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Chelyabinsk Oblast

The Chelyabinsk Oblast (Russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, romanizedChelyabinskaya oblast') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia.[11][12][13][14] Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk.

Chelyabinsk Oblast
Челябинская область
Anthem: Anthem of Chelyabinsk Oblast
Coordinates: 55°10′N 61°24′E / 55.16°N 61.40°E / 55.16; 61.40
CountryRussia
Federal districtUrals[1]
Economic regionUrals[2]
Administrative centerChelyabinsk
Government
 • BodyLegislative Assembly[3]
 • Governor[5]Aleksey Teksler[4]
Area
 • Total88,529 km2 (34,181 sq mi)
 • Rank36th
Population
 • Total3,431,224
 • Estimate 
(2018)[8]
3,493,036
 • Rank9th
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
 • Urban
82.6%
 • Rural
17.4%
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 [9])
ISO 3166 codeRU-CHE
License plates74, 174, 774
OKTMO ID75000000
Official languagesRussian[10]
Websitehttp://www.pravmin74.ru

History edit

During the Middle Ages, Bashkir tribes inhabited the Southern Urals; they formed part of the Golden Horde, Nogai Horde, and smaller Bashkir unions. The Tsardom of Russia incorporated the area in the late 16th century. However, Russian colonization of the region only began in the 18th century, with the establishment of a system of fortresses and trade posts on the then-Russian border by the Orenburg Expedition [ru] in 1734. Many cities of Chelyabinsk Oblast, including the city of Chelyabinsk itself, trace their history back to those forts.

In 1743 the Chelyabinsk fortress became a center of the Iset Province [ru], a constituent part of the Orenburg Governorate (a direct successor of the Orenburg Expedition). The period from the 1750s to the 1770s saw the emergence of industrial enterprises in the Southern Urals when the first factory-centered towns like Miass, Kyshtym, and Zlatoust were founded. After the Southern Urals recovered from the Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773–1775, the territory of modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast started to attract more people from the European part of Russia. By the mid-19th century Chelyabinsk was a major trade center in the Urals, and after the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway in the 1890s, it became an important transport hub that connected Siberia to the rest of the Russian Empire.

In 1919, Chelyabinsk became the regional capital of the newly formed Chelyabinsk Governorate of the Russian SFSR, which combined eastern portions of the Orenburg Governorate with Kurgan of the Tobolsk Governorate. At this time, the population of the new region has already exceeded one million people. In 1923, together with the Perm, Yekaterinburg Governorate [ru] and Tyumen governorates, it merged into a single Ural Oblast that lasted only ten years, until 1934. On January 17, 1934, Chelyabinsk Oblast was finally established. Its current boundaries were formed when Kurgan Oblast was detached from it in 1943.

Soviet industrialization edit

During the 1930s the regional economy and industrial output grew as Chelyabinsk Oblast became a key focus of the First Five-Year Plan. Key factories and enterprises that formed the core of the modern Chelyabinsk economy, including the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant and the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, originated at this time. The economy continued to grow after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War in 1941, as industries evacuated from the western parts of the Soviet Union to the Urals, and to Chelyabinsk Oblast in particular. During the war, Magnitogorsk alone produced one third of all Soviet steel, while the city of Chelyabinsk became the main center of Soviet tank production, earning the nickname "Tankograd" (Tank City).

Nuclear research edit

Chelyabinsk Oblast has been home to top-secret nuclear research since the 1940s. While there are no nuclear power stations in Chelyabinsk, a number of production reactors were located there starting with the early Cold War. A serious nuclear accident occurred in 1957 at the Mayak nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, 150 km (93 mi) north-west of the city, which led to evacuations and fatalities throughout the oblast, although not in Chelyabinsk city. The province was closed to all foreigners until 1992, with the sole exception of allowing a British medical team in following a two-train rail explosion in the mid-1980s.

Sławomir Grünberg has made the documentary Chelyabinsk: The Most Contaminated Spot on the Planet (1994) about the unsafe dumping of radioactive waste in the Techa River and in Lake Karachay.

