bolotninsky 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

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, located 126 kilometres (78.3 mi) northeast of Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk

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, the administrative center of the oblast

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Bolotnoye began with the establishment of a way station along 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...

at the town's present location, in 1805. By 1896, when the Trans-Siberian Railway had reached the same location, the area was known as Bolotnoskaya. A railroad station with buffet service was established there, and development of an accompanying settlement began in earnest. The area name was later shortened to Bolotnoye. Bolotnoye was, however, officially granted town status only in 1943.