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Novorossiysk or Novorossiisk (both: nô'vərəsēsk`), city (1989 pop. 186,000), Krasnodar Territory, SE European Russia, on the Black Sea. A major port and a naval base, it exports grain and oil, has shipyards, and is a major center of the Russian cement industry. It is connected the pipelines to the oilfields of Kazakhstan. The city stands on the site of a Genoese colony (13th–14th cent.) and of a Turkish fortress, captured by the Russians in 1808. The present city was founded in 1838, and the first cement factory was opened in 1882. Before 1914 it was one of the important grain-exporting cities of Russia. The city was held (1919–20) by the White forces during the Russian civil war. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This includes the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which is taking oil from Tengiz in Kazakhstan to Novorossiysk in Russia. While another recently expanded pipeline carries oil from Kazakhastan's huge Tengiz field to Novorossiysk on Russia's Black Sea coast, the offshore (Caspian) Kashagan field is even larger than Tengiz. oil companies, now carries crude oil from Kazakhstan's immense Tengiz oil field to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Russia's largest oil terminal. |
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