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Formed on January 17, 1934 by a resolution of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee on January 17, 1934, it has existed within modern borders since February 6, 1943.

The Chelyabinsk region is part of the Ural federal district and occupies an area of ​​88.5 thousand square meters. km, stretching from south to north for 490 km, from west to east - 400 km. The Chelyabinsk region is located on the conventional borders of two parts of the world - Europe and Asia: mountainous - about 150 km on the Ural-Tau and the Ural ridge and water - about 220 km along the Ural River. Total length The boundaries of the Chelyabinsk region are 2750 km.

History of formation of the Chelyabinsk region

The Chelyabinsk region borders on 3 regions, 1 republic and 1 state. In the north - with Sverdlovsk (border length - 260 km) in the east - with Kurgan (border length - 410 km), in the south - with Orenburg (border length - 200 km), in the west - with the Republic of Bashkortostan (border length - 1150 km ). South-eastern part border with Kazakhstan (730 km) is state border Russian Federation.

Administrative formation of the territory Chelyabinsk region began in the eighteenth century. In September 1736, on the right bank of the Miass River, Colonel A.I. Tevkelev founded the Chelyabinsk fortress. In 1737, the Iset province was formed, and from 1743 it became the center of the province. In March 1744, the Orenburg province was formed, which included the Iset and Ufa provinces. After the abolition of the Iset province in 1782, part of its territory became part of the Orenburg province, and part of it became part of the Ufa province. The first cities on the territory of the present region were Chelyabinsk, Verkhneuralsk (1781) and Troitsk (1784)

Since 1781, Chelyabinsk was given the status of a city and the coat of arms was approved: a loaded camel in the lower part of the provincial shield. In 1919, the Chelyabinsk province was created without Zlatoust district (which was annexed in 1923). In 1924, the Chelyabinsk province was liquidated, and the Chelyabinsk, Zlatoust, Troitsky, and Verkhneuralsky districts, which were part of the Ural region.

In 1934, the Ural region was disaggregated, as a result of which the Chelyabinsk region was formed. Subsequently, the area of ​​the region decreased several times. Thus, in the period from 1938 to 1943, 7 districts were transferred from the Chelyabinsk region to the Sverdlovsk region. After the transfer of 32 districts to the newly formed Kurgan region in 1943, the borders of the Chelyabinsk region practically did not change.

As of January 1, 2014, the estimated number permanent population Chelyabinsk region is 3,490,053 people. The administrative center of the Chelyabinsk region is the city of Chelyabinsk with an estimated population as of January 1, 2014 - 1,170,000 people.

Map of the Chelyabinsk region

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Districts and large cities of the Chelyabinsk region

The Chelyabinsk region includes 313 municipalities, including 16 urban districts, 27 municipal districts, 27 urban settlements and 243 rural settlements. The youngest settlements, officially recognized as urban districts - Ozersk, Snezhinsk, Trekhgorny and Lokomotivny - have the status of closed administrative-territorial entities (ZATO).

The largest cities in the Chelyabinsk region are:

Magnitogorsk - 411.8 thousand people, Zlatoust - 174.5 thousand people, Miass - 166.2 thousand people, - 142 thousand people as of 01/01/2013

The Chelyabinsk region includes the following urban districts (cities):

Verkhneufaleysky, Zlatoustovsky, Karabashsky, Kopeysky, Kyshtymsky, Lokomotivsky, Magnitogorsk, Miass, Ozersky, Trekhgorny, Troitsky, Ust-Katavsky, Chebarkulsky, Chelyabinsk, Yuzhnouralsky.

The Chelyabinsk region includes the following 27 municipal districts:

URAL federal district: Chelyabinsk region. Area 88.52 thousand sq. km. Formed on January 17, 1934.
Administrative center Federal District - city

Cities of the Chelyabinsk region: , , , , .

Chelyabinsk region- a subject of the Russian Federation, part of the Ural Federal District, located on the eastern slopes of the Southern Urals and adjacent parts of the Trans-Ural Plain and West Siberian Lowland. It is located on the conventional border of two parts of the world - Europe and Asia.