Recent history edit

On 4 July 1997, Chelyabinsk, alongside Bryansk, Magadan, Saratov, and Vologda signed a power-sharing agreement with the government of Russia, granting it autonomy.[15] The agreement would be abolished on 2 February 2002.[16]

On February 15, 2013, a 10,000 ton meteoroid entered the Earth's atmosphere over Russia at about 09:20 YEKT (03:20 UTC). It passed over the southern Ural region and exploded in a meteor air burst over Chelyabinsk Oblast. About 1,500 people were reported injured, including 311 children. Health officials said 112 people had been hospitalized, mainly from injuries caused by glass from windows shattered by a shock wave; two were reported to be in serious condition. As many as 3,000 buildings in six cities across the region were damaged by the explosion and impacts. The meteor created a dazzling light as it air burst, bright enough to cast shadows during broad daylight in Chelyabinsk.

Economy edit

The largest companies in the region include Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant (Mechel group), Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant, Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant, Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant, Ashinsky Metallurgical Plant.[17]

Geography edit

Chelyabinsk Oblast is on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals. Only a small part of the territory to the west is on the western slopes of the Southern Urals.

Chelyabinsk Oblast is situated in the Southern Urals, near Kurgan and Sverdlovsk oblast. Most of the Oblast is located to the east of the Ural Mountains, which form the continental boundary between Asia and Europe. This boundary is marked by a stone pillar at the Uraltau pass near the Urzhumka station (8 km (5.0 mi) from Zlatoust), which has "Europe" written on one side and "Asia" on the other. In Chelyabinsk Oblast, Zlatoust city, Katav-Ivanovsk, and Satka and Chelyabinsk, Troitsk, and Miass are in Europe. Magnitogorsk is located on both continents.[18]

The area of Chelyabinsk Oblast is 88,900 km2 (34,300 sq mi).[19] The total length of its external border is 2,750 km (1,710 mi), and the Oblast measures 400 km (250 mi) from north to south and 490 km (300 mi) from west to east.

The highest point of Chelyabinsk Oblast, reaching 1,406 metres (4,613 ft) above sea level, is located in the Nurgush, a 50 kilometres (31 mi) long mountain range rising near lake Zyuratkul.[20]

It also borders the country of Kazakhstan, specifically the Kostanay Region.

Relief edit

Chelyabinsk Oblast has a very diverse landscape, ranging from lowlands and hilly plains to mountain ranges with peaks exceeding 1,000 m, including Nurgush mountain (1406 m). The mountainous area has several ski resorts.

The West Siberian Plain is bounded on the west horizontal (elevation 190 m above sea level), which passes through the village of Bagaryak, Kunashak and continues through Chelyabinsk to the south. The lowlands are located in the northeast, and the elevation drops to 130 m in the eastern border region.

Hydrology edit

Numerous rivers originate within the region, within the basins of the Kama, Tobol, and Ural rivers. The region is home to 348 rivers longer than 10 km (6.2 mi) (totaling 10,235 km (6,360 mi) in length), 17 of which are over 100 km (62 mi) in length. Seven rivers, the Miass, Uy, Ural, Ay, Ufa, Uvelka, and Gumbeyka, pass through the area and are longer than 200 km (124 mi).

 
Lake Itkul

Chelyabinsk Oblast is also home to more than 3,748 lakes, mostly located in the north and east and covering a total area of 2,125 km2 (820 sq mi). Many of the lakes in this area, including Lake Turgoyak, Zyuratkul, and Lake Itkul, are famous for their clear waters and attract tourism. Some of the lakes in the eastern foothills have tectonic origins as water accumulated in tectonic failures (basins), resulting in very deep lakes that can reach 30–40 m (98–131 ft).

Sights edit

Taganay National Park edit

Taganay National Park is located northeast of the city of Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Taganay National Park is a popular tourist destination in the Urals. The park contains mountain ranges, alpine meadows, stone outcrops and a several kilometer stone river, forests, woodlands and mountain tundra, ancient mineral mines and mountain rivers flowing both to Europe and Asia. Taganay National Park was established on March 5, 1991, the first in the Urals.

Gagarin Park edit

Gagarin Central Park is a 12-hectare recreational space in Chelyabinsk. The park is named after Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut and the first person to enter space. The park contains forest walks, lakes, old quarries, and landscaped gardens. There is also a showground with rides.

Monuments edit

There are several monuments in Chelyabinsk, many of which are on Kirovka street, a pedestrian street in the center of Chelyabinsk. The monuments include a monument to Igor Kurchatov, a nuclear scientist, which opened in 1986 to the 250th anniversary of Chelyabinsk; a monument to Orlenok, on the Aloe polye in Chelyabinsk, which opened on October 29, 1958 on the day of the fortieth anniversary of the Komsomol; the Sculpture of the Postman; the Memorial to Law and Order Soldiers; the Monument to Soldiers-Internationalists; and a sculpture of a firefighter.

