Kopeysk (russian: Копе́йск) is a

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Chelyabinsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Oblast (russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the city ...

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, located southeast of

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

. Population: The population growth between 2002 and 2010 was caused by the annexation of surrounding settlements.

History

Prior to 1928, this city was called Ugolnye Kopi, meaning ''coal mines'' (hence the pick on the city's coat of arms). The element "Ugolnye" was removed and the suffix "-sk" was added to indicate the locative.Encyclopædia Britannica
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Economy

Until the 1990s the main economic sectors were

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(with mines such as "Capital",Currently, all the mines are closed due to the low quality of the coal and the high costs of production. "Komsomolskaya", "Red Gornyachka", and "Central") and mechanical engineering –

Kopeysk Machine-Building plant Kopeysk Machine-Building plant (russian: Копейский машиностроительный завод) is Russia's largest manufacturer of Mineral processing equipment and mining equipment, situated in Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk, Russia. Its p ...

headquarter, the largest producer of coal and salt mining equipment in Russia, is located in this city. In recent years Kopejsk has developed a diversified economy. The city recorded more than 1,000 industrial enterprises and more than 7,000 private entrepreneurs. Existing companies produce goods such as

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, pipes with anticorrosive coating, ceramic

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for the oil and gas industries, and

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. Housing is being constructed, for example in the

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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated as the

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of Kopeysk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Resolution #161 As a municipal division, the City of Kopeysk is incorporated as Kopeysky Urban Okrug.

Notable people

Sergey Kovalev Sergey Alexandrovich Kovalev (russian: Сергей Александрович Ковалёв (Ko-va-LYOV); born 2 April 1983) is a Russian professional boxer. He has held multiple light-heavyweight world championships, including the WBA (Undi ...

(born 1983), Russian professional boxer *

Timur Morgunov Timur Morgunov (born 12 October 1996) is a Russian track and field athlete specialising in the pole vault. As an Authorised Neutral Athlete, he won the silver medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships. He did not compete at the 2020 Summ ...

(born 1996), Russian pole vaulter * Sergei Ushakov (born 1965), Russian professional football coach and former player

References

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External links

Official website of Kopeysky Urban Okrug

Unofficial website of Kopeysk
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