Chelyabinsk region is one of the largest in economically subjects of the Russian Federation. The region has significant production, labor and scientific potential, diverse resource base, developed infrastructure and favorable transport and geographical location, unique natural and climatic conditions. Federal highways and the South Ural Railway, which is a branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway, pass through the territory of the Chelyabinsk region. The region has rich tourism resources, representing natural, historical and cultural values South Ural land.
The metallurgical complex is the leading one in the economy of the Chelyabinsk region; it produces about 60% of industrial output. In the north-west of the region there are largest centers nuclear industry, and in the west - rocket science centers and space technology. Most of the products Agriculture livestock production accounts for 52%, crop production accounts for 48%. has developed agriculture, especially in the zone of distribution of chernozem soils, and has a large fund of fodder lands. The largest areas are sown with wheat and other grain crops. Livestock farming includes meat and dairy production and fine-fleece sheep breeding.
On the territory of the region there is one of the world's largest Satkinskoye magnesite deposits, the largest in Europe Koelginskoye deposit of white marbles, the only deposit of kaolin clays in Russia for the production of fine ceramics, porcelain and earthenware. The Chelyabinsk region has unlimited reserves of building stone, building sand, brick clay, facing stone with a wide range of colors and varied patterns.

By decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of August 27, 1919, the Chelyabinsk District Administration was created as a provincial body. The borders of the Chelyabinsk province changed several times.
By a resolution of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of January 17, 1934, the Ural region was divided into three regions: Chelyabinsk, Ob-Irtysh and Sverdlovsk regions. Subsequently, the area of ​​the region decreased several times.
By Decree of the Presidium Supreme Council USSR on October 23, 1956, the Chelyabinsk region was awarded the Order of Lenin for outstanding success in the development of virgin and fallow lands, increasing productivity and successful completion obligations to deliver grain to the state.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated December 4, 1970, the Chelyabinsk region was awarded the second Order of Lenin for great merit achieved by the workers of the region in fulfilling the tasks of the VIII five-year development plan National economy and especially heavy industries.

Urban districts of the Chelyabinsk region:
“Chelyabinsky”, “Verkhneufaleysky”, “Zlatoustovsky”, “Karabashsky”, “Kopeysky”, “Kyshtymsky”, “Lokomotivny CATO”, “Magnitogorsk”, “Miass”, “Ozersky”, “Snezhinsky CATO”, “Trekhgorny CATO” , “Troitsky”, “Ust-Katavsky”, “Chebarkulsky”, “Yuzhnouralsky”.

Municipal areas:
Agapovsky, Argayashsky, Ashinsky, Bredinsky, Varna, Verkhneuralsky, Emanzhelinsky, Etkulsky, Kartalinsky, Kaslinsky, Katav-Ivanovsky, Kizilsky, Korkinsky, Krasnoarmeysky, Kunashaksky, Kusinsky, Nagaibaksky, Nyazepetrovsky, Oktyabrsky, Plastovsky, Satkinsky, Sosnovsky, Troitsky, Uvelsky , Uisky, Chebarkulsky, Chesmensky.

CHELYABINSK REGION

Chelyabinsk region

in the Ural economic area. Formed in 1934 Sq. 87.9 thousand km², adm. center - Chelyabinsk; etc. big cities: Magnitogorsk, Zlatoust, Miass, Troitsk. Located at the junction of mountains Ural(up to 1000 m or more) and Western Siberian Plain . The climate is continental. The rivers belong to the Kama, Ural and Tobol basins. 3170 lakes and 107 reservoirs. More than 30% of the territory is covered with forests, in the mountains - fir-spruce and coniferous-broad-leaved, on the plains - birch-pine, with dry meadows; on the plains there are forest-steppes and steppes.
Population 3606 thousand people. (2002), 81% urban. Density 41 people. per 1 km². Russians 81%, Tatars 6.2%, Bashkirs 4.5%, Ukrainians 3.0%. Black and non-ferrous metallurgy, machinery (production of tractors, cars, road construction and mining equipment, equipment and machine tool manufacturing), chemical. industry Kasli and Kusinsk artists are famous. casting, Zlatoust metal engraving, watch making. Deposits of coal (Chelyabinsk basin), iron (Bakalskoye, Magnitogorskoye and Zlatoustovskoye), magnesite (Satka group), graphite (Taiginskoye) and refractory clays. Sat down. grain and meat grinding industry. directions. Ilmensky Reserve with the Arkaim branch; Ignatievskaya Cave with Stone Age drawings; Turgoyaksky landscape park; national nature parks Taganay and Zyuratkul. Resorts: Kisegach, Uvildy.