Politics edit

 
Seat of the Oblast government in Chelyabinsk
 
Governor's residence

During the Soviet period, the highest authority in the Oblast was shared between three positions: the First Secretary of the Chelyabinsk CPSU Committee (who held the most power), the Chairman of the Oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the Oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the CPSU lost its monopoly on power.

Today, the Charter of Chelyabinsk Oblast governs the political structure of the region. The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast serves as the province's regional parliament and exercises legislative authority, with the power to pass laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and oversee their implementation and observance. The Oblast Government, led by the Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast, is the highest executive body in the region, and includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run the day-to-day matters of the province.

Administrative divisions edit

Demographics edit

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19262,564,012—    
19391,729,000−32.6%
19592,976,625+72.2%
19703,288,801+10.5%
19793,438,866+4.6%
19893,623,732+5.4%
20023,603,339−0.6%
20103,476,217−3.5%
20213,431,224−1.3%
Source: Census data

Population: 3,431,224 (2021 Census);[7] 3,476,217 (2010 Census);[21] 3,603,339 (2002 Census);[22] 3,623,732 (1989 Census).[23]

 
Life expectancy at birth in Chelyabinsk Oblast

Vital statistics for 2022:[24][25]

  • Births: 30,917 (9.1 per 1,000)
  • Deaths: 45,564 (13.4 per 1,000)

Total fertility rate (2022):[26]
1.47 children per woman

Life expectancy (2021):[27]
Total — 69.16 years (male — 64.36, female — 73.79)

Ethnicities in Chelyabinsk Oblast in 2021[28]
Ethnicity Population Percentage
Russians 2,526,414 86.3%
Bashkirs 128,071 4.4%
Tatars 120,242 4.1%
Kazakhs 29,057 1.0%
Ukrainians 17,154 0.6%
Tajiks 12,308 0.4%
Other Ethnicities 92,778 3.2%
Ethnicity not stated 505,200
Vital statistics for 2008

Source:[29]

District (2008) Type Births Deaths NG BR DR NGR
Chelyabinsk Oblast Obl 44931 52625 -7694 12.8 15.0 -0.22%
Urban Areas Obl 34550 41787 -7237 12.1 14.6 -0.25%
Rural Areas Obl 10381 10838 -457 15.9 16.6 -0.07%
Chelyabinsk Urb 12540 14192 -1652 11.5 13.0 -0.15%
Verkhny Ufaley Urb 516 727 -211 13.6 19.1 -0.55%
Zlatoust Urb 2111 2658 -547 11.1 13.9 -0.28%
Karabash Urb 227 262 -35 14.5 16.7 -0.22%
Kopeysk Urb 1737 2476 -739 12.5 17.8 -0.53%
Kyshtym Urb 535 695 -160 12.5 16.2 -0.37%
Lokomotivny Urb 117 41 76 11.8 4.1 0.77%
Magnitogorsk Urb 5276 6112 -836 12.9 14.9 -0.20%
Miass Urb 2289 2559 -270 13.7 15.3 -0.16%
Ozyorsk Urb 912 1312 -400 9.2 13.2 -0.40%
Snezhinsk Urb 544 586 -42 10.8 11.6 -0.08%
Tryokhgorny Urb 402 338 64 11.7 9.8 0.19%
Troitsk Urb 1085 1269 -184 13.2 15.4 -0.22%
Ust-Katav Urb 318 515 -197 11.3 18.2 -0.69%
Chebarkul Urb 550 698 -148 12.7 16.2 -0.35%
Yuzhnouralsk Urb 428 602 -174 11.1 15.6 -0.45%
Agapovsky Rur 649 513 136 18.5 14.6 0.39%
Argayashsky Rur 831 671 160 19.7 15.9 0.38%
Ashinsky Rur 831 1286 -455 12.6 19.5 -0.69%
Bredinsky Rur 485 480 5 15.6 15.4 0.02%
Varnensky Rur 460 453 7 15.9 15.7 0.02%
Verkhneuralsky Rur 575 743 -168 13.6 17.6 -0.40%
Yemanzhelinsky Rur 648 923 -275 12.2 17.3 -0.51%
Yetkulsky Rur 443 466 -23 14.7 15.5 -0.08%
Kartalinsky Rur 702 809 -107 14.1 16.2 -0.21%
Kaslinsky Rur 461 758 -297 12.0 19.7 -0.77%
Katav-Ivanovsky Rur 448 709 -261 12.8 20.2 -0.74%
Kizilsky Rur 432 400 32 16.2 15.0 0.12%
Korkinsky Rur 900 1256 -356 13.8 19.3 -0.55%
Krasnoarmeysky Rur 638 754 -116 14.6 17.3 -0.27%
Kunashaksky Rur 521 549 -28 17.6 18.6 -0.10%
Kusinsk Rur 420 535 -115 13.9 17.7 -0.38%
Nagaybaksky Rur 334 392 -58 15.0 17.7 -0.27%
Nyazepetrovsky Rur 298 433 -135 14.6 21.3 -0.67%
Oktyabrsky Rur 419 398 21 15.6 14.8 0.08%
Plastovsky Rur 450 453 -3 17.2 17.3 -0.01%
Satkinsky Rur 1230 1398 -168 14.2 16.1 -0.19%
Sosnovsky Rur 942 933 9 16.0 15.8 0.02%
Troitsky Rur 529 506 23 17.1 16.3 0.08%
Uvelsky Rur 508 533 -25 16.1 16.9 -0.08%
Uysky Rur 385 387 -2 14.6 14.7 -0.01%
Chebarkulsky Rur 494 538 -44 16.6 18.1 -0.15%
Chesmensky Rur 311 307 4 15.5 15.3 0.02%

