Chebarkul is a city with a great tourist present and future

Chebarkul - TOP 5 things to see in the city

A journey around Chebarkul begins with an acquaintance with its main attractions - the “tricks” of the city. You can visit these special places in one day.

Lake Chebarkul

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• Coordinates on the map: 54.957248, 60.324859.

Chebarkul is often called the “land of lakes” due to the large number of blue lakes. The main one gave the city its name. Translated from the Bashkir language, the word “chebarkul” means “motley lake”. Its shores are covered with mixed forests, in which there are tourist recreation centers, health centers and ecological trails.

Chebarkul has several wooded islands, as well as peninsulas, which are also visited by tourists.

The most popular activities on the lake are boating and fishing. Chebarkul is home to tench, bream, carp, pike perch, burbot and other fish. Fishermen come to the shores of the lake at all times of the year.

But the greatest fame for the lake was brought not by picturesque views or fishing, but by the Chelyabinsk meteorite. On February 15, 2013, a space rock fell into the lake, creating a huge hole in the ice. Until the fall, research groups came to the lake and picked up meteorite fragments from the bottom. The largest was discovered in October. His weight was 570 kg. Today the fragment is exhibited in the Chelyabinsk Museum of Local Lore.

Tourists visiting Chebarkul in the summer go rafting to the site of the meteorite fall, which is marked by a buoy.

Chebarkul Fortress

• GPS coordinates: 54.977778, 60.345556.

The fortress was built in the first half of the 18th century to protect the southeastern borders of Russia. Initially, the fortification was built as an outpost, the most important buildings of which were located behind the walls. By 1752, the bastion acquired its own church and 125 residential buildings.

The main historical event associated with the fortress occurred in 1774, when Emelyan Pugachev sent an ambassador here. Pugachev pretended to be Peter III, promised residents all sorts of benefits and offered to join the uprising. The Cossacks believed Emelyan and surrendered the fort without resistance. The fortress became an outpost of the Pugachevites and was under their control for four months.

In May, Ivan Mikhelson, a general who later defeated Pugachev, arrived at the fortress. By this time, the Cossacks began to rebel against the Pugachevites, and Mikhelson lured them to his side. Soon Mikhelson and his army left Chebarkul. The Pugachevites did not forgive the Cossacks for going over to Mikhelson’s side and burned the fortress.

Currently, a historical and cultural complex stands on the site of the fortress. On its territory there are large-scale copies of fortifications: walls, churches, residential and outbuildings. The buildings are made of logs according to old drawings and using old Russian technology.

There is a consecrated chapel, models of wooden ships, and a working mill and well. Tourists can apply for a master class in javelin throwing and archery. The copy does not reflect the true size of the fortress, but allows you to imagine what it was like in an era of prosperity.

Pugachevsky The Gallows

• Coordinates: 54.970000, 60.351667.

Not all residents of the fortress believed Pugachev’s words. Three officers and two sergeants refused to swear allegiance to “False Peter”, for which the troublemaker sentenced them to hanging. The execution took place at the place that today is called “Pugachevsky Gallows”.

In 1949, this territory was included in the list of historical heritage sites of the Russian Federation. Currently, the execution site is built up with private residential buildings.

Ilmensky State Reserve

• Coordinates: 55.134054, 60.247441.

In the north-west of the Chebarkul region there is the Ilmensky Nature Reserve. It was founded in 1920, making it the oldest nature reserve in Russia. The territory is replete with pristine lakes and lush forests, but the main asset is its mineral deposits.

18 types of minerals were discovered in the Ilmensky Nature Reserve. In local pegmatine veins, scientists discovered topaz, sapphire, aquamarine and phenacite. The reserve's riches are displayed in all their glory in a museum dedicated to its history.

Among the exhibits is a detailed map of the area and paintings with drawings of the original inhabitants of the forests: foxes, wolves, bears and lynxes. The museum has a souvenir shop where you can buy jewelry made from semi-precious stones, as well as paintings and postcards with landscapes of the reserve.

Historical and cultural regional museum named after Gerasimov

• Address: Chebarkul district, Kundravy village, Komsomolskaya street, 63.

