Founded in 1930, Novomoskovsk is now the second largest city in the Tula Region, as well as a major industrial and cultural centre. Novomoskovsk has seen the development of its chemical, energy, food and construction industries, as well as its railway and automobile transportation infrastructure. The city is one of the leading Russian manufacturers of chemical products, specifically mineral fertilizer.
The city's total population is 145,500 people, and its total area is 76 square kilometres.
There are over 100 industrial and construction companies in Novomoskovsk. The largest and most important of them are Novomoskovsk Joint Stock Company Azot, Procter & Gamble Novomoskovsk, Knauf Gips Nowomoskowsk, GOTEK-Centre, the Novomoskovsk State District Power Station, and Polikont. Small and medium-sized business is developing as well.
The Industrial Complex of Novomoskovsk, a comprehensive investment project of national importance, is being constructed in the city. The project's total cost is 46.3 billion roubles, of which 37 billion roubles are from private investments in industrial facilities and 9.25 billion roubles are from allocations for the construction of transportation infrastructure facilities from the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation and the Tula Regional government's budget. In accordance with a Russian Government executive order, from 2008 to 2011, a total of 8.65 billion roubles is to be allotted from the Investment Fund for the construction of transportation infrastructure facilities.
Construction of housing and social facilities has been significant, with some 30,000 square metres of housing commissioned annually.
The most important facilities of the social and community infrastructure include a stadium, the Olimp health and fitness centre, cinemas, the Zabota special apartment house a central regional library, a children's railway, a drama theatre, museums, and at least twenty clubs and community centres. In recent years, old sports grounds have been renovated and new, modern sports grounds constructed at elementary schools in various neighborhoods of the city.
Novomoskovsk is also home to the Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, branches of the University of the Russian Academy of Education and of the Moscow Advanced Training Institute, ten vocational training schools, a medical college, a music college, a children's school of arts, an art school, and a music school.