Settlements edit

Chelyabinsk Oblast is highly urbanized.

Religion edit

Religion in Chelyabinsk Oblast as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)[30][31]
Russian Orthodoxy
30.9%
Other Orthodox
5.1%
Other Christians
8.9%
Islam
6.9%
Rodnovery and other native faiths
0.7%
Spiritual but not religious
29%
Atheism and irreligion
14.5%
Other and undeclared
4%

According to a 2012 survey,[30] 30.9% of the population of Chelyabinsk Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 8% are unaffiliated generic Christians, 5% adheres to other Eastern Orthodox Churches, 8% of the population is Muslim, 1% adheres to Slavic Rodnovery (Slavic Neopaganism), and 0.4% to forms of Hinduism (Vedism, Krishnaism or Tantrism). In addition, 29% of the population deems itself to be "spiritual but not religious", 14% is atheist, and 4.7% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.[30]

Partner cities edit

Chelyabinsk Oblast cooperates with:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
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Sources edit

  • Законодательное Собрание Челябинской области. Закон №22-ЗО от 25 мая 2006 г. «Устав (основной закон) Челябинской области», в ред. Закона №427-ЗО от 30 апреля 2009 г. (Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Law #22-ZO of May 25, 2006 Charter (Basic Law) of Chelyabinsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #427-ZO of April 30, 2009. ).

