Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk, the centre of the Chelyabinsk region, in 1919 km East of Moscow. Located on the Eastern slope of the southern Ural on the river Miass. Height over sea level of 210-240 meters. The climate is temperate continental. Winter lasts from November to March. Summer is short, but in some years are hot and rainy. Average January temperature -16-18 C, in July + 17 to + 20 C. Precipitation is 300-500 mm per year.
Population: 1 078 300 people (according to the census of the population of Russia 2002). Men: 45,2%. Women: 54.8 per cent. In Chelyabinsk is home to more than a hundred nationalities.
The area is about 50 hectares In the city's seven districts, more than 50 villages, and 1300 streets. The youngest district - Kurchatov, it was established in 1985 and named in honor of the famous countryman, academician I. V. Kurchatov.
The city of Chelyabinsk was founded in September 1736 in the tract of Calabi-Karagay (hence the name) , on the river Miass, as a guard fortress on the way from the bread of the Urals to Orenburg. In the EIGHTEENTH century. was a major center of the Isetsky province. In 1774, she was entirely on the side of Pugachev. Several months in the fortress kept the Cossack Republic.
Portrait of Chelyabinsk fortress has given in his diary entries scientist Peter Simon Pallas, noting its straight and spacious streets. Being the leader of the expedition of the Russian Academy of Sciences, he wintered here before Pugachev. By the way, that winter here was based two of the expedition from the Academy, so fell Chelyaba make something like a branch of it.
Chelyabinsk played a crucial role in the revolutions and civil war. Here was the headquarters of the struggle against the Orenburg Cossack Vendee, which was led by the future Marshal V. K. Blucher. In may 1918 at the station of Chelyabinsk, held a secret meeting of the leadership of the Czechoslovak Legion made the decision to revolt in defense of democracy against the Bolshevik Soviets. When the white authorities in the city acted, the largest in the Urals underground. In July, 1919, occurred in the vicinity included in the history of the civil war Chelyabinsk battle that decided the fate of the first campaign of the Entente. The defeat of the main forces of the army of Admiral A. V. Kolchak prejudge the outcome of the struggle in the East of Russia.
Now Chelyabinsk is one of the main industrial centers of Russia. Its products are well-known in all regions and republics of the former Soviet Union, exported to many countries of the world. The city produces about a fifth of large diameter pipes manufactured in the country, 1/3 of ferro-alloys and rolled products, more than 60% stainless steel and about 40% of road cars. During the great Patriotic war were produced in Chelyabinsk, famous Katyusha's and T-34 tanks. No wonder he got the name of this cemetery at the time.
The city's seven Universities: South Ural state University, Chelyabinsk state University, Agro-engineering and Pedagogical universities, medical Institute, Institute of culture and arts, the Institute of physical culture, attended by about 35 thousand students; 169 schools, colleges and lyceums, 14 music schools and art schools.
Citizens of Chelyabinsk have the opportunity to visit 5 state and 4 municipal theatre, an art gallery, a Philharmonic, an organ hall, a circus, several museums and 19 cinemas. Here, a municipal jazz center, the center for contemporary art, several television and radio stations.
It is a major transportation hub, located on the railway line Moscow-Samara-Irkutsk-Vladivostok. Highways connect the city with Kazakhstan, Middle Urals and Bashkiria.
The urban transport network includes 19 tram, trolleybus 21 and about 100 bus routes, the construction of the subway.