- Nevinnomyssk
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a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, S of Stavropol. 104,000.
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▪ Russiacity, Stavropol kray (territory), western Russia, on the Kuban River at the mouth of the Bolshoy (Great) Zelenchuk River. Until the mid-1950s it was an agricultural market town, but in 1962 a chemical complex utilizing nearby natural gas reserves was constructed. A fertilizer plant was opened in 1962, and enlarged in 1965. Since 1968 plastics and chemical fibres have been manufactured. Nevinnomyssk is a rail centre, with freight yards and workshops; it is also the starting point of the Nevinnomyssk Canal, which provides irrigation to Stavropol and Krasnodar territories and Rostov oblast. Pop. (2005 est.) 130,732.* * *
Universalium. 2010.