External links edit

  • Regional Development Agency of Chelyabinsk region

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The Chelyabinsk Oblast Russian Chelya binskaya o blast romanized Chelyabinskaya oblast is a federal subject an oblast of Russia in the Ural Mountains region on the border of Europe and Asia 11 12 13 14 Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk OblastOblastChelyabinskaya oblastFlagCoat of armsAnthem Anthem of Chelyabinsk Oblast source source source Coordinates 55 10 N 61 24 E 55 16 N 61 40 E 55 16 61 40CountryRussiaFederal districtUrals 1 Economic regionUrals 2 Administrative centerChelyabinskGovernment BodyLegislative Assembly 3 Governor 5 Aleksey Teksler 4 Area 6 Total88 529 km2 34 181 sq mi Rank36thPopulation 2021 Census 7 Total3 431 224 Estimate 2018 8 3 493 036 Rank9th Density39 km2 100 sq mi Urban82 6 Rural17 4 Time zoneUTC 5 MSK 2 9 ISO 3166 codeRU CHELicense plates74 174 774OKTMO ID75000000Official languagesRussian 10 Websitehttp www pravmin74 ru Contents 1 History 1 1 Soviet industrialization 1 2 Nuclear research 1 3 Recent history 2 Economy 3 Geography 3 1 Relief 3 2 Hydrology 4 Sights 4 1 Taganay National Park 4 2 Gagarin Park 4 3 Monuments 5 Politics 6 Administrative divisions 7 Demographics 7 1 Settlements 7 2 Religion 8 Partner cities 9 See also 10 References 11 Sources 12 External linksHistory editDuring the Middle Ages Bashkir tribes inhabited the Southern Urals they formed part of the Golden Horde Nogai Horde and smaller Bashkir unions The Tsardom of Russia incorporated the area in the late 16th century However Russian colonization of the region only began in the 18th century with the establishment of a system of fortresses and trade posts on the then Russian border by the Orenburg Expedition ru in 1734 Many cities of Chelyabinsk Oblast including the city of Chelyabinsk itself trace their history back to those forts In 1743 the Chelyabinsk fortress became a center of the Iset Province ru a constituent part of the Orenburg Governorate a direct successor of the Orenburg Expedition The period from the 1750s to the 1770s saw the emergence of industrial enterprises in the Southern Urals when the first factory centered towns like Miass Kyshtym and Zlatoust were founded After the Southern Urals recovered from the Pugachev s Rebellion of 1773 1775 the territory of modern day Chelyabinsk Oblast started to attract more people from the European part of Russia By the mid 19th century Chelyabinsk was a major trade center in the Urals and after the construction of the Trans Siberian Railway in the 1890s it became an important transport hub that connected Siberia to the rest of the Russian Empire In 1919 Chelyabinsk became the regional capital of the newly formed Chelyabinsk Governorate of the Russian SFSR which combined eastern portions of the Orenburg Governorate with Kurgan of the Tobolsk Governorate At this time the population of the new region has already exceeded one million people In 1923 together with the Perm Yekaterinburg Governorate ru and Tyumen governorates it merged into a single Ural Oblast that lasted only ten years until 1934 On January 17 1934 Chelyabinsk Oblast was finally established Its current boundaries were formed when Kurgan Oblast was detached from it in 1943 Soviet industrialization edit During the 1930s the regional economy and industrial output grew as Chelyabinsk Oblast became a key focus of the First Five Year Plan Key factories and enterprises that formed the core of the modern Chelyabinsk economy including the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant and the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant originated at this time The economy continued to grow after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War in 1941 as industries evacuated from the western parts of the Soviet Union to the Urals and to Chelyabinsk Oblast in particular During the war Magnitogorsk alone produced one third of all Soviet steel while the city of Chelyabinsk became the main center of Soviet tank production earning the nickname Tankograd Tank City Nuclear research edit Chelyabinsk Oblast has been home to top secret nuclear research since the 1940s While there are no nuclear power stations in Chelyabinsk a number of production reactors were located there starting with the early Cold War A serious nuclear accident occurred in 1957 at the Mayak nuclear fuel reprocessing plant 150 km 93 mi north west of the city which led to evacuations and fatalities throughout the oblast although not in Chelyabinsk city The province