Plastovsky District (russian: Пластовский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (

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), one of the twenty-seven in

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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.Resolution #161 It is located in the center of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Plast The Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine ( uk, Пласт Національна Скаутська Організація України, ''Plast Natsionalna Skautska Orhanizatsiia Ukrayiny''), commonly called Ukrainian Plast or simply P ...

. Population (excluding the administrative center):

Geography

Plastovsky District is located in the center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the transition zone between the forest-steppe of the

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

, 50 km to the west, and the steppe to the east. Average elevation is 200-250 meters, rising to 420 meters in the southwest. There is a large pine forest reserve (Sanarsky Zakaznick) in the south of the district. Underlying rock is granite, with occasional slate and limestone. Plastovsky District is 80 km southwest of the city 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 ...

, and 1,400 km southeast of

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. The area measures 35 km (north-south), and 40 km (west-east); total area is 1,751 km2 (about 2.0% of Chelyabinsk Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Plast. The district is bordered on the north by

Chebarkulsky District Chebarkulsky District (russian: Чебарку́льский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.Resolution #161 It is located in the west of the oblast. The are ...

, on the east by

Uvelsky District Uvelsky District (russian: Уве́льский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.Resolution #161 It is located in the eastern central part of the oblast. The a ...

, on the south by Troitsky District, and on the west by

Uysky District Uysky District (russian: Уйский район) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.Resolution #161 It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its ...

History

Gold-bearing sands and veins of the area were first worked in 1845, with the opening of the Kochkarskoye gold fields. Gold has been the main industry of Plast throughout the history of the district, with other mineral businesses based on silver, kyanite, kaolin, and granite building stone.

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External links

Plastovsky District on Google MapsPlastovsky District on OpenStreetMap
{{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Districts of Chelyabinsk Oblast