Kizel

Kizel grew in the western Urals where iron ore was found along the Kizel and Maly Kizel rivers in 1750. The first mine began operating in 1762, and a coal deposit was discovered in 1786. Industrialist Ivan Lazarev founded the Kizel works; a dam on the river was completed in 1788 and the works began production in 1789. Coal extraction at the Zaprudnaya adit began in 1797, marking the start of mining in the Kizel coalfield.