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- proper noun A vast coal mining region in
Kemerovo oblast inSiberia ,Russia betweenTomsk andNovokuznetsk .
Etymologies
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"I don't think Yeltsin or Zyuganov will do much," said Lidia Lasnova, an economist visiting Moscow from the Kuzbass region of Siberia.
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Also in Russia, rescue workers searching for four missing coalminers after an explosion in the Siberian region of Kuzbass.
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Thousands of striking miners demanding better working and living conditions in the Donbass and Kuzbass coalfields and in other areas posed what Gorbachev called the most serious threat yet to perestroika.
1989, Jan 2001
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The strike wave now in Russia in the Kuzbass district is now taking on more of a political character.
Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1996
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Aman Tuleyev, the governor of Kemerovo which includes the Kuzbass fields, said regional coal miners had built up stockpiles of 10.7 million tonnes of coal, double normal levels.
unknown title 2011
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He asked Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to order the relevant ministries and government departments to take steps to ensure that coal can be shipped from the Kuzbass.
unknown title 2011
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MOSCOW, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Coal shipments from the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbass), Russia's leading coal-producing area, were 4 million tonnes less than planned during May-July due to problems caused by a large number of freight firms, the region's governor said.
unknown title 2011
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All of Russia's leading coal producers have operations in the Kuzbass, including steam coal miners SUEK and Kuzbassrazrezugol as well as coking coal producers Mechel and Raspadskaya .
unknown title 2011
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The Kuzbass methane reserves are estimated at 13 trillion cubic meters.
RIA Novosti 2010
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Russian state-run gas monopoly Gazprom plans to launch coalbed methane pilot production in the Kuzbass coalbasin in 2011, Gazprom Deputy Chairman Valery Golubev said on Monday.
RIA Novosti 2010
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