Yemanzhelinsk

Yemanzhelinsk (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.http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm  (Russian)

 History 

Yemanzhelinsk was founded in 1770 as a Cossack village and  was named Yemanzhelinskaya () 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 

Category:Cities and towns in Chelyabinsk Oblast