Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk is a city in the Chelyabinsk oblast; it is one of the world's largest centres of ferrous metallurgy.

The city is situated at the foot of the mountain Magnitnaya on the Eastern slope of the Southern Urals on both banks of the river Ural (the right bank is in Europe, the left is in Asia).
The distance from the city to Moscow is almost two thousand kilometres. The population of the city is 409 thousand people.

Historical reference

Magnitogorsk has been founded in June 1929 at the location of the Cossack village Magnitnaya as the first socialist town in the Urals. It has started as a workers' quarters which appeared when the construction of Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine had begun.

Yevgeniy Tevtelev, the Mayor of Magnitogorsk

Economy

Metallurgy and other manufacturing industries are the basis of the economy of Magnitogorsk. The value of the goods shipped, works completed, and services rendered in this sector has been exceeding 250 billion roubles over the last few years.
The Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine, the metal wire products factory, and the heat electric generation plant are the leading ventures in this industry.
You can get to Magnitogorsk by railway or air transport.

Culture & Education

The following higher education establishments can be found in Magnitogorsk: a State University and a State Technical University, a Conservatoire, a Business School and a branch of the International Institute of Economics and Law.

There are quite a few professional creative teams of people in Magnitogorsk - the Pushkin Drama Theatre, a Puppet and Actor Theatre "Buratino", an Opera and Ballet Theatre, a philharmonic hall, a House of Music, the S. G. Eidinov State Academic Choir, a circus.
The city has a film house, an art gallery, a local lore museum, several cinemas.

Magnitogorsk is a good city for those who like sports. There are two ice arenas here, a water amusement park, the metallurgical combine's sports centre, and two mountain skiing centres.