- Chadan by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... center of Dzun-Khemchik Raion, Tuva ASSR. Chadan is located in the western part of the Tuva Basin, on the Chadan River of the Enisei basin, 225 km west of Kyzyl on the Kyzyl–Ak-Dovurak highway. Chadan has a butter factory and an industrial combine. Hard coal is mined in the area.
- Tuva Basin by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... soils.The most important livestock are sheep, which are raised for their meat and wool. Grain crops include wheat, barley, and millet. The cities of Kyzyl, Shagonar, Chadan, and Ak-Dovurak are located in the Tuva Basin. Coal is found in the Ulug-Khem Basin.
- Khemchik by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... within its basin. The city of Ak-Dovurak is located in the Khemchik river valley.Khemchik. a mountain range in the Zapadnyi Saian, on the border between Krasnoiarsk Krai and the Tuva ASSR. The Khemchik Range is 70 km long and rises to 2,213 m. It is composed of sandstones and shales. The northern slopes of the range are covered with taiga of nut pine and larch; up to ...
- Abaza by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... station and to the city of Ak-Dovurak, Tuva ASSR, by a highway. Its population was 15,900 in 1968. Abaza began as a settlement around an iron ore treatment plant in 1956 and became a city ten years later. It has an ore-concentration factory. The ore is shipped to Novokuznetsk metallurgical enterprises.Abaza. the language of the Abaza people, belongs to the northwest ...
- Asbestos by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... ), and the Tuva ASSR (Ak-Dovurak). In the northern part of Chita Oblast the Molodezhnyi deposit has been discovered, in which exceptionally long asbestos fibers are encountered. Of great importance are the chrysotile deposits in the serpentine belt of the Eastern and Western Saian mountains, as well as in the Northern Caucasus. Major foreign deposits of ...