Sergei Apollinarievich Gerasimov is a famous Soviet film director, whose homeland was the Chebarkul region. The most popular museum in Chebarkul is dedicated to his memory. The museum exhibition is firmly connected with the life and work of the cinematic genius.

In one of the halls the atmosphere of his office is recreated. Here you can see the original library collected by Gerasimov, furniture, a desk, paintings and awards. The most famous exhibit is the cane that was given to Gerasimov by his close friend Charlie Chaplin.

In the museum you can also learn about the life of T.F. Makarova, a Soviet actress who was Gerasimov’s wife and muse. In the hall dedicated to her work, certificates, diplomas and personal belongings are exhibited.

Chebarkul is a city with a great tourist present and future

Having covered one and a half hundred kilometers from Upper Ufaley to Chebarkul, the “Our Ural” team of five men entered the city slightly hungry. Therefore, the first object that attracted our attention was the kebab shop. After placing the order, before our eyes, the man at the grill began to manipulate the meat, promising us a delicious dinner. We now had time to look around and make a first impression of the city.

First impression

Looking around, we focused our attention on the blue and white temple towering above the surrounding area. He proudly raised his golden domes into the sky. The sun that evening was covered by a gray blanket of clouds, but the sight of the building, bright in its internal content and in appearance, lifted our spirits.

Having received four portions of shashlik in our hands, we went to the opposite shore of Lake Chebarkul to the recreation center of the same name. It was there that our all-male team was to spend the next two nights. We spent days getting to know the city, its cultural and historical sites and natural monuments.

The territory of the base was quite spacious and well equipped for walking. Therefore, after a hearty dinner, we took a walk along the illuminated paths leading to the shore and the bridge to the nearest island. It was planned to watch the sunset on this island the next evening.

Conversation over a cup of tea

In the morning, having had a good rest in the fresh air and refreshed with a light breakfast, our team took seats in the car and went to the city, which in the imagination of the author of these lines has always been associated with the stern faces of people in uniform driving heavy tanks.

Expectations were not met. Within half an hour we were sipping tea and having a leisurely conversation in the city exhibition hall “Kolorit” in the company of representatives of the cultural department. We were given a meaningful and promising excursion into the history of Chebarkul and were offered to go on a trip around the city to confirm our words.

Getting to know "Colorit"

The exhibition hall turned out to be not only a demonstrative hall, but also a permanent cultural center of the city. “Kolorit” was founded almost 30 years ago with the active participation of artists-veterans of the Great Patriotic War. They are known to be serious people and, if they take on a task, they are accustomed to bringing it to completion.

This is what happened with “Kolorit”, which over time became one of the calling cards of the city. Despite the fact that more than a dozen different exhibitions are organized within its walls every year, the People’s Art Studio also conducts classes here on an ongoing basis and completely free of charge. It is attended by people of different ages and levels of initial training.

Meteorite fragment in the local history museum

The next cultural site on our walk around the city was the local history museum. The director of the institution, Tatyana Vladimirovna Zapevalova, honestly warned that the premises were being prepared for renovation, and some of the exhibits had already been packed for storage.

The warning turned out to be unnecessary. Even in pre-repair conditions, we were given a very interesting excursion. For many people in the country and even in the world, Chebarkul is familiar from the fall of a meteorite into the waters of the local lake. One of the largest fragments of that meteorite, by the way, found shelter in a museum window.

At the same time, the full exhibition of the museum gives a clear understanding that you can’t just leave Chebarkul. The number of attractions of former times and modern times will not allow you to skip the city in one fell swoop. You need to get to know him thoroughly and without much haste.

Mufti Vugram Hazrat and his brainchild

At the Al-Amin mosque we met the Mufti of the Chelyabinsk region, Sheikh Vugar Hazrat Akperov. Under his leadership, this mosque was built in Chebarkul, which in its architecture, interior decoration and authority is not inferior to the mosques of large cities with a predominantly Muslim population.

Vugar Hazrat told us what obstacles he had to overcome during the construction of the mosque building. He said that not only representatives of the Muslim part of the population of Chebarkul, but also Orthodox believers turn to him for advice. He shared that he had an excellent relationship with the rector of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Father Dimitri. By the way, the church and the mosque are located not far from each other. The Orthodox Church is clearly visible from the mosque gates.

