This Russian city is special, it is the only district in the country that has an intra-city division. Why this happened, the history of Chelyabinsk is silent, but it is ready to tell a lot of information about other interesting events that took place.
Foundation of the city
The controversy of scientists about the name that the fortress, founded in 1736, received, still does not subside. It is believed that it coincides with the name of the village of Chelyaby, in which the Bashkirs lived. Bashkir Tarkhan Taymas Shaimov, the local land owner, has agreed to build a defensive facility on his land. In return, the Bashkirs were exempted from taxation. Since 1781, Chelyabinsk has been acting as a district city, which also has its own official symbols, in particular the coat of arms.
The first description of the fortress was found by I. Gmelin, a German traveler, in his records from 1742 there is the following information: the fortress is similar to Miyasskaya, but larger in size; surrounded by walls of lying logs; it got its name from the nearest forest area Chelyabe-Karagai.
Active development, if we talk about the history of Chelyabinsk in a nutshell, began in the middle of the 18th century. Since 1743, the settlement became the center of the Isetsky province, in 1748 a stone temple appeared, the first in the city. The same time is characterized by active exploration of mineral resources in the vicinity of the city, as a result of which a gold-bearing vein was discovered, which opened a new period in history.
Second birth
In the 19th century, Chelyabinsk did not stand out in any way from the mass of other provincial Russian cities. Everything changed in 1892, when the construction of the railway was completed, which connected the European part of Russia and this Ural city, and in 1896 a section of the road was put into operation, linking Chelyabinsk with Yekaterinburg.
Scientists argue that none of the Russian cities knew such a sharp take-off. In just a few years, the city has become a leader in the trade of many products, for example, the Chelyabinsk Bread Exchange took first place, and imported teas - the second. As a result, several popular nicknames have stuck with this settlement, from the beautiful "Gateway to Siberia" to the dangerous "Trans-Ural Chicago".
A new era begins after 1917, Chelyabinsk went through all the stages of the establishment of Soviet power, both peaceful and military. The civil war also affected the city and its inhabitants.
During the Second World War, this settlement played an important role as a rear city, where evacuated enterprises worked and military commissariats were located. And the unofficial nickname given to Chelyabinsk during the war years - Tankograd, says a lot.
