Everything about Novokuznetsk totally explained
Novokuznetsk is a
city in
Kemerovo Oblast,
Russia with a population of 549,870 (
2002 Census). It is located c. 3,000 km east of Moscow.
Founded as a
Cossack outpost on the
Tom River, it was initially called
Kuznetsk . 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, after Stalin.
On
March 19 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
Education
Novokuznesk branch of Kemerovo State University
Siberian State Industrial University
Novokuznetsk State University of Pedagogy
State Institute for Postgraduate Training of Physicians of Russian Ministry of Health known also as Novokuznetsk Postgraduate Physician Institute
Novokuznetsk Scientific Center of Medicosocial Expert Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Invalids, Federal Agency for Public Health and Social welfare
Institute of General Problems of Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
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.
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