Model of the fortress and a pointer to the site of the meteorite fall

After visiting the mosque, we, accompanied by the head of the exhibition hall, Tatyana Fedorovna Ponomareva, moved to the shore of Lake Chebarkul, where a copy of an ancient fortress was erected, and a sign was installed reminiscent of the fall of a meteorite. This is one of the most popular tourist places in Chebarkul.

There is free access to the fortress. Inside there are buildings and a functioning chapel, which is visited not only by travelers, but also, for example, by newlyweds. Every person who finds himself in this wonderful place must go to the sign with the coordinates of the point where the meteorite fell (incorrectly, by the way) and look into a special hole indicating the buoy indicating the place where the celestial body fell.

View of the meteorite crash site

The great hockey player Kharlamov in Chebarkul

We went to the Ural Star ice palace named after Valery Kharlamov with great hope of getting as much information as possible about the time when Valery Kharlamov played for the local Zvezda team. This happened in the 1967-1968 season.

A wonderful sports facility where the hockey players of today’s “Star” train, as well as young figure skaters. In the foyer of the Palace, a stand telling about Kharlamov is located in a prominent place. Veterans remember it, and beginning players know it. But we were still advised to visit the museum of school No. 6. They said that there was an excellent exhibition there. Dedicated to the famous player.

Having overcome some surprise at such a redirection and having received the go-ahead from the school director Irina Viktorovna Perepelyuk to visit the museum, we went to school. Doubts were dispelled from the first minutes of my stay in the museum.

The exhibition dedicated to Valery Kharlamov turned out to be truly unique. Personalized stick, protection, helmet and other authentic things, memories of teammates, guests from all over the world...

It’s not for nothing that the museum attracts a lot of people’s attention, and not only with the exhibition about Kharlamov. If you find yourself in Chebarkul, insist on the opportunity to visit this museum!

Cinema, museum and famous fellow countryman

Moving around the city, we turned to the Volna cinema. Its opening took place on August 16, 1966. Recently the equipment was replaced with modern equipment. A small museum has been created on the basis of the previous equipment.

At the entrance to the cinema there is a memorial plaque dedicated to Sergei Apollinaryevich Gerasimov, the famous film director who glorified our cinema for many years. The future outstanding cultural figure was born in the Chebarkul region.

During our conversation, the director of the Volna cinema, Nina Alekseevna Builova, reported a pleasant trend. In her opinion, viewers began to return to cinemas. Family trips to the movies have resumed. One of the reasons Nina Alekseevna named the appearance on the screens of high-level domestic films: “Moving Up”, “Chernobyl”, “Devyatayev”...

Chebarkul milk rivers and inheritance director

The most delicious excursion for us was a visit to the Chebarkul dairy plant. After communicating with General Director Dmitry Aleksandrovich Gritsenko, for the rest of the time we worked in the Chelyabinsk region, we looked in stores only for products from Chebarkul. The head of the enterprise told us about it so appetizingly and interestingly. Moreover, he confirmed his words with the opportunity to taste the products right at the table in his office.

By the way, Dmitry Alexandrovich can be called the hereditary director of the plant. He took over the baton from his father, Alexander Petrovich. Near the entrance of the plant, there is a monument to Alexander Petrovich Gritsenko. They say that it was he who laid down the traditions that his son continues.

The use of high-quality raw materials, strict adherence to technology, control at all stages of the production chain, and work with consumers are the main components of the enterprise’s success.

Walk through the partisan camp

Another object of tourist attention is, of course, the complex called “Partisan Village”. It was built and maintained in good condition not only by adults, but also with the active participation of young people. Initially, when you find yourself on the territory of the facility, it seems that you are on the set of some kind of film about the war. By the way, here are the ready-made sets for filming. You can start working without much prior preparation. However, even without the spotlights, “Partisan Village” makes a deep impression. The actors here are replaced by mannequins. Everything looks very realistic.

