Pioner (other)
Pioner may refer to: Places *Pioner, a former urban-type settlement in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia; since 2004—a part of the city of Kemerovo *Pioner, Amur Oblast, Russia *Pioner, Penza Oblast, a village (''selo'') in Penza Oblast, Russia *Pioner Truda, Altai Krai, Russia *Pioner, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in the Bashkortostan, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia Other

*Josef Pioner, an Italian luger who competed in the late 1970s *RSD-10 Pioneer, a Soviet medium-range ballistic missile *Pioner (video game), ''Pioner'' (video game) {{Disambig ...
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Kemerovo
Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Basin. Population: The city was known as ''Shcheglovsk'' until March 27, 1932. History Kemerovo is an amalgamation of, and successor to, several older Russian settlements. A waypoint named Verkhotomsky ''ostrog'' was established nearby in 1657 on a road from Tomsk to Kuznetsk fortress. In 1701, the settlement of Shcheglovsk was founded on the left bank of the Tom; soon it became a village. By 1859, seven villages existed where modern Kemerovo is now: Shcheglovka (or Ust-Iskitimskoye), Kemerovo (named in 1734), Yevseyevo, Krasny Yar, Kur-Iskitim (Pleshki), Davydovo (Ishanovo), and Borovaya. In 1721, coal was discovered in the area. The first coal mines were established in 1907, later a chemical plant was established in 1916. By 1917, the po ...
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