Komsomolsk-na-Amure

Komsomolsk-na-Amure

Russia

      city in Khabarovsk kray (territory), far eastern Russia, on the Amur River. Founded in 1932 on the site of the small village of Permskoye, the town was built by members of the Komsomol (Young Communist League), from which it derives its name. It rapidly developed into a major industrial centre, dominated by a large steelworks. With it are associated heavy engineering, machine building, and tinplate making; shipbuilding and ship repairing also are important. Oil from Sakhalin Island is refined, and there are also fishing, timber-working, and light industries. A railway bridge across the Amur for the Baikal-Amur Mainline route was completed there in 1975. The city has teacher-training and polytechnic institutes. Pop. (2005 est.) 275,908.

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