Kuybyshev is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Om River, 315 kilometers west of Novosibirsk, the administrative center o…Kuybyshev is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Om River, 315 kilometers west of Novosibirsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 45,299 ; 48,848 ; 51,171 ; 40,000. It was founded as a military fort named Kainsky Pas in 1722. On January 30, 1782, it was granted town status and renamed Kainsk. In 1804, it became a part of Tomsk Governorate. In 1935, it was renamed Kuybyshev after Valerian Kuybyshev, who was exiled to Kainsk in 1907 and lived here for two years.
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