Chelyabinsk Regional Museum of Local History Chelyabinsk Regional Museum of Local History on the Miass River, Chelyabinsk, Russia. Anthony Ivanoff The oblast, in the Urals industrial region, is rich in minerals: iron ores, titanium, nickel, gold, lignite, copper, zinc, and chromite. Serious depletion of local iron ores in the 1960s led to their importation from Kazakhstan and also from the Magnetic of and Kursk oblasti; coking coal is brought from Qaraghandy in Kazakhstan.
Chelyabinsk, city and administrative centre, Chelyabinsk oblast (province), west-central Russia. It lies on the eastern flank of the Ural Mountains and on the Miass River. It lies on the eastern flank of the Ural Mountains and on the Miass River.
On the basis of the minerals, large-scale heavy industry has developed, with iron and steel plants in, city (the administrative headquarters),, Satka, and Asha and a wide range of heavy- and medium-engineering industries in many towns. The is also important. Agriculture is significant in the eastern steppe, on which considerable acreages were plowed under the Soviet regime’s Virgin and Idle Lands Campaign of the 1950s. Wheat is the main crop, but potatoes and other vegetables are grown in quantity for the towns. Beef, dairy cattle, and sheep are also important. Area 33,900 square miles (87,900 square km). (2006 est.) 3,531,272.
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Chelyabinsk Regional Museum of Local History Chelyabinsk Regional Museum of Local History on the Miass River, Chelyabinsk, Russia. Anthony Ivanoff The oblast, in the Urals industrial region, is rich in minerals: iron ores, titanium, nickel, gold, lignite, copper, zinc, and chromite. Serious depletion of local iron ores in the 1960s led to their importation from Kazakhstan and also from the Magnetic of and Kursk oblasti; coking coal is brought from Qaraghandy in Kazakhstan.
Chelyabinsk, city and administrative centre, Chelyabinsk oblast (province), west-central Russia. It lies on the eastern flank of the Ural Mountains and on the Miass River. It lies on the eastern flank of the Ural Mountains and on the Miass River.
On the basis of the minerals, large-scale heavy industry has developed, with iron and steel plants in, city (the administrative headquarters),, Satka, and Asha and a wide range of heavy- and medium-engineering industries in many towns. The is also important. Agriculture is significant in the eastern steppe, on which considerable acreages were plowed under the Soviet regime’s Virgin and Idle Lands Campaign of the 1950s. Wheat is the main crop, but potatoes and other vegetables are grown in quantity for the towns. Beef, dairy cattle, and sheep are also important. Area 33,900 square miles (87,900 square km). (2006 est.) 3,531,272.
This article was most recently revised and updated by, Corrections Manager. Tablicu stepenej.