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Kuznetsk Fortress
Novokuznetsk ( rus, Новокузнецк, p=nəvəkʊzˈnʲɛt͡sk; literally: "new smith's", cjs, Аба-тура, ''Aba-tura'') is a city in Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass) in south-western Siberia, Russia. It is the second largest city in the oblast, after Kemerovo. Population: It was previously known as ''Kuznetsk'' until 1931, and as ''Stalinsk'' until 1961. History Founded in 1618 by men from Tomsk as a Cossack '' ostrog'' (fort) on the Tom River, it was initially called Kuznetsky ostrog (). It became the seat of Kuznetsky Uyezd in 1622. Kuznetsk () was granted town status in 1689. It was here that Fyodor Dostoevsky married his first wife, Maria Isayeva (1857). Joseph Stalin's rapid industrialization of the Soviet Union transformed the sleepy town into a major coal mining and industrial center in the 1930s. It merged with Sad Gorod in 1931. In 1931–1932, the city was known as Novokuznetsk and between 1932 and 1961 as Stalinsk (), after Stalin. Climate Novokuznetsk has a fai ...
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Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=none) or Kuzbass (russian: Кузба́сс, label=none), after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Kemerovo is the administrative center of the oblast, though Novokuznetsk is the largest city in the oblast, in terms of size. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most urbanized regions, with over 70% of the population living in its nine principal cities. Its ethnic composition is predominantly Russian, but Shors, Ukrainians, Tatars, and Chuvash also live in the oblast. The population recorded during the 2010 Census was 2,763,135. Geography Kemerovo Oblast is located in southwestern Siberia, where the West Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian Mountains. The oblast, which covers an area of , shares a border w ...
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Subdivisions Of Russia
Russia is divided into several types and levels of subdivisions. Federal subjects Since 30 September 2022, the Russian Federation has consisted of eighty-nine federal subjects that are constituent members of the Federation.Constitution, Article 65 However, six of these federal subjects—the Republic of Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast, Kherson Oblast, the Luhansk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Sevastopol and the Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporozhye Oblast—are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine. All federal subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation—two delegates each—in the Federation Council of Russia, Federation Council (upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, Federal Assembly). They do, however, differ in the degree of autonomous area, autonomy they enjoy. De jure, there are 6&n ...
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Novokuznetsk Iron And Steel Plant
Novokuznetsk Iron and Steel Plant (russian: Новокузнецкий металлургический комбинат) is a major Russian steel producer in the city of Novokuznetsk in Kemerovo Oblast in southwestern Siberia. The company's name is abbreviated to NKMK (Russian:НКМК). The company specializes in the production of rails for railroads. NKMK is a subsidiary of the Evraz Group EVRAZ plc (russian: Евраз) is a UK-incorporated multinational steel manufacturing and mining company part-owned by Russian oligarchs. It has operations mainly in Russia as well as the USA, Canada, and Kazakhstan. As of 2015, the ultimate b ..., a leading Russian steel company. As of September 26, 2022, the Plant is on fire and major portions of it have burned down.https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1574180565292503040 References External linksEvraz Group list of subsidiaries
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West-Siberian Metal Plant
West-Siberian Metal Plant ''(Russian: Западно-Сибирский металлургический комбинат)'' is a metal plant in the city of Novokuznetsk in Kemerovo Oblast in southwestern Siberia, founded on 27 July 1964. The West-Siberian Metallurgical Plant is owned and operated by Evraz EVRAZ plc (russian: Евраз) is a UK-incorporated multinational steel manufacturing and mining company part-owned by Russian oligarchs. It has operations mainly in Russia as well as the USA, Canada, and Kazakhstan. As of 2015, the ultimate be .... The company's name is abbreviated to ZSMK ''(Russian:ЗСМК)''. It is one of the largest smelters in the Siberian region and the fifth-largest metallurgical plant in Russia. ZSMK's products are sold in over 30 different countries around the world. In 2016, over 5.4 million tons of pig iron and over 6.9 million tons of steel were produced by the Metallurgical Plant. References Evraz Novokuznetsk Manufacturing companies es ...
