NOVOKUZNETSK

nôˈvōkoozˌnĕtsk, 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.

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books on: Novokuznetsk  - 58 results

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American and Soviet Society: A Reader in Comparative Sociology and Perception
Book by Paul Hollander; Prentice Hall, 1969
Subjects: Soviet Union--Social Conditions--1945-, United States--Social Conditions--1945-
...four hours and three minutes and in Novokuznetsk at three hours and 43 minutes. In...Novosibirsk they spent 49 minutes, in Novokuznetsk the Kuznetsk Metallurgical Combine...in Krasnoyarsk about 20 hours, in Novokuznetsk 24 hours and in Sverdlovsk 26 hours...
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Siberia--Worlds Apart
Book by Victor L. Mote; Westview Press, 1998
Subjects: Siberia (Russia)--History
...the West Siberian Steel Mill, near Novokuznetsk 1990 . SOURCE: TASS. spheric emissions...dioxide. The steelproducing town of Novokuznetsk ranked third among Russias most polluted...which was much less noxious than Novokuznetsk, air pollution exceeded Soviet standards...
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Growing Pains: Russian Democracy and the Election of 1993
Book by Timothy J. Colton, Jerry F. Hough; Brookings Institution, 1998
Subjects: Democracy--Russia (Federation), Presidents--Russia (Federation)--Election--1993, Russia (Federation)--Politics And Government--1991-
...of Culture" in a mining borough of Novokuznetsk, fifty people at most--mainly pensioners...they had visited every enterprise in Novokuznetsk, and most of the enterprises and mines...Complex, the two industrial giants of Novokuznetsk with more than 30,000 employees each...
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A Geography of Manufacturing
Book by E. Willard Miller; Prentice-Hall, 1962
Subjects: Industries, Manufactures
...industrialize the area was the Novokuznetsk iron and steel works on the banks...Telbes deposits, 50 miles west of Novokuznetsk. This deposit, supplying 20 to 30 per cent of the demands of the Novokuznetsk plant, was depleted in the early...
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Tattered Banners: Labor, Conflict, and Corporatism in Postcommunist Russia
Book by Walter D. Connor; Westview Press, 1996
Subjects: Industrial Policy--Russia (Federation), Industrial Relations--Russia (Federation), Russia (Federation)--Economic Policy--1991-, Russia (Federation)--Politics And Government--1991-
...delegation arrived and held talks in Novokuznetsk with workers in a metallurgical plant...regional workers committee, and with the Novokuznetsk city administration, where Shokhin...Moscow delegation to the meetings in Novokuznetsk. 46 The delegation had, earlier in...
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journal articles on: Novokuznetsk  - 8 results

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Moving Money, Making Money, and Parking Money Overseas: Front Companies in Offshore Jurisdictions
Journal article by Vladimir Brovkin; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 9, 2001
Subjects: Market economies, Money laundering, Offshore, Russia
...Money Trust This case concerns the Novokuznetsk aluminum plant, NKaP, one of the...brothers Zhivilo at the Krasnoyarsk and Novokuznetsk aluminum plants (NKaP), respectively...millions of dollars were skimmed off the Novokuznetsk plant exports annually, $95 million...
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Human Rights in Post-soviet Russia
Journal article by Jonathan D. Weiler; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 10, 2002
Subjects: Civil rights, Human rights, International, Russia
...violations of Russian law in the prisons were reported in Novokuznetsk, Tambov, Buryatia, and Volgograd, as well as other regions...4. 44. For example, eleven inmates died in a prison in Novokuznetsk in July 1995, when temperatures in an unventilated cell...
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Standard Oil and Yukos in the Context of Early Capitalism in the United States and Russia
Journal article by Vadim Volkov; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 16, 2008
Subjects: Capitalism, Conflicts, Divestiture, Fraud, Legislation, Petroleum industry, Political power, Political systems, Politics, Private property, Property rights, Russia, Russian history, United States
...the Soviet and post-Soviet economy. Among the most prominent cases were Siberian Aluminums (Sibal) acquisitions of the Novokuznetsk Aluminum Plant (NKAZ), the Kuznetsky Metallurgical Plant in Kemerovo region, and the Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Plant. Sibal...
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"Dermokratizatsiya" and "prikhvatizatsiya": the Russian Kleptocracy and Rise of Organized Crime
Journal article by Johanna Granville; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 11, 2003
Subjects: Berezovsky, Boris, Capitalism, Communism, Corruption in government, Crime, Finckenauer, James O, Freeland, Chrystia, Friedman, Robert I, International, Klebnikov, Paul, Nonfiction, Organized crime, Politics, Robinson, Jeffrey (Writer), Russia, United States, Waring, Elin J
...public television station ORT, Omsk Oil Refinery, National Sports Fund, and aluminum smelters Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Novokuznetsk), but instead drained them of cash. Klebnikov also provides insight into the cause of the first Russian war with Chechnya...
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Ordinary Russians? Rethinking August 1991
Journal article by Harley Balzer; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 13, 2005
Subjects: Communism, Coups d etat, Democracy, Demonstrations & protests, European history, Government, History, International, Media, Political dissent, Politics, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--USSR
...the putsch organized a protest march. Novosibirsk and Barnaul: Rallies against the GKChP were described as "large." Novokuznetsk: Approximately three thousand people participated in a demonstration supporting the Russian Republic government. Voronezh...
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magazine articles on: Novokuznetsk  - 3 results

