Novokuznetsk

 

(nô'vōkʊz'nĕtsk) , city (1989 pop. 600,000), S central Siberian Russia, on the Tom River. Steel, mining equipment, chemicals, and aluminum are produced. The old town of Kuznetsk was founded by Cossacks in 1617 and was a trading center until the 20th cent. It was developed in the 1930s as Stalinsk, an iron and steel center of the Kuznetsk Basin, and was merged with its newer industrial section in 1932. The name Novokuznetsk dates from 1961.

Coordinates: 53°45′N, 87°07′E

Novokuznetsk (Russian: Новокузне́цк) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Population: 549,870 (2002 Census); 599,947 (1989 Census) Located 1850 miles east of Moscow.

Founded as a Cossack outpost on the Tom River, it was initially called Kuznetsk (Кузне́цк). 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. In 1931–1932 the city was known as Novokuznetsk and in 1932–1961 as Stalinsk (Ста́линск), after Stalin.

On March 19th 2007 a massive methane explosion ripped through the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsk killing over 100 people. The mine was the largest coal producing center in the Kemerovo Region, located in an oil rich area of south central Russia known as the Kuzbass region. It is the deadliest mining accident in recent history.

City districts

• Kuybyshevsky
• Kuznetsky
• Novoilyinsky
• Ordzhonikidzevsky
• Tsentralny
• Zavodsky

Education

• Novokuznesk branch of Kemerovo State University
• Siberian State Industrial University

Industry

• West-Siberian Metal Plant
• Novokuznetsk Metal Plant

Sports

Metallurg Novokuznetsk is an ice hockey team based in Novokuznetsk, playing in the Russian Hockey Super League.

RC Novokuznetsk compete in the Professional Rugby League, the highest division of rugby union in Russia.

See also

Novokuznetsk Spichenkovo Airport

External links

• NGTS
• SIBSIU
• Natural landscapes of the Kemerovo area
• Франт.com/Frant.com
• Novokuznetsk at fallingrain.com

	Cities and towns in Kemerovo Oblast
	Administrative center: Kemerovo Anzhero-Sudzhensk | Belovo | Beryozovsky | Guryevsk | Kaltan | Kiselyovsk | Leninsk-Kuznetsky | Mariinsk | Mezhdurechensk | Myski | Novokuznetsk | Osinniki | Polysayevo | Prokopyevsk | Salair | Tashtagol | Tayga | Topki | Yurga

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