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# Never before had I seen a monument to ore
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/nikogda-prezhde-mne-ne-dovodilos-videt-pamiatnik-rude/
- Published: 2021-04-30T12:21:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:41:12.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Architecture, Geography, Observations

Never before had I seen a monument to ore. Still less a double one. The plaques commemorate the days on which the first and the billionth tonnes of iron ore were extracted at the quarry of the Mikhailovsky GOK in 1960 and 2004 respectively

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