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Komsomolsk[kumsumOlsk´] Pronunciation Key or Komsomolsk-on-Amur[–Amoor´] Pronunciation Key, Rus. Komsomolsk-na-Amure, city (1989 pop. 315,000), Khabarovsk Territory, S Russian Far East, on the Amur River. It is a manufacturing center producing steel, machinery, refined oil, and wood products. Tin mines are nearby. The city was founded (1932) by the Komsomol (the Communist youth organization) with a great loss of life.
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