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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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Kemerovo State University
The Kemerovo State University (russian: Ке́меровский госуда́рственный университе́т) (KemSU) was established in 1973 as a successor to Kemerovo Pedagogical Institute. It is a leading educational and scientific center of Kemerovo Oblast with five branches throughout the oblast in Belovo, Anzhero-Sudzhensk, Novokuznetsk, Prokopyevsk, as well as in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. The university is officially recognized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. Kemerovo State University offers courses and programs in a number of disciplines, including officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees. Academics The main campus has 17 educational laboratory and administrative buildings with the total space of 120,000 m². There are 20 departments, 70 chairs. Over 10,000 full-time students. About 21,000 students including part-time. Over 900&n ...
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Siberian State Industrial University
Siberian State Industrial University (russian: Сибирский государственный индустриальный университет, abbreviated СибГИУ) is the oldest university in Novokuznetsk, Russia. It was established on June 23, 1930, to train professional personnel for the construction of the Kuznetsk Metallurgical Combine (Novokuznetsk Iron and Steel Plant). Prior to raising the status in 1994, it was named the Siberian Metallurgic Institute (SMI), then it was renamed the Siberian State Mining-Metallurgic Academy (SibGGMA). In 1998, the status of the university had risen to the level of the Technical University and it received the title of Siberian State Industrial University (SibSIU). The university is located in the central district of Novokuznetsk. Siberian State Industrial University has about 15,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students, and a faculty of about 1200, including 326 professors and 350 associate professors. Famous Alumni ...
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Zavodsky City District, Novokuznetsk
Zavodsky (masculine), Zavodskaya (feminine), or Zavodskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Zavodsky City District (other), name of several city districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union * Zavodsky (rural locality) (''Zavodskaya'', ''Zavodskoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia * Zavodskaya, a station of the Kazan Metro The Kazan Metro (russian: Каза́нский метрополите́н; tt-Cyrl, Казан метросы) is a rapid-transit system that serves the city of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The metro system was the seventh opened in Russia, and the ...
(Kazan, Russia) planned for opening in 2012 {{Disambig, geo ...
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Tsentralny City District, Novokuznetsk
Tsentralny (masculine), Tsentralnaya (feminine), or Tsentralnoye (neuter) may refer to: *Tsentralny District (other), several districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union *Tsentralny Okrug (other), various divisions in Russia *Tsentralny Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the Work Settlement of Tsentralny in Volodarsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia is incorporated as *Tsentralnoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the Work Settlement of Tsentralny in Miloslavsky District of Ryazan Oblast, Russia is incorporated as *Tsentralny (inhabited locality) (''Tsentralnaya'', ''Tsentralnoye''), several inhabited localities in Russia *Tsentralnyi, Luhansk Oblast Tsentralnyi ( uk, Центральний) is an urban-type settlement in Alchevsk Raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. Until 18 July 2020, Tsentralnyi was located in Perevalsk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as par ... (''Tsentralny''), an ...
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Ordzhonikidzevsky City District, Novokuznetsk
Ordzhonikidzevsky (masculine), Ordzhonikidzevskaya (feminine), or Ordzhonikidzevskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Ordzhonikidzevsky District, name of several districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union * Ordzhonikidzevsky (inhabited locality) (''Ordzhonikidzevskaya'', ''Ordzhonikidzevskoye''), name of several inhabited localities in Russia {{Geodis ...
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Novoilyinsky City District
Novoilyinsky (masculine), Novoilyinskaya (feminine), or Novoilyinskoye (neuter) may refer to: *Novoilyinsky City District, a city district of Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk ( rus, Новокузнецк, p=nəvəkʊzˈnʲɛt͡sk; literally: "new smith's", cjs, Аба-тура, ''Aba-tura'') is a city in Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass) in south-western Siberia, Russia. It is the second largest city in the obla ..., Kemerovo Oblast, Russia * Novoilyinsky (inhabited locality) (''Novoilyinskaya'', ''Novoilyinskoye''), name of several inhabited localities in Russia {{Geodis ...
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Kuznetsky City District, Novokuznetsk
Kuznetsky (masculine), Kuznetskaya (feminine), Kuznetskoye (neuter) or Kuznetskiye (plural) may refer to: *Kuznetsky District Kuznetsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. Districts of the federal subjects * Kuznetsky District, Penza Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Penza OblastLaw #774-ZPO City divisions ..., name of several districts in Russia * Kuznetsky (rural locality) (''Kuznetskaya'', ''Kuznetskoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia {{Geodis ...
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