Residential dugouts, a hospital, a headquarters - everything is just as we imagine in our imagination since childhood. Our delegation was small, and therefore everyone managed to find themselves at some point in these dugouts alone with all the decorations. The feelings experienced there cannot be expressed in any movie. Perhaps something like this simply cannot be conveyed in ordinary museum exhibitions.

Real soldiers “played” the war game

We remember with special gratitude that the employees of the Chebarkul Department of Culture managed to agree on a visit to the military training ground, where the tank biathlon stage took place in those days. And even though on the day of our arrival, it was not tankers who competed, but infantrymen in BMPs (infantry fighting vehicles), it was still an amazing spectacle. Especially for our men's team.

High speeds, explosions, shooting, the presence of a large number of military personnel reminded us of the years of our own service in the army. At some point, when I saw the general, I involuntarily tried to tighten my stomach and straighten up closer to attention. It didn’t come down to saluting, but the general clearly noticed my movements, and he and I smiled kindly. There's no escape, army training remains for life.

Temple of Heavenly Beauty

Of course, the desire to linger at these war games was great, but other objects were waiting for us. Moreover, we were finally getting ready to visit the very temple that attracted our attention in the first minutes of our stay in Chebarkul. The beautiful Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in its current form was revived relatively recently. But its history goes back to the distant eighteenth century. The first wooden church was burned by the Pugachevites. Afterwards, the church was revived several times, fell into disrepair, and was destroyed by unkind people, but grew again and is now visible from different parts of the city and even from the distant shores of Lake Chebarkul.

The interior decoration of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord matches its appearance. Severity and beauty. Luxury and solemnity. Content and Worship. High and beautifully painted dome part. Paintings on the walls and in the arches. Rich iconostasis.

A magnificent view of the city and surrounding area opens from the high bell tower. There is a well-groomed and landscaped courtyard around the temple. Abundance of plants, small architectural forms. There is a spiritual and educational center at the temple.

Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord

Two sanatoriums - two destinies

We ended our two-day program in the city of Chebarkul with a trip to the Utes family resort and the Kisegach sanatorium. The territories of both sanatoriums are free for visiting guests and tourists. People come here just to relax. On the shore of Lake Bolshoy Kisegach, a well-equipped beach is open to everyone. Sanatoriums have their own history. Kisegach received its first patients back in 1926, and Utes opened twenty years after its older brother. Over the years, thousands of people have improved their health here.

Family resort "Utes"

Sanatorium "Kisegach"

Another legend about Yurma

While moving from one object to another, Tatyana Fedorovna supplemented the information about Chebarkul with her stories. Among other things, she shared the legend about the glorious Russian warrior Semigor and the treacherous old woman Yurma.

According to legend, the old woman tried to steal the magic mirror from the hero, but she did not have the strength to do it. Then she broke the mirror, and it shattered into small fragments, each of which became a lake with the purest water. And the old woman was punished by Sinegor, who turned her into Mount Yurma, now famous in the Southern Urals.

Come to Chebarkul! You will not regret!

The legend itself is beautiful and instructive, but it cannot fully reflect what man has created on this earth. The history of Chebarkul was made up by people. We only managed to meet a few of them. We also learned about those people who were born or lived in this amazing region in the old days.

Now we would really like even more people to come here. So that they can see what we managed, and better yet, even more. In Chebarkul you can not only take part in educational excursions, but also have a wonderful rest. There are enough facilities here where you can stay for a long period.

As for attractions, almost everyone can easily find them in Chebarkul to suit their taste. It’s enough just to come here and choose objects of attention that correspond to the tourist’s preferences.

Author: Alexey Gerasimov Photo: Sergey Suvorov

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The magnificent nature of the surroundings of Chebarkul

Delightful landscapes have made Chebarkul one of the most visited tourist centers in Russia. The natural heritage of this corner of our country will impress even the most experienced tourist.

Lake Big Kisegach

• Coordinates: 55.042566, 60.312637.

The lake is located five kilometers from Chebarkul. Its peculiarity lies in its twelve islands, the largest of which are Bolshoy, Vysokiy, Sedovlasy and Linden. They occupy the northern part of the lake.

