The city was considered to be the business capital of Siberia, so the largest Siberian banks and the Siberian Stock and Commodity Exchanges are situated here. The city has also a great number of ancient churches and museums. The pretty little Chapel of St. Nicolas is reckoned to be at the geographical center of Russia. Originally built in 1915 to celebrate 300th anniversary of the Romanovs dynasty, it was knocked down on the 1930s but rebuilt in 1993 for Novosibirsk centenary. About only 700m is the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, one of the city’s first stone cathedrals. The Ascension Cathedral dates from the early 1900s. It has nice blue and gold domes and is indeed beautiful inside.