Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk (Russian ??????????; also transliterated as "Cheljabinsk", "?eljabinsk", and "?elyabinsk") is a Russian city just to the east of the Ural Mountains. It is the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast. As of 2002, its population was 1,078,300.

Related Topics:
Russian - Transliterated - Russian - City - Ural Mountains - Chelyabinsk Oblast - 2002

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Chelyabinsk is located at {{coor dm|55|03|N|61|08|E|}} to {{coor dm|55|19|N|61|17|E||}}.

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A fortress, Chelyaba, from which the city takes its name, was constructed on the site in 1736; the city was incorporated in 1781.

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Fortress - 1736 - 1781

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Chelyabinsk is one of major industrial centers of Russia. Heavy industry predominates. During World War II, Stalin decided to move a lot of Russian factory production to places out of the way of the advancing German armies — Chelyabinsk was one of the factory cities that was built pretty much from scratch at this time. A small town existed before this, which can be found in the centre of the city. Several enormous facilities for the production of T-34 tanks and Katyusha rocket launchers existed in Chelyabinsk, and it gained the town nickname "Tankograd" (Tank City). A serious nuclear accident in 1957 at the Mayak nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, 150 km north-west of the city, caused deaths in Chelyabinsk Oblast but not in the city.

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Industrial - World War II - Stalin - T-34 - Tank - Katyusha - Nuclear accident - 1957 - Mayak - Nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

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As of 2004, a metro system is under construction.

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2004 - Metro

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