Dictionary of modern geographical names. - Ekaterinburg: U-Factoria.Under general edition acad. V. M. Kotlyakova.2006 .

Chelyabinsk region of Russia (cm. Russia) located on Southern Urals. Its area is 87.9 thousand square meters. km, population - 3656 thousand people, 81% of the population lives in cities (2001). The region includes 30 cities and 30 urban-type settlements. The administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk; large cities: Magnitogorsk, Miass, Zlatoust. The region was founded on January 17, 1934 and is part of the Ural Federal District.
Geographical position. Climate
The Chelyabinsk region is located on the eastern slopes of the Southern Urals and adjacent territories of the Trans-Urals. In the north it borders with Sverdlovsk (cm. Sverdlovsk region) and Kurgan (cm. Kurgan region) regions, in the west - with Bashkiria (cm. Bashkiria), in the south - from Orenburg region (cm. Orenburg region) and Kazakhstan, in the east - with Kazakhstan and Kurgan region. Based on the nature of the surface, two parts are distinguished: the hilly western part and the flat eastern part. The most high point on the territory of the Chelyabinsk region - Mount Nurlat (1406 m). The region is rich in minerals: iron ore, magnesite, graphite, brown coal, refractory clays.
The main rivers are the Ural and Miass. There are numerous lakes with fresh and salt water, the largest are Uvildy, Irtyash, Turgoyak, Bolshie Kasli, Chebarkul.
The climate is continental; winter is cold and long. average temperature January from -17 °C. Summers are warm and hot in the southeast. The average temperature in July is from +19 °C. Annual precipitation ranges from 300 mm on the plains to 600 mm in the mountains.
The Chelyabinsk region is located in the forest-steppe and northern steppes zone. The soils are predominantly chernozem, as well as gray forest, gray mountain-forest and meadow-chernozem. In the north of the region - aspen-birch and pine forests, in the central part there is forest-steppe, in the south there is forb-grass steppe. In the mountains there are spruce-fir forests with an admixture of pine, larch, linden and oak. Forests occupy more than 25% of the region's territory; game animals are found in them - elk, fox, wolf, hare, squirrel, and birds - ducks, geese, black grouse, partridge, hazel grouse. On the territory of the Chelyabinsk region there are national parks “Zyuratkul”, “Taganay”, and the Ilmensky Nature Reserve.
Economy
Leading industries: ferrous and non-ferrous (including zinc smelting), mechanical engineering, metalworking, chemical and defense industry. Among the largest enterprises: Uraltrak, Mechel Metallurgical Plant, Stankomash (Chelyabinsk), Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, Ural Automobile Plant (Miass), Yuryuzan Mechanical Plant (Yuryuzan), Carriage Building Plant (Ust-Katav). On the territory of the Chelyabinsk region there are the former closed cities of Ozersk (Chelyabinsk-65, processing radioactive waste, production weapons-grade plutonium), Snezhinsk (Chelyabinsk-70, development of nuclear weapons) and Trekhgorny. The leading branch of agriculture is livestock farming for dairy, meat and meat and wool.
Story
At the beginning of the 18th century, the Chelyabinsk fortress was built in the Southern Urals as one of the links of a fortified line built to ensure communication between Orenburg and Siberia. In the second half of the 18th century, new cities arose here; their formation was associated with the development of the Ural industry. For many years, Chelyabinsk remained a small town with a sluggish economic and cultural life, while cities such as Troitsk and Miass became important trading and industrial centers. In the 19th century, Chelyabinsk occupied a prominent place in the fair trade of the Urals; there was trade in bread and livestock products. January 6, 1885 Emperor Alexander III decided to start construction of the Siberian railway from Samara to Omsk via Ufa-Zlatoust-Chelyabinsk, canceling the project according to which it was supposed to lead it through Kazan-Ekaterinburg-Tyumen. Chelyabinsk region has become a transit link connecting Central Russia, Ural and Siberia. The 20th century, especially its first half, became a period of rapid industrial growth for the Chelyabinsk region; At this time, many factory settlements received the status of cities, and their architectural appearance took shape.
During the first five-year plans, several large factories were built in the Chelyabinsk region, among them the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (1929-1934); Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (one of the first in the USSR, 1933), where during the war the production and assembly line of armored vehicles was established. During the war, the Ural Automobile Plant (UAZ) arose in Miass on the basis of a plant evacuated from Moscow. Along with the traditionally significant industries - metallurgy and metalworking - the role of mechanical engineering and chemical industry. IN post-war years closed cities of the Chelyabinsk region are becoming development centers nuclear fuel And nuclear weapons. At the same time, due to their activities, some areas of the Chelyabinsk region were contaminated with radioactive materials. In the late 1990s - early 2000s, the Chelyabinsk region developed not only as an industrial, but also as a scientific and recreational center of the Urals and Siberia.

