Mezhdurechensk

MezhdurechenskMezhdurechensk, Russia.

Mezhdurechensk, city, Kemerovo oblast (region), central Russia. It is located where the Usa River flows into the Tom River, in the upper Tom valley. Developed as the coal-mining settlement of Olzheras in the Tom-Usinsky region of the Kuznetsk Basin in the 1950s, it was renamed and incorporated as a town in 1955. In appearance it is a typical heavy-industrial “new town,” with coal mining as its main activity. Pop. (2006 est.) 103,672.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
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Article Title: Mezhdurechensk
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 29 January 2015
Access Date: February 22, 2025