Novokuznetsk

53°45′N 87°07′E

Church in Novokuznetsk

Novokuznetsk (Template:Lang-ru) 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 (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 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

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

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.

See also

Novokuznetsk Spichenkovo Airport

External links

• Photos of Novokuznetsk city
• NGTS
• SIBSIU
• Novokuznetsk news
• Novokuznetsk RadioHobbist Community
• Франт.com/Frant.com
• Novokuznetsk Travel Guide at virtualtourist.com
• Novokuznetsk weather
• Sightseeing places of Novokuznetsk