Attractions
The Chelyabinsk region is an ancient Cossack region. Cossack fortresses bear names associated with the places of victories of Russian troops - Varna, Paris, Berlin, Chesma. The Kesene Mausoleum is located in the village of Varna. This 14th century tent-partitioned mausoleum has been declared a natural historical monument. In the cities of the Chelyabinsk region, monuments of the mining industry associated with the Ural factory owners - the Demidovs, Stroganovs, Mosolovs, and Tverdyshevs - have been preserved. Natives of the Chelyabinsk region are film director S. A. Gerasimov (Kundrovy village), biathlete A. I. Tikhonov (Uyskoye village).

The watershed of two river basins (Volga and Ob) passes through the territory of the Taganay mountain national park. Mountain tundras and meadows, subalpine open forests, and relict forests have been preserved here. On the territory of the national park there are ancient mines, the wealth of which is presented in the collections of many mineralogical museums. One of most picturesque places The Chelyabinsk region is considered to be the historical and natural complex “Thresholds”, located 50 km from Satka. In 1993, the Thresholds complex was given the status of a monument of international significance. A factory complex from the early 20th century has been preserved here - a hydroelectric station on the Satka River, a ferroalloy plant and a laboratory. The current power plant was built in 1910. Its units, machines and mechanisms were supplied by the best companies from Germany, Austria, England and France.

The ensemble of karst caves “Serpievsky” (near the village of Serpievka) is located in the area of ​​the Sim River. Almost all forms of karst caves are found here: horizontal, vertical and labyrinthine, karst funnels and failures, springs and dry valleys, karst arches, niches and grottoes, underground river beds. Their total number is more than thirty. The Kisegach resort, located 90 km southwest of Chelyabinsk, on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains, is a climatic and mud resort. The main natural healing factors: climate, sapropelic medicinal mud of Lake Bolshoi Bolyash. The resort has two sanatoriums - “Kisegach”, “Elovoe”, two boarding houses (“Cliff” and “Sosnovaya Gorka”) and many recreation centers. The deposit of medicinal mud of the Khomutininsky group of lakes has been known since the end of the last century. In 1907, the Bagrovskie resort was opened here. mineral water", which existed until 1935. The rebirth of the resort began in the mid-1970s. The main therapeutic factors are represented by hydrocarbonate-chloride-sodium ferrous acid mineral water and sapropel medicinal mud of Lake Podbornoe.

90 km north-west of Chelyabinsk is the climatic and balneological mud resort of Uvildy. The Karagay resort area is located 250 kilometers southwest of Chelyabinsk. The territory of the healing area is represented by the steppe, hills, birch groves, and rare pine forests. The boarding house "Karagay Bor" operates here. Near the town of Asha, Chelyabinsk region, in the western spurs of the Southern Urals, the Adzhigardak ski center is located. There are 10 slopes, ranging in length from five hundred meters to two and a half kilometers each, with a drop of 300 meters.

