What is Chelyabinsk?
[[File:Chelyabinsk Circus.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Chelyabinsk]] [[File:CoA of Chelyabinsk (2000).svg|thumb|90px|The coat of arms of Chelyabinsk]] [[File:Flag of Chelyabinsk.svg|thumb|250px|The flag of Chelyabinsk]] '''Chelyabinsk''' is a city in the [[Chelyabinsk Oblast]], [[Russia]]. The city is south of the [[Ural Mountains]], on the [[Miass River]], and on the border of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. However Chelyabinsk is located in the European part of Russia, where the ural mountains make the division.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.investinural.com/EN/Chelyabinsk.html |title=Invest in Ural |publisher=Invest in Ural |date=1933-06-20 |access-date=2013-02-14 |archive-date=2013-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224041400/http://www.investinural.com/EN/Chelyabinsk.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city has a population of 1,177,058.<ref>https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Сhisl_MO_01-01-2024.xlsx</ref> As of 2024, the temporary head of the city is Alexander Astakhov. On February 15, 2013, a [[meteor]] hit the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=400 INJURED BY METEORITE FALLS IN RUSSIAN URALS|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_METEORITE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT|publisher=AP|access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons and category}} *[http://www.urc.ac.ru/Chelyabinsk/ Website about Chelyabinsk] *[http://74.ru/ Chelyabinsk city portal] {{in lang|ru}} *[http://chelyabinsk.ru/ Chelyabinsk News Agency] {{in lang|ru}} {{Chelyabinsk Oblast}}{{authority control}} {{geo-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chelyabinsk}} [[Category:Capitals of oblasts of Russia]] [[Category:Cities and towns in Chelyabinsk Oblast]]