About Chelyabinsk ....
Chelyabinsk is a major city in Russia, the administrative center of the Chelyabinsk region and the only city district in Russia with an intra-urban division. Chelyabinsk is located in the center of Eurasia continent, on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River, 201 km south of Yekaterinburg, 1919 km east of Moscow. Geological location - the western part - the Urals, the eastern part - Western Siberia.
Chelyabinsk is a business, scientific, cultural, sports and large industrial center of the South Urals with the prefabrication of metallurgy, engineering, metalworking, instrument making and other industries. About 40% of the city's output is metal. A large transport junction, stands on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Also Chelyabinsk is one of the ten largest cities in Russia, with a population of 1,169,432 people and is in eighth place. The city of Chelyabinsk is one of the most comfortable cities in Russia and is included in the top 15 cities in Russia in terms of living standards. Within the city there are several lakes: Smolino, Sineglazovo, First and Second and Shershnevo Reservoir. The Miass River flows through the city.