| Chelyabinsk is one of the biggest industrial, cultural and scientific centers of the South Ural. The town is situated on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains, on the river Miass (a tributary of the Iset). Chelyabinsk first appeared as a fortress in 1736 during Russian colonization of the South Ural. During The Great Patriotic War Chelyabinsk was called Tankograd, because famous ‘Katjushas’ and tanks T-34 were produces here. The present coat of arm of the city - a camel with a load - reminds of the fact that once The Great Silk Way passed through this place. |
