Emanzhelinsk

It was founded in 1951.

It occupies the territory of 88 sq. km.

The nearest railway station is Emanzhelinsk.

Emanzhelinsk is situated  42 km away from the region’s capital.

Its population is about 51,4 thousand people.

Emanzhelinsk received a city status on September 25, 1951.

Emanzhelinsk is the miners’ city; it is situated at the most distant southern point of the Chelyabinsk coalfield. It is famous for one of the biggest cement plants among the Ural Federal District Subjects.

Emanzhelinsk is located at the eastern slope of the South Urals, 6 km away from the railway station ,which has the same name, and 50 km away in the south direction from Chelyabinsk.

It was founded in 1770 as a Cossack village called after the Yamanzelga stream (the name of which means “bad river”). The word can be explained the following way: “yaman” is the tatar and bashkir name for “bad” and “zelga” is the dialect tatar name for bashkir “yelga”, which means “river”. Since 1866 the village has been called Emanzhelinskaya stanitsa in the list of settlements.

In the 1930-31 period due to the exploration of a coalfield there appeared a workers village, which was transformed into the city of Emanzhelinsk on September  25, 1951.

Economy

In 2001 industry comprised 35,7%, agriculture - 48,1%, building - 1,6%, transport and communications - 3,4%, trade and public catering - 0,8% in the structure of production. 

The key industrial branches are agriculture, machine building and metal processing, flour threshing, grain and mixed fodder industries, fuel and energy industry, food processing industry.

Coal mining is rather developed. The biggest plants are mechanical, mixed fodder and repair works. The sewing factory and building materials production are of the great importance.

Animal and cattle rearing are the most developed agricultural branches. Potato and vegetable cultivation is very popular.