Mag·ni·to·gorsk (m g-n  t -gôrsk , mg-ny -t-gôrsk) A city of southwest Russia in the Ural Mountains south-southwest of Chelyabinsk. It was developed in the early 1930s as a major center for heavy industry. Population: 417,000. |
Magnitogorsk (Russian) [məgnitaˈgɔrsk]
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(Placename) a city in central Russia, on the Ural River: founded in 1930 to exploit local magnetite ores; site of one of the world's largest, but outdated, metallurgical plants. Pop.: 428 100 (1999 est.)
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