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Chelyabinsk is located at 55°03'-55°19' N, 61°08'-61°17' E.
A fortress was constructed on the site in 1736; the city was incorporated in 1781.
Chelyabinsk is one of major industrial centers of Russia. Heavy industy predominates. During World War II, Stalin decided to move a lot of Russian factory production to places out of the way of the advancing German armies — Chelyabinsk was one of the factory cities that was built pretty much from scratch at this time. A small town existed before this, which can be found in the centre of the city. Several enormous facilities for the production of T-34 tanks and KatyushaThe 82mm BM-8 and 132mm BM-13 Katyusha rocket launchers were built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. The launcher got this unofficial, but immediately recognized in the Red Army, name from the title of a Russian wartime song, Katyusha about rocket launchers existed in Chelyabinsk, and it gained the town nickname "Tankograd". A nuclear accident many many years ago still has effects on the population, although not as severe as ChernobylChernobyl (Official Ukrainian: Chornobyl , Russian Chernobyl ) is a city in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus. It was a major communications node and important centre of trade and commerce, especially in 19th century. The city is located 20 k.
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