The Chelyabinsk region is rich archaeological sites. Among them special place ranks "Land of Cities" - code name steppe region of the Southern Urals, where in the 20th-17th centuries BC the Bronze Age civilization flourished, contemporary with the pyramids of Egypt and the palaces of the Cretan-Mycenaean culture. The archaeological “Country of Cities” became known with the discovery and research of the cultural complexes of Arkaim, Sintashta, Ustye, as well as through the use of space and aerial photography methods. The “country of cities” stretches along the eastern slopes of the Urals from north to south for almost 400 km. Today, more than two dozen fortified centers, associated necropolises, and numerous small unfortified settlements are known.

On the Bolshaya Karaganka River in the Chelyabinsk region there is a specialized natural landscape historical and archaeological reserve "Arkaim", which includes a fortified settlement and adjacent economic sites, a burial ground, and a number of unfortified villages. The monument dates back to the second quarter of the second millennium BC. Archaeologists claim that it was here that the horse was first domesticated, the two-wheeled war chariot was invented, and the world's first metallurgical furnace for smelting copper was found. Here, on Arkaim, according to a number of archaeological scientists, is the homeland of the legendary Aryan tribes.
In the eastern foothills of the Southern Urals, near Miass, there is the Ilmensky Nature Reserve, which got its name from the Ilmen Mountains. The reserve was founded as a mineralogical reserve; in terms of the wealth of minerals (more than 200), only a few reserves can compete with it.

Encyclopedia of tourism Cyril and Methodius.2008 .

Distinctive features. Historical homeland falling meteorites, stern men and the famous musician Alexander Gradsky. The region was formed on January 17, 1934, when the Bolsheviks allocated it as part of the Ural region. But the final borders of the region were determined on January 6, 1943.

Like mushrooms after rain, many strategic nuclear facilities have sprung up throughout the region. They are undergoing active research in the field nuclear energy, nuclear waste disposal, nuclear instrument making. Their presence has led to significant radioactive contamination, and the area of ​​the Mayak chemical plant is generally considered the most radiation-dangerous place on the planet.

The Chelyabinsk region is second only to the Sverdlovsk region in terms of industrial development, and in terms of the development of the ferrous metallurgy industry it generally ranks first in Russia. The air pollution is simply phenomenal, and the radiation is increased. But at the same time great attention is focused on improving the environment and nature conservation.

Hold your breath. And don't breathe. At all. Photo by sschulz

There is enough in the region a large number of nature reserves, national parks, historical and natural monuments. One of them is the legendary Arkaim, the supposed birthplace of Zarathustra and, according to many esotericists, the cradle of civilization, a healing place of power.

Geographical location. The border of Europe and Asia, which runs on water along the Ural River, and on land along the Ural-Tau pass and the Ural ridge. The main area of ​​the Chelyabinsk region is located on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains, and only most of in the northwest lies on the western slopes of the Southern Urals.

The geographical center of the region is a river with the funny name Uy. The nature of the region is diverse, unique and amazing. You can see how endless steppes and Mountain peaks, as well as dense forests and extraordinary lakes and rivers, of which, by the way, there are more than 348. The region borders: in the south - with the Orenburg region, in the southwest, west and northwest - with the Republic of Bashkortostan, in the north - with Sverdlovsk region, in the northeast and east - with the Kurgan region, in the east and southeast - with Kazakhstan.

Population. The most populated region in the Urals - 39, 37 people per square kilometer With general population 3,485,272 people, most of which are in the 5 main major cities, including Chelyabinsk (1,156,201 people). The Chelyabinsk region does not lag behind its neighbors in terms of urbanization: 82.22% of people prefer to live in cities.

Despite the border with Kazakhstan, the majority of the population is Russian. Since 2000, there has been a continuous increase in the birth rate, which for some reason only stopped in 2005. The population has also been growing over the past two years. IN given time The governor pays great attention to demographic policy and improving the quality of life of the population of the Chelyabinsk region.

