Original paper

UDC 622.882(470.53):622.85 © I.V. Zenkov1, B.N. Nefedov2, K.V. Raevich3, A.S. Conde4, Yu.P. Yuronen5, A.S. Lunev6, T.N. Sizova6, P.L. Pavlova6, Zh.V. Mironova6, L.N. Kuzina6, 2025

ISSN 0041-5790 (Print) • ISSN 2412-8333 (Online) • Ugol’ – Russian Coal Journal, 2025, №11, pp. 99-103

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18796/0041-5790-2025-11-99-103

INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR STUDYING MAN-MADE DISTURBANCES OF THE NATURAL TERRAIN DURING COAL MINING IN THE DONETSK COAL BASIN IN THE DONETSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC

Authors

I.V. Zenkov1, B.N. Nefedov2, K.V. Raevich3, A.S. Conde4, Yu.P. Yuronen5, A.S. Lunev6, T.N. Sizova6, P.L. Pavlova6, Zh.V. Mironova6, L.N. Kuzina6

1 Siberian Research Institute of Mining and Surveying, Krasnoyarsk, 660025, Russian Federation

2 Federal Research Center for Information and Computational Technologies, Novosibirsk, 630060, Russian Federation

3 K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management, Moscow, 109004, Russian Federation

4 RUSSKY ALUMINY LIMITED, Conakry, Representative Office in the Republic of Guinea, BP 6506, Republic of Guinea

5 Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, 660037, Russian Federation

6 Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation e-mail: zenkoviv@mail.ru

Authors Information

Zenkov I.V. – Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Siberian Research Institute of Mining and Surveying, Krasnoyarsk, 660025, Russian Federation, e-mail: zenkoviv@mail.ru

Nefedov B.N. – PhD (Engineering), Head of the Laboratory, Federal Research Center for Information and Computational Technologies, Novosibirsk, 630060, Russian Federation

Raevich K.V. – PhD (Engineering), Associate Professor, K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management, Moscow, 109004, Russian Federation

Conde A.S. – Mining engineer, RUSSKY ALUMINY LIMITED, Representative Office in the Republic of Guinea, Conakry, BP 6506, Republic of Guinea

Yuronen Yu.P. – PhD (Engineering), Associate Professor, Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, 660037, Russian Federation

Lunev A.S. – PhD (Engineering), Associate Professor, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation

Sizova T.N. – Senior lecturer, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation

Pavlova P.L. – PhD (Engineering), Associate Professor, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation

Mironova Zh.V. – PhD (Engineering), Associate Professor, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation

Kuzina L.N. – PhD (Economics), Associate Professor, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation

Abstract

The article presents the results of studying the environmental state of lands disturbed in the course of coal mining using surface and underground methods in the coal-bearing areas of the Donetsk coal basin in the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Types and areas of man-made landscape objects formed in the course of coal mining activities are revealed. Complex activities are proposed to accelerate the recovery of the environmental balance on the surface of the manmade terrain disturbances by applying loose Quaternary rocks with the thickness of at least one meter and planting shrubs and trees with sowing cereal and leguminous crops with herbaceous vegetation in between the rows.

Keywords

Remote sensing, сoal mining industry, restoration ecology, Donetsk People’s Republic, Donetsk coal basin, сoal mines, сoal pits, mine waste piles, rock dumps, environmental problems.

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For citation

Zenkov I.V., Nefedov B.N., Raevich K.V., Conde A.S., Yuronen Yu.P., Lunev A.S., Sizova T.N., Pavlova P.L., Mironova Zh.V., Kuzina L.N. Information support for studying man-made disturbances of the natural terrain during coal mining in the Donetsk coal basin in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Ugol’. 2025;(11):99-103. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.18796/0041-5790-2025-11-99-103.

Paper Info

Received September 28, 2025

Reviewed October 18, 2025

Accepted October 30, 2025