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| Oblast | Chelyabinsk | |
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| Residents | 1.202.371 (2018) | |
| height | 220 m | |
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Chelyabinsk (Russian: Челябинск, Engl: Chelyabinsk) is a city in the west Siberia and capital of the homonymous oblast at the Urals. Located directly across the border between Europe and Asia, the millionaire city has its right to exist as a transport hub and center of heavy industry.
The time zone is Moscow 1 or CET 4 hours.
background
Chelyabinsk was a trading center for caravans for a long time, which is why a trample still adorns the city's coat of arms today. The upswing began with the construction of the Uralbbahn. Around 1900 70,000 people lived here.
Chelyabinsk's expansion into a heavy industry location began with the Tractor factory planned in the first five-year plan. Due to the circumstances of the time, tanks were built ten years later. There has also been a pipe mill since 1942. After the war, zinc began to be processed. Chelyabinsk was soullessly developed as an industrial location in the post-war years. There are no sights but extreme air pollution to this day. The east of the city is also called Tractor stroy, the northern half Metallurgic rajon. Their residential areas consist of endless Khrushchevka- Panel constructions.
The Miass (Миа́сс) flowing through the city is dammed in the 39 km² Scherschni reservoir in the west of the city.
getting there
By plane
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New terminal completed in 2019. Inner-Russian flights, mainly Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Krasnodar. There are few international flights to Dushanbe (Ural Airlines) and seasonal charter after Antalya and Phuket. There is a taxi counter in the arrivals hall or tel. 7 (900) 028-16-98. That is also at the terminal Airport Hotel ([email protected]) from 3150 R.Those who are adventurous can get to the airport via the regional train station 2 Baladino (Баландино) and a 1200 m walk. There are only two trains running in the morning and two in the evening on the two lines into the city.
By train
By bus
In the street
From Moscow you drive 830 km Nizhny Novgorod to Kazan. From there either over Perm and Ekaterinburg (total 1400 km) or the more southern, shorter route over Ufa (960 km).
The 150 km away 1 Border to Kazakhstan(54 ° 0 '14 "N.61 ° 37 '53 "E) can be reached via the border town of Troitsk on the E123 / A-310.
over Kurgan and Ishim there are 915 kilometers of road to the next metropolis Omsk.
mobility
Local public transport consists mainly of trams, trolleybuses and the unspeakable Marshrutki (minibuses). Their most important stand is on the station forecourt. Tram lines 3, 5, 7, 8 and 16 turn here.
Regional trains do not run in the actual station, but from 5 Prigorodnyy vowel (Пригородный вокзал), just under 200 m south.
Radio taxi: 7 (351) 721-73-73
Tourist Attractions
Parks, streets and squares
The city center is roughly chessboard-like, but spacious. The main traffic axis from east to west through the city center is the Lenina prospectus. The pedestrian zone is ul. Kirova.
- 2 Revolution Square (Tram 3, 5, 7, 8, 16. Trolleybus 5). Central square still with Lenion statue. On the northeast corner is the Art Museum (Музей изобразительных искусств, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.). In the south is the theater named after Imeni Nauma Orlowa.
- 3 Alleja Slawy (Аллея Славы). Approximately 400x100 m large square on both sides limited by Soviet-era monuments.
- 4 Aloe pole (Алое поле, city Park) (Tram 6, 17, 20). In the middle, the Nevsky Orthodox Church. At the south entrance there is a "Lenin Mausoleum" monument.
- 5 Gagarin Park (Центральный парк Ю.А. Гагарина, Recreation area). With ferris wheel, dinosaur park, small zoo and ice rink.
Museums
- 6 Railway Museum (Музей истории Южно-Уральской железной дороги), Ulitsa Tsvillinga, 63 (Tram 3, 5, 7, 8, 16). Open: 9 am-6pm.
- 7 Local history museum (Tram stop Geologicheskiy muzey, lines 6, 17, 20). in which the meteor remains can be seen. Across the street is the geological museum.Open: 10.00-18.00.Price: 400 R.
- 8 Chelyabinsk Art Museum (Челябинский музей изобразительных искусств) (Tram stop Geologicheskiy muzey, lines 6, 17, 20). Classical European and Russian art is on display. Next door is the Philharmonic.
activities
shop
- 1 "Shopping mall" (Торговый центр), Ul. Kaslinskaya, 64. Designed as the region's shopping center during the Soviet era, there is little going on here today. The renovated building is worth seeing because of its architecture.Open: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
- 2 Central market area (Центральный рынок)
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
Cheap
- 1 Berkana, ул. Гранитная, 17 (Ul.Granitnaya, 17). Tel.: 73517511062. Dorms.Price: breakfast 200 R extra.
medium
- 2 Gostinitsa Chelyabinsk (Гостиница Челябинск), Ul. Stepana Razina, 4; 4th floor (Across Bahnhofplatz and the street). Price: from 1500 R.
Upscale
- 3 Grand Otel 'Widgof (Гранд Отель ВИДГОФ), Lenina prospectus, 26а. 5 * According to advertising, the “best hotel in Chelyabinsk”.Price: from 5900 R.
- 4 Hotel Markstadt (Маркштадт), Ul. Karla Marksa, 131. Tel.: 73512465555. 4*.Price: single 3500 R, double 4300-6000 R; m.F.
security
health
The climate is continental. Maximum values in midsummer of 35-40 ° C. In winter, temperatures as low as -40 ° C are measured.
Practical advice
EU citizens in trouble can do that 2 Italian Honorary Consulate (Почетное консульство Италии) for support (tel. 7 351 239-94-95).
trips
Today as Osjorsk well-known city, about 80 km north, was only under the secret name because of the nuclear facilities there Chelyabinsk-40 later then Chelyabinsk-65 known. Here it came in 1957 in the nuclear facility Mayak the biggest nuclear accident in history to date, something that could be kept secret until 1987. A few years earlier, there was highly radioactive wastewater in the 9 Karachay Lake that dried up in the 1960s. The wind then spread the radiation until the area was sealed with concrete in 2015. The region is now a restricted area. According to Russian scientists, anyone who stays near the lake risks acute radiation sickness.
literature
Web links
- http://www.cheladmin.ru/ (ru) - Chelyabinsk official website