Criminal situation. In 2013, the number of crimes committed decreased by 13%, but at the same time the Chelyabinsk region is in 4th place in Russia in terms of the number of crimes, second only to Moscow, the Moscow and Sverdlovsk regions. Crime detection rate is more than 62%.

A number of organized crime groups created back in the turbulent 90s still operate in the region. There is still a racket in some places, including traffic racketeering. Although the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chelyabinsk region assures that law enforcement agencies They are successfully fighting crime and the security prospects for the region are quite bright.

Unemployment rate- 1.3%. The average salary is 22,941 rubles, which is almost 5,000 rubles lower than the average salary in the country. The easiest way to find work in the Chelyabinsk region is for sales managers, financiers, technicians, engineers and IT specialists.

Property value. Everything here is quite comfortable with prices. You can easily find a one-room apartment in Chelyabinsk for 1.5 million rubles, a two-room apartment for 2 million. In other cities in the region, compared to Chelyabinsk, the cost of real estate is much lower - in Kopeisk, for example, you can get quite a decent one for 1.5 million two-room apartment. In terms of the cost of rental housing, the conditions are also more than nice - one-room apartments in Chelyabinsk from 12,000 rubles per month, two-room apartments from 15,000 rubles per month. Well, and, accordingly, the further into the outback, the cheaper everything will be.

Climate. The climate of the Chelyabinsk region can be divided into three zones: mountain-forest, forest-steppe and steppe, and therefore the total amount annual precipitation very unevenly and varies from 350-400 mm in the steppe zone to 580-680 mm in the mountain-forest zone. The Chelyabinsk region is generally characterized by long, cold and snowy winters, and short, often dry summers.

Cities of the Chelyabinsk region

There's enough in the city bad ecology, this is all due to the same industrial emissions, as well as a fairly calm climate, which keeps the smog over the city without dissolving it. Many bodies of water are also contaminated, but radiation has already been discussed above. Although Chelyabinsk residents themselves stubbornly believe that increased background radiation due exclusively to granite deposits. In terms of soil pollution levels, it confidently leads among all Russian cities.

Transport: buses, minibuses, trolleybuses, trams, metro construction is underway, but very, very slowly: since 1992. The city has an airport and a ring road, which significantly relieves traffic jams.

More than 30 institutes, 10 hospitals, museums, theaters, a zoo, a circus, many modern shopping and entertainment complexes..

At the entrance to the city of Zlatoust. Photo by nivovochka.ter2012

The third largest in the region with a population of 172,318 people. Key industries - metallurgy, heavy and food industry. The city is also famous for the legendary Zlatoust Arms Factory, which produces unique types of edged and decorated weapons.

Among the advantages of Zlatoust, we can safely note the wonderful nature with the curves of the mountains and a sea of ​​​​greenery in the middle of the city itself, a fairly developed culture, education and transport, but the disadvantages are still the same... air and soil pollution, however, they are much less than those of its more populated neighbors. The population, by the way, is 172,318 people.

Meanwhile, today Miass is one of the most environmentally friendly big cities Chelyabinsk region. And it’s not just a matter of small enough industrial emissions- the townspeople themselves are actively fighting for a clean environment.

Due to the good ecology, tourism is developed, both health and extreme, which is not surprising: after all, Miass stands at the foot of the Ilmen Mountains. Also worth noting is Lake Turgoyak, which is included in the list of the most valuable reservoirs in the world and has the purest drinking water.

So if you want to live in a fairly developed city with great opportunities, and at the same time take care of your health and love pristine beauty - Miass was simply created for you.

22 workers' settlements, stretching over 55 kilometers, and concentrated near coal mines, acting and not so much. And also large industrial enterprises. A fairly stable city, the unrest of which is added by several correctional labor colonies located on its territory.

However, they are quite rare, but all major newspapers often write about the lawlessness of guards in these colonies and the murders of prisoners. There are several temples local history museum, and the Museum of Public Education. And everything that a large city (139,875 people) is unthinkable without - centers of trade, entertainment, numerous restaurants and several clubs, including night clubs. Transport is mainly buses.

A person cannot live without a homeland, just as one cannot live without a heart.

