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Kuzbass

Today it means: A vast coal mining region in Kemerovo Oblast, Siberia, Russia, between Tomsk and Novokuznetsk. Full definition →

Russian Кузба́сс

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Russian · borrowed fromКузба́сс
English todayKuzbass

Borrowed from Russian Кузба́сс (Kuzbáss), abbreviation of Кузне́цкий бассе́йн (Kuznéckij basséjn, “Kuznetsk Basin”).

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