2007-03-23 17:45:57 · 2 answers · asked by I waltz in coke 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
city, Perm oblast (province), west-central Russia. It lies on the western slope of the Ural Mountains, along the Kizel River. Founded in 1788, it developed in the 1890s following the construction of the railway to Perm and became a city in 1926. The present-day city serves as an industrial centre in the Kizel coal basin.
2007-03-23 17:54:00 · answer #1 · answered by jellybeanmom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kizel
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Kizel, city (1989 pop. 37,000), E European Russia, on the Kizel River and on the western slopes of the Urals. It is a coal-mining and industrial center with coal-concentrating factories and plants that produce mining equipment, clothing, and food products. It was founded in the late 18th cent. as a coal mining town.
2007-03-24 01:56:04 · answer #2 · answered by S B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