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Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk , city (1989 pop. 1,142,000), capital of Chelyabinsk region, W Siberian Russia, in the southern foothills of the Urals and on the Mias River. It also lies on the Trans-Siberian RR. One of the major metallurgical and industrial centers of Russia, Chelyabinsk produces steel, zinc, metal alloys, heavy chemicals, and agricultural machinery. The city has many industrial and scientific institutes, but severe pollution makes it one of the least attractive Russian cities. Founded in 1736 as a Russian frontier outpost, it was chartered in the 1740s and grew into an agricultural and coal-trading town. Its industrial growth began with the building of its first steel plant in 1930. |
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"Chelyabinsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Chelyabinsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Chelyabi.html "Chelyabinsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Chelyabi.html |
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Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk, Russia Chelyabi Karagay A well‐wooded province on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains and a city. Founded as a fortress in 1736 by a Bashkir village with a Turkic name meaning ‘Ancient Pinewood (Forest)’ from chelyabi ‘ancestral’ and karagay ‘pinewood’. It was renamed in 1786. So prolific was the Kirov Plant in producing the T‐34 medium tank during the Second World War that the city was known informally as ‘Tankograd’ from tank and grad. This was not unique: Nizhniy Tagil, which had another of the three plants building the T‐34, was also called ‘Tankograd’.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Chelyabinsk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Chelyabinsk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Chelyabinsk.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Chelyabinsk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Chelyabinsk.html |
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Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk
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"Chelyabinsk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Chelyabinsk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Chelyabinsk.html "Chelyabinsk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Chelyabinsk.html |
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