"GRUZOVOZOFF" branch office in Novokuznetsk


Address:
8 Muzeynaya Str., 654000, Novokuznetsk, Russia


Telephone/Fax:
+ 7 (3843) 79-47-86, 79-45-58, 79-44-63


E-mail:
novokuznetsk@gruzovozoff.ru


Open hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 19:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 16:00
Sunday closed


Head of the branch office:
Viacheslav Buldov

Novokuznetsk was founded in 1618, when a troop of Russian soldiers built a new burg, named ‘Kuznetsky’, on the left bank of the Tom River. In 1620 the burg was moved to the higher right bank. The name of the village is associated with the fact that a considerable part of the native population, the northern Shors, were engaged in smithcraft and the Russian word for ‘smith’ is ‘kuznets’. They mined and smelted the ore, forged household utensils and weapons. They were mentioned in Russian documents of the 17th century as ‘smith people’ or ‘smith Tatars’ and the place were they were living was referred to as ‘Kuznetskaya Zemlia’ or ‘Smith Land’. The town was called Kuznetsk or Kuznetsk-Sibirsky (to distinguish it from another Kuznetsk town in the Penza Region). Since 1622 Kuznetsk was part of the Biysk picket line protecting the boundary region of the Southern Siberia against the khans of Kirgiziya and Dzungaria. After the rebellion of 1648 and 1682 the Moscow archers were exiled to Kuznetsk. The burg and later (since 1846) the city of Kuznetsk became the administrative centre of a re-annexed lands and the most southerly Russian outpost in Siberia. The infancy of the Soviet system since February of 1917 till December 1919 provoked numerous disturbances. At the end of 1919 the nascent revolutionary committee recoursed to the guerilla warriors. In the middle of December a guerilla band headed by G. Rogov entered the city, carried out a bloody mop-up operation that led to many victims, fired all the churches in the city. That tragic event seared into the memory of the citizens of Kuznetsk. In 1930 the construction of the Kuznetsky integrated iron-and-steel works (‘KMK’) began. On April 3, 1932 it produced the first crude iron, steel in September and mill products in December. Such rapid development was unprecedented in international practice. The beginning of the Great Patriotic War gave an impulse to the industrial development of Novokuznetsk. In 1941-43 more than one hundred of industrial enterprises were put into operation (aluminum, steel construction and ferroalloy plants; the Kuznetsk steam-electric plant, 36 ironworks, the Abashevskaya mine and new coal-measures units). In the period of economic reconstruction all the plants were increasing the output and were developing their own social infrastructure. Residential construction was raised significantly. In the late 1950s the construction of the ‘Zapsib’ integrated iron-and-steel works began. On June 27, 1964 the plant produced the first crude iron. In 1970-1980s an indoor ice rink, swimming pools, a circus, new schools and kindergartens were built in Novokuznetsk. Nowadays Novokuznetsk is an important industrial centre of Siberia. There are more than 1200 industrial enterprises of various forms of ownership, among them 50 plants that are leaders in their respective industries. The two biggest integrated iron-and-steel works ‘KMK’ and ‘Zapsib’, despite a tight economic situation in recent years, have managed to maintain industrial capacity and their staff. The best mines of the city have struggled through economic slumps of the early 1990s and now hit record level of coal-mining. Historical dates: In 1932 the city was renamed to Stalinsk. In 1939 Kuznetsk was annexed to Stalinsk. The united city was named Stalinsk-Kuznetsk and then just Stalinsk. In 1964 the ‘Zapsib’ integrated iron-and-steel works was built. In 1961 the city was renamed to Novokuznetsk.