city in SC Russia, in the Kuznetsk Basin: pop. 572,000
See Novokuznetsk in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(nōˌvə-ko͝oz-nĕtskˈ, nə-və-ko͞oz-nyĕtskˈ)
A city of south-central Russia southeast of Novosibirsk. Founded by Cossacks in 1617, it was developed as an iron and steel center in the 1930s. Population: 563,000.