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Census ). Founded as a Cossack outpost on the Tom River , it was initially called Kuznetsk. It was here that Fyodor Dostoevsky married his first wife, Maria Isayeva ( 1857 ). Joseph Stalin 's rapid industrialization of the Soviet Union transformed the sleepy town into a major Coal Mining and industrial center in the 1930s . In 1931 – 1932 the city was known as Novokuznetsk and in 1932– 1961 as '''Stalinsk''', after Stalin. CITY DISTRICTS
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SPORTS Metallurg Novokuznetsk is an Ice Hockey team based in Novokuznetsk, playing in the Russian Hockey Super League . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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