was closed to all foreigners until 1992 with the sole exception of allowing a British medical team in following a two train rail explosion in the mid 1980s Slawomir Grunberg has made the documentary Chelyabinsk The Most Contaminated Spot on the Planet 1994 about the unsafe dumping of radioactive waste in the Techa River and in Lake Karachay Recent history edit On 4 July 1997 Chelyabinsk alongside Bryansk Magadan Saratov and Vologda signed a power sharing agreement with the government of Russia granting it autonomy 15 The agreement would be abolished on 2 February 2002 16 On February 15 2013 a 10 000 ton meteoroid entered the Earth s atmosphere over Russia at about 09 20 YEKT 03 20 UTC It passed over the southern Ural region and exploded in a meteor air burst over Chelyabinsk Oblast About 1 500 people were reported injured including 311 children Health officials said 112 people had been hospitalized mainly from injuries caused by glass from windows shattered by a shock wave two were reported to be in serious condition As many as 3 000 buildings in six cities across the region were damaged by the explosion and impacts The meteor created a dazzling light as it air burst bright enough to cast shadows during broad daylight in Chelyabinsk Economy editThe largest companies in the region include Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant Mechel group Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant Ashinsky Metallurgical Plant 17 Geography editChelyabinsk Oblast is on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals Only a small part of the territory to the west is on the western slopes of the Southern Urals Chelyabinsk Oblast is situated in the Southern Urals near Kurgan and Sverdlovsk oblast Most of the Oblast is located to the east of the Ural Mountains which form the continental boundary between Asia and Europe This boundary is marked by a stone pillar at the Uraltau pass near the Urzhumka station 8 km 5 0 mi from Zlatoust which has Europe written on one side and Asia on the other In Chelyabinsk Oblast Zlatoust city Katav Ivanovsk and Satka and Chelyabinsk Troitsk and Miass are in Europe Magnitogorsk is located on both continents 18 The area of Chelyabinsk Oblast is 88 900 km2 34 300 sq mi 19 The total length of its external border is 2 750 km 1 710 mi and the Oblast measures 400 km 250 mi from north to south and 490 km 300 mi from west to east The highest point of Chelyabinsk Oblast reaching 1 406 metres 4 613 ft above sea level is located in the Nurgush a 50 kilometres 31 mi long mountain range rising near lake Zyuratkul 20 It also borders the country of Kazakhstan specifically the Kostanay Region Relief edit Chelyabinsk Oblast has a very diverse landscape ranging from lowlands and hilly plains to mountain ranges with peaks exceeding 1 000 m including Nurgush mountain 1406 m The mountainous area has several ski resorts The West Siberian Plain is bounded on the west horizontal elevation 190 m above sea level which passes through the village of Bagaryak Kunashak and continues through Chelyabinsk to the south The lowlands are located in the northeast and the elevation drops to 130 m in the eastern border region Hydrology edit Numerous rivers originate within the region within the basins of the Kama Tobol and Ural rivers The region is home to 348 rivers longer than 10 km 6 2 mi totaling 10 235 km 6 360 mi in length 17 of which are over 100 km 62 mi in length Seven rivers the Miass Uy Ural Ay Ufa Uvelka and Gumbeyka pass through the area and are longer than 200 km 124 mi nbsp Lake ItkulChelyabinsk Oblast is also home to more than 3 748 lakes mostly located in the north and east and covering a total area of 2 125 km2 820 sq mi Many of the lakes in this area including Lake Turgoyak Zyuratkul and Lake Itkul are famous for their clear waters and attract tourism Some of the lakes in the eastern foothills have tectonic origins as water accumulated in tectonic failures basins resulting in very deep lakes that can reach 30 40 m 98 131 ft Sights editTaganay National Park edit Taganay National Park is located northeast of the city of Zlatoust Chelyabinsk Oblast Taganay National Park is a popular tourist destination in the Urals The park contains mountain ranges alpine meadows stone outcrops and a several kilometer stone river forests woodlands and mountain tundra ancient mineral mines and mountain rivers flowing both to Europe and Asia Taganay National Park was established on March 5 1991 the first in the Urals Gagarin Park edit Gagarin Central Park is a 12 hectare recreational