West-Siberian Metal Plant
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West-Siberian Metal Plant (Russian: Западно-Сибирский металлургический комбинат) is a metal plant in the city of Novokuznetsk
in Kemerovo Oblast
in southwestern Siberia
. Founded 27 July 1964. The company's name is abbreviated to ZSMK (Russian:ЗСМК). One of the largest smelters of CIS
, the fifth-largest metallurgical plant in Russia.
Novokuznetsk
Novokuznetsk is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. It serves as the administrative center of Novokuznetsky District, but it is not administratively a part of it...
in Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast , also known as Kuzbass after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia, where the West Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian mountains...
in southwestern Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
. Founded 27 July 1964. The company's name is abbreviated to ZSMK (Russian:ЗСМК). One of the largest smelters of CIS
CIS
CIS usually refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, a modern political entity consisting of eleven former Soviet Union republics.The acronym CIS may also refer to:-Organizations:...
, the fifth-largest metallurgical plant in Russia.