Magnitogorsk, city, southwestern Siberia Russia, a railroad center on the Ural River. In the city is one of the largest Russian iron and steel works (opened in the 1930s); other manufactures include machinery, cement, and glass. Magnitorgorsk was laid out in 1929 (during the Soviet Union's first five-year plan) in a magnetite-producing region including adjacent Mount Magnitnaya. Nearby iron-ore resources have since been depleted, and ore is imported from other areas. Population (1999 estimate) 427,000.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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