What is Yemanzhelinsk?
[[Image:Flag of Emanzhelinsk (Chelyabinsk oblast).png|right|150px]] [[Image:Coat of Arms of Emanzhelinsk (Chelyabinsk oblast).png|right|90px]] '''Yemanzhelinsk''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Еманжели́нск) is a town and [[administrative centre]] in the [[Yemanzhelinsky District]] in [[Chelyabinsk Oblast]], [[Russia]]. It is located near the [[Kazakhstan]] border, and is on the eastern slopes of the Southern [[Ural Mountains]]. Yemanzhelinsk was founded in 1770 by the [[Cossacks]]. The population was 30,216 at the 2010 census.<ref>http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419232529/https://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm |date=2020-04-19 }} '''(Russian)'''</ref> == History == Yemanzhelinsk was founded in 1770 as a [[Cossacks|Cossack]] village and was named '''Yemanzhelinskaya''' ({{lang|ru|Еманжелинская}}) since 1866. It became a [[coal mining]] settlement in the early 1930s, and was granted town status on September 25, 1951. The [[chelyabinsk meteor]] landed close to Yemanzhelinsk. == Related pages == *[[List of cities and towns in Russia]] == References == {{reflist}}{{Chelyabinsk Oblast}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Chelyabinsk Oblast]]