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Chelyabinsk (chĭlyä`bĭnsk), city (1989 pop. 1,142,000), capital of Chelyabinsk region, W Siberian Russia, in the southern foothills of the Urals and on the Mias River. It also lies on the Trans-Siberian RR. One of the major metallurgical and industrial centers of Russia, Chelyabinsk produces steel, zinc, metal alloys, heavy chemicals, and agricultural machinery. The city has many industrial and scientific institutes, but severe pollution makes it one of the least attractive Russian cities. Founded in 1736 as a Russian frontier outpost, it was chartered in the 1740s and grew into an agricultural and coal-trading town. Its industrial growth began with the building of its first steel plant in 1930. ChelyabinskCity (pop., 2002: 1,078,300), west-central Russia. Located 125 mi (200 km) southeast of Yekaterinburg on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, it is the capital of Chelyabinsk oblast. Founded as a frontier outpost on the site of a Bashkir village in 1736, its growth was greatly stimulated by the eastward evacuation of Russian industry in World War II. Chelyabinsk an industrial city in SW Russia. Pop.: 1 067 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Chelyabinsk is its third destination in Kazakhstan. Vladimir Ivanovich POPOV was born on December 24, 1949; after finishing the Chelyabinsk Tank Command School in 1971, served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany; after graduating from the Armor Academy (1978), served in the Fast East Military District in positions from battalion commander to division commander. As part of the festival's International Choreographers' Commissioning Program (ICCP), Pona, who is founder and artistic director of the Chelyabinsk Theater of Contemporary Dance in Russia, worked with 10 students for five weeks to create a piece for the festival's performance lineup on a program shared with Miguel Robles of Argentina and Tom Shimazaki of Japan. |
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