Novokuznetsk

City in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia

Novokuznetsk (Russian: Новокузнецк, IPA: [nəvəkʊzˈnʲɛt͡sk] , lit. 'new smith's'; Shor: Аба-тура, romanized: Aba-tura) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass) in southwestern Siberia, Russia. It is the second-largest city in the oblast, after the administrative center Kemerovo. It was previously known as Kuznetsk until 1932 and as Stalinsk until 1961.

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