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Novokuzneck (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 087 06 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 87.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Tom River below confluence with Kondoma River; iron industry expanded under Stalin's First Five-Year Plan 1930s & second plant added 1960-1968; other industries include chemicals & machinery; site of metallurgical & teacher-training institutes. |
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| Novokuzneck (preferred,C,V)
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............ | from 1931-1932, name reinstated 1961 |
| Novokuznetsk (B,V,O)
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| Kuznetsk Sibirsk (C,V)
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| Nowokusnezk (C,O)
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| Kuvnetsk (C,U)
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| Kuznetsk (C,U)
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| Kuznetsk-Sibirskiy (C,U)
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| Новокузнецк (C,U,Russian-P)
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| Kuzneck (H,V)
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............ | from 1916-1931 |
| Stalinsk (H,V)
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............ | 1932-1961 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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originally founded on right bank of Tom River as small village of Kuznetsk in 1617 |
| city (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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since construction of iron works on left bank of Tom River in 1929 |
| mining center (C) |
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| metallurgical center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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