 
 
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Russia's Legacy of Death
Magazine article by Glenn Garelik; National Wildlife, Vol. 34, June 1996
Subjects: Soviet Union--Environmental policy, United States--Environmental policy
...life was organized around work. In Novokuznetsk, Russias biggest metallurgical center...A few hours further up the Tom, in Novokuznetsk, the air grows even worse. During...According to municipal authorities in Novokuznetsk, the citys air averages 10 times the...
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Labor Pains in the Soviet Union; Miners' Hopes Deferred
Magazine article by Lewis H. Siegelbaum; The Nation, Vol. 252, May 27, 1991
Subjects: Miners--Labor relations, Soviet Union--Labor relations
...is not Boldyrev speaking but Igor Zorkin, a delegate from Novokuznetsk (Kuzbas), whose handshake nearly knocks me over. "We...claims that the steelworkers are with the miners and that in Novokuznetsk they have contributed money to the strike fund. Still...
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Reasons to Arbitrate Disputes between Multinational Companies and Third-country National Employees
Magazine article by Obiajulu "obie" Charles Okuh; Dispute Resolution Journal, Vol. 66, May-Jul 2011
Subjects: Arbitration, Covenants, Employment contracts, Globalization, Multinational corporations, Noncompetition agreements, United States
...in the United States, where the plaintiffsought enforcement of the award.57 The result in Base Metal Trading v. OJSC Novokuznetsk Aluminium Plant has been explained as a consequence of poor briefing by plaintiffs counsel.58 As a result, arbitral awards...


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newspaper articles on: Novokuznetsk  - 4 results

 
 
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Milbury Stakes Future on Teen-Ager after Islanders Trade Two Goalies
Newspaper article by Dave Fay; The Washington Times, June 25, 2000
Subjects: Ontario Hockey League
...Makela, LW, IFK Jr., Finland; Sergei Zinovjev, RW, Novokuznetsk, Russia. Buffalo - Artem Kriukov, C, Yaroslavl, Russia...Samara, Russia. Florida - Vladimir Sapozhnikov, D, Novokuznetsk, Russia; Robert Fried, RW, Deerfield, USHSE; Sean OConnor...
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Evil Cannibal Family Slaughtered Young Girls to Sell as Rissoles!
Newspaper article by David Jack; The People (London, England), January 19, 1997
...human flesh to the poor and homeless in the Russian city of Novokuznetsk in Western Siberia. Ludmila Spesivtseva, her son Alexander...along with human snacks. The cannibals are being held in Novokuznetsk Jail No.2 while detectives continue with their investigation...
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NHL Draft
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 28, 2009
...Brynas Jr. (Swedish Jr). 54. New Jersey, Eric Gelinas, D, Lewiston (QMJHL). 55. Washington, Dmitri Orlov, D, Novokuznetsk (Russia). 56. Columbus (from Boston via N.Y. Islanders), Kevin Lynch, F, under-18 (USDP). 57. San Jose...
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As Draft Concludes, Caps Still Have Holes
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 28, 2009
...2009 draft class, the Caps continued to stockpile defensemen by adding three in the first five rounds. Dmitri Orlov of Novokuznetsk, Russia, was the teams first pick of the drafts second day at No. 55. He spent some time in the KHL this past season...


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encyclopedia articles on: Novokuznetsk  - 8 results

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Novokuznetsk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NOVOKUZNETSK no vokooz netsk, city (1989 pop. 600,000), S central Siberian...and was merged with its newer industrial section in 1932. The name Novokuznetsk dates from 1961. ____________________ Copyright...
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Tom
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Alatau range, S Siberian Russia. It flows N through the Kuznetsk Basin past Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, and Tomsk into the Ob River. It is navigable from Novokuznetsk. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Kuznetsk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KUZNETSK Kemerovo Region, Russia: see Novokuznetsk . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Kuznetsk Basin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...heavy industry was started from 1930 to 1932 when the Ural-Kuznetsk industrial combine was formed. With major plants at Novokuznetsk , the Kuznetsk industrial region (c.27,000 sq mi/69,900 sq km) produces iron and steel, zinc, aluminum, heavy...
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Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...importance. At Novosibirsk and Kamen-na-Obi are large hydroelectric stations. Other principal cities include Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk. The Kuznetsk Basin in the southwest is a center of coal mining, oil refining, and the production of iron, steel, machinery...
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