K. G. Paustovsky

Information about the region

Chelyabinsk region is a subject of the Russian Federation, part of the Ural Federal District
Founded: January 17, 1934
Administrative center: Chelyabinsk city (page about Chelyabinsk)
Distance to Moscow: 1919 km
Time zone: MSK+2 (UTC+6)
Area: about 88 thousand square meters. km
Codes of the subject of the Russian Federation: 74, 174
Population: 3,493,036 people (based on resident population estimates as of January 1, 2018)
National composition of the population (according to the 2002 census):
Russians - 82.3%,
Tatars - 5.7%,
Bashkirs - 4.6%,
Ukrainians - 2.1%,
Kazakhs - 1.0%,
Germans - 0.8%,
Belarusians - 0.6%,
Mordovians - 0.5%,
Chuvash - 0.3%,
Nagaibaks - 0.3%,
others - 1.8%

Acting Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region: Alexey Leonidovich Teksler
Location: South part Ural Mountains and southwestern Trans-Urals
Borders: in the north - with the Sverdlovsk region,
in the west - with Bashkortostan,
in the south - with the Orenburg region,
in the east - with the Kurgan region,
in the southeast - with Kazakhstan
Division: 27 cities,
16 urban districts,
27 municipal districts,
246 rural settlements
Largest cities: Magnitogorsk Zlatoust Miass Troitsk, Kopeisk, Korkino
The most long rivers: Miass, Uy, Ural, Ay, Ufa, Uvelka, Gumbeyka
The most large lakes: Uvildy, Turgoyak, Bolshoi Kisegach
Highest point: ridge. Nurgush, 1406 m.
Average January temperature: minus 15-17°
Average July temperature: plus 16-18°

In the scarlet (red) field there is a loaded silver Bactrian camel with golden luggage. The shield is crowned with a historical land crown and surrounded by two ribbons of the Order of Lenin.
The coat of arms of the Chelyabinsk region is based on historical coat of arms Iset province, on whose lands the territory of the modern Chelyabinsk region is located.
The main figure of the coat of arms is a loaded silver camel with a golden baggage - a hardy and noble animal that inspires respect and personifies wisdom, longevity, memory, fidelity, patience, and power.
The scarlet (red) color of the field of the coat of arms - the color of life, mercy and love - symbolizes courage, strength, fire, feelings, beauty, health.
The red color of the field is simultaneously consonant with the work of metallurgists, machine builders, foundries and energy, the main technological processes which are associated with thermal reactions, which complements the content of the coat of arms of the Chelyabinsk region as an industrialized region.
The gold in the coat of arms allegorically shows the unique South Ural nature, the inexhaustible wealth of the subsoil of the region.
Silver in heraldry serves as a symbol of nobility, purity, justice, and generosity.
The land crown indicates the status of the Chelyabinsk region as a subject of the Russian Federation.
The ribbons of the Order of Lenin, which the Chelyabinsk region was awarded in 1956 and 1970, show the merits of the region.

Text of the official anthem of the Chelyabinsk region

Words: Valery Alyushkin, music: Mikhail Smirnov, 2001

Our land has been majestic since the times of Peter the Great
You are illuminated by the light of great victories.
With sacred metal, with a laboring hand
For centuries you have been serving our dear Russia.


Your blue lakes, forests and fields

There is nothing more beautiful in the world, nothing dearer to the heart.
Hope of Russia, her sentry,
May you keep your beloved Fatherland in peace.
We are proud of you, we are faithful to you,
Our Southern Urals are the honor and glory of the country.

