Place:Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Sibirsky, Russia

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NameNovokuznetsk
Alt namesKuznecksource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VIII, 813
Kuznetsk Sibirsksource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 873
Novokuznecksource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Nowokusnezksource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-125
Stalinsksource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VIII, 813
Новокузне́цкsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity or town
Coordinates53.75°N 87.117°E
Located inKemerovo, Sibirsky, Russia     (1617 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Novokuznetsk (; literally: "new smith's", , Aba-tura) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast in south-western Siberia, Russia. It is the second largest city in the oblast, after Kemerovo. It had a population of 547,904 as of the 2010 Census.

It was previously known as Kuznetsk until 1931, and as Stalinsk until 1961.

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