Min\'yar

Year of foundation – 1771

Nearest railway station – Min'yar

Distance to the region center - 370 km
City status – from 14.05.1943

The city is situated on the western slope of the South Urals, in a valley of the river Sim, at the confluence of it and the highlands river Min'yar (the Volga basin).

Tha city was founded in 1771 as a village during the construction of the Min'yar iron-producing plant (it started its work in 1784, in the end of the 18^th and the beginning of the 19^th centuries it was an important supplier of sheet roofing iron to the central provinces of Russia). Today the old plant produces high-quality hardware.

Sights

Regional museum

The plant pond and the 18th century church remain in the central part of the city.

City's economy

Enterprises:

Hardware metallurgical plant

Two plants producing building crushed stone