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Ust-Kamenogorsk

American  
[oost-kuh-myi-nuh-gawrsk] / ˈust kə myɪ nʌˈgɔrsk /

noun

  1. a city in E Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.


Ust-Kamenogorsk British  
/ ustjkəmɪnaˈɡɔrsk /

noun

  1. a city in E Kazakhstan: centre of a zinc-, lead-, and copper-mining area. Pop: 307 000 (2005 est)

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Uranium pellets, a nuclear fuel product for atomic power plants, are seen on a production line at Ulba Metallurgical Plant in Kazakhstan's eastern town of Ust-Kamenogorsk August 11, 2006.

From Reuters • Mar. 2, 2022

Originally from Ust-Kamenogorsk in Kazakhstan, Ms. Sergeenko was raised in a family of linguists, and said she continues to take inspiration from literature.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2012

The collapse of the Soviet Union, they said, had stranded about 1,300 lbs. of uranium at the sprawling Ulba Metallurgical Plant on the windswept steppes, 20 miles outside the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk.

From Time Magazine Archive

A more recent exile from Moscow, ex-Premier Georgi Malenkov, now runs a hydroelectric power station at Ust-Kamenogorsk.

From Time Magazine Archive

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