The Soviet Siberia Typography was located in the city of Novonikolaevsk, a city in Southern Siberia. The printer disseminated the regional newspaper “Soviet Siberia”, a publication in circulation since 1919. Novonikolaevsk was founded in the 1890s and it grew into a major industrial hub. During the New Economic Policy (NEP) of 1921 to 1928, Novonikolaevsk entered a period of reconstruction. The city was named Novosibirsk in 1926.