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Kuznetsk Basin

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kuznetsk Basin coal basin, c.10,000 sq mi (25,900 sq km), W Siberian Russia, between the Kuznetsk Alatau and the Salair Ridge. Its abbreviated name is Kuzbas. With extensive coal deposits, particularly of high-grade coking coal, the Kuznetsk Basin was second only to the Donets Basin of Ukraine in Soviet regional coal production. The main fields are around Anzhero-Sudzhensk , Kemerovo , Leninsk-Kuznetski , Kiselevsk , and Prokopyevsk . The first iron-smelting works were founded in 1697. Coal deposits were discovered in 1721 and first mined in 1851. The area's industries grew ra... Read more
Kuzbas
Russia: see Kuznetsk Basin . Read more
Prokopyevsk
, city (1989 pop. 274,000), E Siberian Russia. A coal-producing city of the Kuznetsk Basin , it also manufactures mining machinery, chemicals, and food products. It was founded after the Russian Revolution of 1917. Its coal production declined in the late 1980s. Read more

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