space in Chelyabinsk The park is named after Yuri Gagarin a Soviet cosmonaut and the first person to enter space The park contains forest walks lakes old quarries and landscaped gardens There is also a showground with rides Monuments edit There are several monuments in Chelyabinsk many of which are on Kirovka street a pedestrian street in the center of Chelyabinsk The monuments include a monument to Igor Kurchatov a nuclear scientist which opened in 1986 to the 250th anniversary of Chelyabinsk a monument to Orlenok on the Aloe polye in Chelyabinsk which opened on October 29 1958 on the day of the fortieth anniversary of the Komsomol the Sculpture of the Postman the Memorial to Law and Order Soldiers the Monument to Soldiers Internationalists and a sculpture of a firefighter Politics edit nbsp Seat of the Oblast government in Chelyabinsk nbsp Governor s residenceDuring the Soviet period the highest authority in the Oblast was shared between three positions the First Secretary of the Chelyabinsk CPSU Committee who held the most power the Chairman of the Oblast Soviet legislative power and the Chairman of the Oblast Executive Committee executive power Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the CPSU lost its monopoly on power Today the Charter of Chelyabinsk Oblast governs the political structure of the region The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast serves as the province s regional parliament and exercises legislative authority with the power to pass laws resolutions and other legal acts and oversee their implementation and observance The Oblast Government led by the Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast is the highest executive body in the region and includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations committees and commissions that facilitate development and run the day to day matters of the province Administrative divisions editMain article Administrative divisions of Chelyabinsk OblastDemographics editHistorical populationYearPop 19262 564 012 19391 729 000 32 6 19592 976 625 72 2 19703 288 801 10 5 19793 438 866 4 6 19893 623 732 5 4 20023 603 339 0 6 20103 476 217 3 5 20213 431 224 1 3 Source Census dataPopulation 3 431 224 2021 Census 7 3 476 217 2010 Census 21 3 603 339 2002 Census 22 3 623 732 1989 Census 23 nbsp Life expectancy at birth in Chelyabinsk Oblast Vital statistics for 2022 24 25 Births 30 917 9 1 per 1 000 Deaths 45 564 13 4 per 1 000 Total fertility rate 2022 26 1 47 children per womanLife expectancy 2021 27 Total 69 16 years male 64 36 female 73 79 Ethnicities in Chelyabinsk Oblast in 2021 28 Ethnicity Population PercentageRussians 2 526 414 86 3 Bashkirs 128 071 4 4 Tatars 120 242 4 1 Kazakhs 29 057 1 0 Ukrainians 17 154 0 6 Tajiks 12 308 0 4 Other Ethnicities 92 778 3 2 Ethnicity not stated 505 200 Vital statistics for 2008Source 29 District 2008 Type Births Deaths NG BR DR NGRChelyabinsk Oblast Obl 44931 52625 7694 12 8 15 0 0 22 Urban Areas Obl 34550 41787 7237 12 1 14 6 0 25 Rural Areas Obl 10381 10838 457 15 9 16 6 0 07 Chelyabinsk Urb 12540 14192 1652 11 5 13 0 0 15 Verkhny Ufaley Urb 516 727 211 13 6 19 1 0 55 Zlatoust Urb 2111 2658 547 11 1 13 9 0 28 Karabash Urb 227 262 35 14 5 16 7 0 22 Kopeysk Urb 1737 2476 739 12 5 17 8 0 53 Kyshtym Urb 535 695 160 12 5 16 2 0 37 Lokomotivny Urb 117 41 76 11 8 4 1 0 77 Magnitogorsk Urb 5276 6112 836 12 9 14 9 0 20 Miass Urb 2289 2559 270 13 7 15 3 0 16 Ozyorsk Urb 912 1312 400 9 2 13 2 0 40 Snezhinsk Urb 544 586 42 10 8 11 6 0 08 Tryokhgorny Urb 402 338 64 11 7 9 8 0 19 Troitsk Urb 1085 1269 184 13 2 15 4 0 22 Ust Katav Urb 318 515 197 11 3 18 2 0 69 Chebarkul Urb 550 698 148 12 7 16 2 0 35 Yuzhnouralsk Urb 428 602 174 11 1 15 6 0 45 Agapovsky Rur 649 513 136 18 5 14 6 0 39 Argayashsky Rur 831 671 160 19 7 15 9 0 38 Ashinsky Rur 831 1286 455 12 6 19 5 0 69 Bredinsky Rur 485 480 5 15 6 15 4 0 02 Varnensky Rur 460 453 7 15 9 15 7 0 02 Verkhneuralsky Rur 575 743 168 13 6 17 6 0 40 Yemanzhelinsky Rur 648 923 275 12 2 17 3 0 51 Yetkulsky Rur 443 466 23 14 7 15 5 0 08 Kartalinsky Rur 702 809 107 14 1 16 2 0 21 Kaslinsky Rur 461 758 297 12 0 19 7 0 77 Katav Ivanovsky Rur 448 709 261 12 8 20 2 0 74 Kizilsky Rur 432 400 32 16 2 15 0 0 12 Korkinsky Rur 900 1256 356 13 8 19 3 0 55 Krasnoarmeysky Rur 638 754 116 14 6 17 3 0 27 Kunashaksky Rur 521 549 28 17 6 18 6 0 10 Kusinsk Rur 420 535 115 13 9 17 7 0 38 Nagaybaksky Rur 334 392 58 15 0 17 7 0 27 Nyazepetrovsky Rur 298 433 135 14 6 21 3 0 67 Oktyabrsky Rur 419 398 21 15 6 14 8 0 08 Plastovsky Rur 450 453 3 17 2 17 3 0 01 