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Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk

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A city in Russia's Ural region known for heavy industry
  • proper noun
  • /ˌtʃɛljəˈbɪnsk/
: Chelyabinsk
  • Chelyabinsk is the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia and is located on the Miass River, just to the east of the Ural Mountains.
  • the city of Chelyabinsk
  • Chelyabinsk fireball
  • Chelyabinsk meteor

Examples

  • Locations such as Alma-Ata, Baku, Vladivostok, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Tashkent, and Chelyabinsk, for the most part in Siberia and Central Asia, are linked to Moscow through this airport.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Yet, I liked Chelyabinsk with its new and old buildings and people wearing big fur hats.

    Blog text (10)

  • She lives in Chelyabinsk, Siberia.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Mass rallies in support of the strikers were held by miners in Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, and Vladivostok.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The city of Chelyabinsk is known for its heavy industrial activity.

  • Many factories are located in Chelyabinsk, contributing to its reputation as an industrial city.

  • I visited Chelyabinsk last summer and was impressed by its vibrant industry.

Surface Forms

Chelyabinsk main

Etymology

Chelyabinsk comes from an old local name Chelyaba plus the Russian ending -insk, which means 'place of' or 'belonging to'. So Chelyabinsk originally meant 'the place of Chelyaba' (a local person or river), and that is why it is the name of the city.