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An⋅zhe⋅ro-Su⋅dzhensk

  [uhn-zhe-ruh-soo-jinsk]
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a city in the S Russian Federation in Central Asia. 105,000.
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An·zhe·ro-Sud·zhensk   (än-zhěr'ə-sŏŏd-zhěnsk', -sōōd'zhĭnsk')   
A city of south-central Russia northeast of Novosibirsk. It is one of the oldest coal-mining centers in the Kuznetsk Basin. Population: 84,600.
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Anzhero-Sudzhensk

city, Kemerovo oblast (province), Russia, on the Trans-Siberian Railroad at the northern limit of the Kuznetsk Coal Basin. Coal mining, begun early in the 20th century, expanded rapidly after 1928, when the townships of Anzherka and Sudzhenka were amalgamated, to be given city status in 1931. Other industries produce pharmaceutical goods, mining machinery, and window glass. Anzhero-Sudzhensk has chemical and medical institutes and a teachers college. Pop. (2006 est.) 83,861.

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