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City Details: Chelyabinsk

A few alternate names for Chelyabinsk are: CEK, Celabinsk, Celabinska, Celaebinsk, Celeabinsk, Celiabinsc, Celiabinsca, Celiabinskas, Celjabinsk, Celjabinsko

Chelyabinsk is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a population of over 1.1 million people, and the second-largest city in the Ural Federal District, after Yekaterinburg. Chelyabinsk is located to the east behind the south part of the Ural Mountains and runs along the Miass River.

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General Information

  • Official Name: Russian Federation
  • Common Name: Russia
  • Population: 1202371
  • Timezone: Asia/Yekaterinburg
  • Coordinates: 55.15402, 61.42915
  • Country Code: RUS
  • Continent: Europe, Asia

Closest Airports to Chelyabinsk

  • 1. Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport (CEK), distance from city center: 17.52 km
  • 2. Koltsovo Airport (SVX), distance from city center: 180.95 km
  • 3. Kurgan Airport (KRO), distance from city center: 254.73 km

Location of Chelyabinsk

Russia Country Details

  • Country: Russia
  • Official Name: Russian Federation
  • Capital: Moscow
  • Region: Europe
  • Subregion: Eastern Europe
  • Population: 144,104,080
  • Area: 17,098,242 km²
  • Languages: Russian
  • Currency: Russian ruble (₽)
  • Timezones: UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00
  • Flag: Flag of {countryDetailsInfoJson[0].name.common}

Has borders with:

  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • China
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Georgia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Korea (North)
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Mongolia
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Ukraine

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Museums in Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation

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Государственный исторический музей Южного Урала

Truda street 100, Tsentralny District, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454091

Coordinates: 55.1683° N, 61.3977° E

Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00 • Sa-Su 11:00-19:00

+7 351 2250380
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Челябинский государственный музей изобразительных искусств (выставочный зал)

Tsvilling Street, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454091

Coordinates: 55.1596° N, 61.4044° E

Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00 • Th 12:00-20:00

+7 351 266-38-17
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Челябинский музей леса

Varnenskaya Street 1А, Tsentralny District, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454048

Coordinates: 55.1414° N, 61.3678° E

Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-17:00 • Fr 09:00-16:00 • Sa 09:00-15:00

+7 351 232-02-08
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Центр исторического наследия ЮУЖД

Zheleznodorozhnaya Street 11, Uritskogo, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454091

Coordinates: 55.1369° N, 61.4134° E

Hours: We-Su 10:00-18:00

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Музей железнодорожной техники

Zheleznodorozhnaya Street, Uritskogo, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454111

Coordinates: 55.1339° N, 61.4110° E

Hours: Mo-Su 08:00-19:00

Museum

Музей почтовой связи

Lenina Avenue 64, Tsentralny District, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454080

Coordinates: 55.1605° N, 61.3842° E

Hours: We 10:00-16:30

+7 351 2662881
Museum

Челябинский государственный музей изобразительных искусств (картинная галерея)

Truda street 92А, Tsentralny District, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454019

Coordinates: 55.1682° N, 61.4018° E

+7 351 266-38-17
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Пожарно-техническая выставка Челябинской области

Pushkina Street 68/1, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454091

Coordinates: 55.1565° N, 61.4090° E

+7 351 2397085
Museum

Музей памяти воинов-интернационалистов

Dzerzhinskogo Street 102, Leninskiy rayon, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454078

Coordinates: 55.1321° N, 61.4350° E

+7 351 2200674
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Музей трудовой и боевой славы ЧТЗ

Lenina Avenue 19, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454091

Coordinates: 55.1604° N, 61.4340° E

+7 351 7754467
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Музей истории Южно-Уральской железной дороги

Tsvilling Street 61, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454091

Coordinates: 55.1493° N, 61.4123° E

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Музей геологии

Truda street 98, Tsentralny District, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454091

Coordinates: 55.1681° N, 61.3982° E

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Музей военной техники

Geroev Tankograda Street, Planovy, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454071

Coordinates: 55.1684° N, 61.4534° E

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Музей истории ЧЭМК

Pobedy Avenue 144, Kalininskiy District, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454081

Coordinates: 55.1858° N, 61.4222° E

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Музей локомотивного депо

Evteeva Street 1, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454091

Coordinates: 55.1505° N, 61.4173° E

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Музей зерна

Truda street, Tsentralny District, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, 454080

Coordinates: 55.1680° N, 61.3854° E