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 ...
Yuryuzan River
The Yuryuzan (, ''Yuryuzán''; , ''Yürüźän'') is a river in the Republic of Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk Oblast in Russia, a left tributary of the Ufa ( Kama basin).Ufa River), from Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
It was established in 1758 as the settlement of Yuryuzan-Ivanovsky Zavod () to support the construction of an
ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''.
Ironworks succeeded bloomeri ...
. Since the end of the 19th century, the settlement is known as Yuryuzansky Zavod (). It was granted town status and renamed Yuryuzan on June 18, 1943.
Town economy centers around a large plant which produces
refrigerator
A refrigerator, colloquially fridge, is a commercial and home appliance consisting of a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump (mechanical, electronic or chemical) that transfers heat from its inside to its external environment so th ...