Satkinsky Rur 1230 1398 168 14 2 16 1 0 19 Sosnovsky Rur 942 933 9 16 0 15 8 0 02 Troitsky Rur 529 506 23 17 1 16 3 0 08 Uvelsky Rur 508 533 25 16 1 16 9 0 08 Uysky Rur 385 387 2 14 6 14 7 0 01 Chebarkulsky Rur 494 538 44 16 6 18 1 0 15 Chesmensky Rur 311 307 4 15 5 15 3 0 02 Settlements edit Largest cities or towns in Chelyabinsk Oblast 2010 Russian CensusRank Administrative Division Pop nbsp Chelyabinsk nbsp Magnitogorsk 1 Chelyabinsk City of oblast significance of Chelyabinsk 1 130 132 nbsp Zlatoust nbsp Miass2 Magnitogorsk City of oblast significance of Magnitogorsk 407 7753 Zlatoust City of oblast significance of Zlatoust 174 9624 Miass City of oblast significance of Miass 151 7515 Kopeysk City of oblast significance of Kopeysk 137 6016 Ozyorsk Closed administrative territorial formation of Ozyorsk 82 1647 Troitsk Town of oblast significance of Troitsk 78 3728 Snezhinsk Closed administrative territorial formation of Snezhinsk 48 8109 Satka Town of oblast significance of Satka 45 17810 Chebarkul Town of oblast significance of Chebarkul 42 844 Chelyabinsk Oblast is highly urbanized Religion edit Religion in Chelyabinsk Oblast as of 2012 Sreda Arena Atlas 30 31 Russian Orthodoxy 30 9 Other Orthodox 5 1 Other Christians 8 9 Islam 6 9 Rodnovery and other native faiths 0 7 Spiritual but not religious 29 Atheism and irreligion 14 5 Other and undeclared 4 According to a 2012 survey 30 30 9 of the population of Chelyabinsk Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church 8 are unaffiliated generic Christians 5 adheres to other Eastern Orthodox Churches 8 of the population is Muslim 1 adheres to Slavic Rodnovery Slavic Neopaganism and 0 4 to forms of Hinduism Vedism Krishnaism or Tantrism In addition 29 of the population deems itself to be spiritual but not religious 14 is atheist and 4 7 follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question 30 Partner cities editChelyabinsk Oblast cooperates with nbsp Ashgabat Turkmenistan 1997 32 See also editList of Chairmen of the Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk OblastReferences edit Prezident Rossijskoj Federacii Ukaz 849 ot 13 maya 2000 g O polnomochnom predstavitele Prezidenta Rossijskoj Federacii v federalnom okruge Vstupil v silu 13 maya 2000 g Opublikovan Sobranie zakonodatelstva RF No 20 st 2112 15 maya 2000 g President of the Russian Federation Decree 849 of May 13 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District Effective as of May 13 2000 Gosstandart Rossijskoj Federacii OK 024 95 27 dekabrya 1995 g Obsherossijskij klassifikator ekonomicheskih regionov 2 Ekonomicheskie rajony v red Izmeneniya 5 2001 OKER Gosstandart of the Russian Federation OK 024 95 December 27 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions 2 Economic Regions as amended by the Amendment 5 2001 OKER Charter Article 8 3 1 Official website of the Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast Boris Alexandrovich Dubrovsky Archived 2014 07 07 at the Wayback Machine Acting Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast Charter Article 8 4 Svedeniya o nalichii i raspredelenii zemel v Rossijskoj Federacii na 01 01 2019 v razreze subektov Rossijskoj Federacii Federal Service for State Registration Cadastre and Cartography Archived from the original on 9 February 2022 Retrieved 29 August 2023 a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service Vserossijskaya perepis naseleniya 2020 goda Tom 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Service of Russia Rosstat Retrieved 2022 06 01 Nacionalnyj sostav naseleniya Federal State Statistics Service Retrieved 29 August 2023 1 dead link a b c Arena Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia Archived 2017 12 06 at the Wayback Machine Sreda 2012 2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps Ogonek 34 5243 27 08 2012 Retrieved 21 04 2017 Archived 2 Sources editZakonodatelnoe Sobranie Chelyabinskoj oblasti Zakon 22 ZO ot 25 maya 2006 g Ustav osnovnoj zakon Chelyabinskoj oblasti v red Zakona 427 ZO ot 30 aprelya 2009 g Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast Law 22 ZO of May 25 2006 Charter Basic Law of Chelyabinsk Oblast as amended by the Law 427 ZO of April 30 2009 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chelyabinsk Oblast Reddatabook of Chelyabinsk Oblast Regional Development Agency of Chelyabinsk region Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chelyabinsk Oblast amp oldid 1196162055, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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