Urban districts that are part of the Chelyabinsk region

	Verkhniy Ufaley		Zlatoust		Karabash
	Kopeisk		Kyshtym		Magnitogorsk
	Miass		Ozersk		Snezhinsk
	Trekhgorny		Troitsk		Ust-Katav
	Chebarkul		Yuzhnouralsk

Municipal districts that are part of the Chelyabinsk region

	Agapovsky district		Argayash district		Ashinsky district
	Bredinsky district		Varna district		Verkhneuralsky area
	Yemanzhelinsky area		Etkulsky district		Kartalinsky district
	Kasli district		Katav-Ivanovsky area		Kizilsky district
	Korkinsky district		Krasnoarmeisky area		Kunashaksky district
	Kusinsky district		Nagaibaksky district		Nyazepetrovsky area
	Oktyabrsky district		Plastovsky district		Satkinsky district
	Sosnovsky district		Troitsky district		Uvelsky district
	Uysky district		Chebarkul district		Chesme district

Two planetary boundaries pass through the region: between parts of the world - Europe and Asia, and also between the Urals and Siberia. Not far from the Urzhumka station (page about tourism) of the South Ural Railway (8 km from the city of Zlatoust), on the Uraltau pass, there is a stone pillar. “Europe” is written on one of its sides, “Asia” is written on the other. Conditional boundary between Europe and Asia is carried out mainly by watershed ridges Ural mountains.

The Chelyabinsk region is located in three natural areas: mountain-forest (mountain taiga, coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests), forest-steppe and steppe, which make up picturesque, multifaceted pictures. It can rightly be called a lake region. There are about 3170 lakes in the region, total area which is 2125 sq. km. The largest of them: Uvildy, Irtyash, Turgoyak, Chebarkul, Bolshie Kasli. There are many salt lakes and lakes in the region, rich in various balneological resources - organic and mineral mud, alkaline waters. The region ranks one of the first in Russia in terms of the variety of medicinal mud. Numerous rivers belonging to the Kama, Tobol and Ural basins originate within the region. There are 348 rivers longer than 10 km in the region, their total length is 10,235 km. 17 rivers have a length of over 100 km. And only 7 rivers: Miass, Uy, Ural, Ay, Ufa, Uvelka, Gumbeyka - have a length of more than 200 km within the region.

In terms of species diversity of vegetation, the Chelyabinsk region surpasses all other regions of the Urals, second only to Bashkiria.

The climate of the Chelyabinsk region is continental. Winters are cold and long, summers are relatively hot with periodic recurring droughts. The formation of the climate is significantly influenced by the Ural Mountains, which create an obstacle to the movement of western air masses.

• The border between the Urals and Siberia passes within the city of Chelyabinsk. The most “symbolic” border between the two geographical regions is the Leningradsky Bridge. It connects the “Ural” and “Siberian” banks of the Miass River.
• In the Chelyabinsk region there is the largest in the world, or rather, a chaotic pile of huge stones and boulders, reminiscent of a river bed. Its length is more than 6 kilometers, and its width reaches 700 meters. This “river” “flows” - in the vicinity of Zlatoust, national park Taganay.
• There are no camels in the Chelyabinsk region, but it is a camel that is depicted on the flag and coat of arms of Chelyabinsk, as well as on the flag of the Chelyabinsk region. This is explained by the fact that in the 19th century the main source of income for the city was trade, thanks to which many camels passed through in caravans.
• The sunniest place in the region is the city of Troitsk (2218 sundial per year, more than in Sochi).
• In the Chelyabinsk region there is a village called Paris, in which there is a copy of the Eiffel Tower.
• Near the city of Korkino in the Chelyabinsk region there is the deepest coal mine in Europe and the second in the world. Now its depth reaches 500 meters, the diameter of the cut funnel is 1.5 kilometers.
• The most ancient mountain planet - Pencil, located in the Kusinsky district of the Chelyabinsk region.
• Chelyabinsk - the only one in Russia a metropolis, in the center of which a full-fledged forest has been preserved. It's about about the Chelyabinsk city forest and the Gagarin Park of Culture and Leisure located in it.
• In the Southern Urals there was one of ancient civilizations on the planet
• Chelyabinsk is the meteorite capital of Russia.
• The most powerful bomb in the world was created in the Chelyabinsk region (“Tsar Bomb”).
• In the Chelyabinsk region in various years it was possible to observe the aurora.
• A European day is born on Mount Bolshoi Nurgush in the Chelyabinsk region.

Additional Information

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One hundred interesting facts about the Chelyabinsk region / comp. A. Pervukhin. - Chelyabinsk: Rodina MEDIA, 2013. - 240 p.

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