Nizhni Tagil

[ nizh-nee tuh-geel; Russian nyee-zhnyee tuh-gyeel ]

noun

1. a city in the Russian Federation in Asia, on the E slope of the Ural Mountains.

Nizhni Tagil

/ ˈniʒnij taˈɡil /

noun

1. a city in central Russia, on the E slopes of the Ural Mountains: a major metallurgical centre. Pop: 382 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Not only Nizhni Tagil but more than 100 other major cities, including Moscow, also have air-pollution levels ten times as high as the acceptable standards set by the Soviets.

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In Nizhni Tagil the government has closed ten factories for failing to control toxic emissions and has begun criminal investigations against more than ten other plants.

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In April 10,000 people demonstrated against the conditions in Nizhni Tagil.

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The industrial city of Nizhni Tagil, some 700 miles east of Moscow, is sometimes wrapped in clouds of gaseous wastes so thick and toxic that drivers must turn on their headlights at noon and children walking home from school get skin rashes.

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