Kuzbass Institute Of The Federal Penitentiary Service Of Russia
Kuzbass (sometimes spelled Kuzbas) is short for Kuznetsk Basin. It may refer to: * Kuznetsk Basin * Kuzbass Region, another name for the Kemerovo Oblast * Kuzbass Autonomous Industrial Colony * Metallurg-Kuzbass, a Russian football club from Novokuznetsk * KUZBASS Kemerovo, a Russian football club from Kemerovo * Kuzbass Kemerovo Bandy Club, a Russian bandy club {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Kuznetsk Basin
The Kuznetsk Basin (russian: Кузнецкий угольный бассейн, Кузбасс; often abbreviated as Kuzbass or Kuzbas) in southwestern Siberia, Russia, is one of the largest coal mining areas in Russia, covering an area of around . It lies in the Kuznetsk Depression between Tomsk and Novokuznetsk in the basin of the Tom River. From the south it borders the Abakan Range, from the west Salair Ridge, and Kuznetsk Alatau from the east. It possesses some of the most extensive coal deposits anywhere in the world; coal-bearing seams extend over an area of and reach to a depth of . Overall coal deposits are estimated at 725 billion tonnes. The region's other industries, such as machine construction, chemicals and metallurgy, are based on coal mining. History Coal deposits in the area were first discovered in 1721. During the Soviet era, the Kuznetsk Basin was second only to Ukraine's Donets Basin in terms of regional coal production. Iron smelting began there as ea ...
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