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Nizhni Tagil
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Nizhni Tagil (nyēzh`nyē təgēl`), city (1989 pop. 440,000), E European Russia, in the central Urals, on the Tagil River. A leading metallurgical and heavy industry center, it uses the ore from deposits at Kachkanar and on Mount Vysokaya. Railroad cars, machinery, and chemicals are manufactured, and copper, iron, and gold are mined in the district. Nizhni Tagil was founded in 1725.
Nizhni Tagil
a city in central Russia, on the E slopes of the Ural Mountains: a major metallurgical centre. Pop.: 382 000 (2005 est.


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On occasion, the use of such names has reached an extreme -- in the Urals town of Nizhny Tagil, a baby was recently reported to have been christened Privatizatsia (Privatisation).
28, Vostochnoye Shosse, Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk region, Russian Federation, 622051 Tel: +7 3435 231774 Fax: +7 3435 233492 E-mail: uvz@uralnet.
Evraz Group's principal assets include three of the leading steel plants in Russia: Nizhny Tagil (NTMK) in the Urals region and West Siberian (Zapsib) and Novokuznetsk (NKMK) in Siberia, as well as Palini e Bertoli in Italy and Vitkovice Steel in the Czech Republic.
 
 
 
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