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Magnitogorsk

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Magnitogorsk , city (1990 pop. 440,000), SW Siberian Russia, on the slopes of Mt. Magnitnaya in the S Urals, on the Ural River. Built (1929–31) under the first Five-Year Plan on the site of iron deposits, the city became a symbol of Soviet industrial growth. Coking coal for steel production comes from the Kuznetsk and Qaraghandy basins; there are also numerous coke and chemical plants. Magnitogorsk was a leading steel manufacturer during World War II, and though it is still a major metallurgical center, steel production has declined sharply.

Bibliography: See S. Kotkin, Steeltown, USSR (1992).

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Magnitogorsk

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Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk/Russia The city grew up in 1929–31 around the Metallurgical Combine which was constructed at the same time. It was named after the magnetic iron ore which is mined from Magnitnaya Gora ‘Magnetic Mountain’.

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