Magnitogorsk


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Mag·ni·to·gorsk

 (măg-nē′tə-gôrsk′, məg-nyĭ-tə-gôrsk′)
A city of west-central Russia in the Ural Mountains southwest of Chelyabinsk. It was developed in the early 1930s as a major center for heavy industry.
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Magnitogorsk

(Russian məɡnitaˈɡɔrsk)
n
(Placename) a city in central Russia, on the Ural River: founded in 1930 to exploit local magnetite ores; site of one of the world's largest metallurgical plants. Pop: 415 000 (2005 est)
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Mag•ni•to•gorsk

(mægˈni təˌgɔrsk)

n.
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River. 430,000.
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ENPNewswire-September 5, 2019--Ministry of Natural Resources confirms effectiveness of MMK's environmental programme to improve air quality in Magnitogorsk
"VAZ-2106" car exploded on the street of the Soviet Army in Magnitogorsk on Wednesday, August 7.
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, a steel producer and a Russian metals company, has commissioned sinter plant No.
Kyrgyzstanis and Uzbekistanis were shot to death and then burned down inside a vehicle in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region, Russian media report.
Summary: Magnitogorsk [Russia], Jan 4 (ANI): Around 39 people have lost their lives in the building collapse here, as authorities ceased search and rescue operations at the site of incidence.
3 (Saba) - Saudi king King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the victims of the collapse of the residential building in the city of Magnitogorsk. "We are aware of the news of the collapse of a residential building in the city of Magnitogorsk and the resulting deaths and injuries," the Saudi monarch told the Russian president on Wednesday.
Damascus, SANA- Foreign and Expatriates Ministry affirmed that the Syrian Arab Republic followed up with deep regret and sorrow the incident of the collapse of a residential building in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk which claimed the lives of a number of innocent people.
Rescuers have been braving temperatures as low as minus 27 degrees Celsius (minus 16 degrees Fahrenheit) to search through mangled concrete and metal at the site in the Ural mountains city of Magnitogorsk. Six people including two children have been rescued at the site, but no survivors have been found since Tuesday when a 10-month-old boy was retrieved in what officials described as a New Year's miracle".
NNA - The death toll from the partial collapse of a building in Russian city of Magnitogorsk reached 38, the Emergency Situations Ministry said on Thursday.
Rescuers recovered the body of one more individual from rubble of the collapsed section of the building in the Ural city of Magnitogorsk, press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told TASS on Thursday.
KUWAIT, Jan 2 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Wednesday sent a cable of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin over victims of a collapsed building in Magnitogorsk in Russia.