Several rivers flow into Bolshoi Kisegach, including a small channel connecting it with Lake Terenkul. The Istok River originates from Bolshoy Kisegach and flows into its sister lake, Maly Kisegach.

The shores of the lake are covered with rocks and forest. Numerous bays make them picturesque. The forest is mostly deciduous. Birch, linden and alder trees grow here. Wild ducks nest along the shore, and you can also see seagulls.

The underwater world of the lake is diverse. People come here to catch pike, ide and large perch. In addition, crayfish live in Bolshoi Kisegach.

From the west, the lake borders the Ilmensky Nature Reserve, therefore it is also a natural monument. On its territory there are sanatoriums and holiday homes, popular among tourists.

Spruce Lake

• Coordinates: 54.996975, 60.304893.

The lake is located between the cities of Chebarkul and Mias. It is known for its “bad character,” as locals say. In autumn, the weather there is very unpredictable: the winds blow, the waves rise. However, in the summer, “Elovoe” becomes a role model - the waves give way to calm.

At this time, the swimming season starts here. Tourists settle on flat sections of the banks. Fishermen also come here to hunt for pike, ide and ripus. There are three islands on the lake: Spruce, also called “Island of Love”. It is believed that couples in love who have visited this island will never experience the fading of love. Kopeyka Island, so named because of its round shape.

And the island "Don't flap your ears." In response to endless questions from tourists about where such a bizarre name came from, local residents tell the same story. They say that a family was vacationing here once, and their boat was stolen. So the people had to spend the night on the island. “Don’t flap your ears, tourists!”

Cape Semerik

• Coordinates: 54.977718, 60.344653.

Cape Semerik is a historical area, also known as Old Chebarkul. In the 18th century there was a fortress here. Currently, the cape is a nature reserve. Quartz ridges rise on its territory. Since the beginning of the last century, rock crystal has been mined in large quantities in this interesting place.

Cape Semerik is no less interesting in terms of architecture. Many residential buildings located here were built one hundred and two hundred years ago. Walking through the private sector, you can see wooden huts decorated with carvings and elegant stone mansions. At the edge of the cape there is a maple grove that was planted by schoolchildren in the 1960s.

Malkovskaya (Pugachevskaya) mountain

• Coordinates: 54.910850, 60.335432.

Malkovskaya Mountain is a small hill on the outskirts of Chebarkul. It is covered with tall grasses and a sparse birch grove. In the western part of the Ural Mountains it is the final fort. The mountain is entwined with various legends, most of which are associated with Emelyan Pugachev.

One of them says that the troublemaker buried looted treasures here when the imperial troops announced a hunt for him. The main advantage of Malkovskaya Mountain is the magnificent panorama of the lake that opens from its top.

Krutik Peninsula

• Coordinates: 54.952992, 60.298901.

Krutik is the largest peninsula of Lake Chebarkul. It got its name because of the steep rocky shores, but inaccessible cliffs give way to gently sloping sandy beaches where tourists love to relax.

The beaches are wild, there are no amenities or infrastructure. They are visited by connoisseurs of solitude and the natural beauty of natural landscapes. After swimming, tourists often walk in the coniferous forest, where berries grow in abundance.

Korablik Island

• Coordinates: 54.976209, 60.311765.

Korablik is the most beautiful island in Chebarkul. It is located in the northern part of the lake next to the Bukaevsky Peninsula. The center of the island is decorated with a rocky hill, which gives it the appearance of a ship. This is a favorite place for tourists for swimming, fishing and boating.

Grachev Island

• Coordinates: 54.939124, 60.312628.

For a long time, Grachev Island was an isolated piece of land, but since 1997 it began to slowly merge with the southern coast of Chebarkul.

The strip of water, due to which it has not yet become a peninsula, is shrinking due to the shallowing of the lake. The island is covered by a dense mixed forest, dominated by linden and birch groves. The predominant shrub species is sea buckthorn. During the fruitful season, city residents come here to pick up the berry harvest.

The name of the island is associated with the huge number of rook nests. Sailing past the island, tourists hear the bubbling chirping of hundreds of birds.

Artem Krasnov's blog

The starting point for the village of Chebarkul is April 25, 1736.
It received city status in 1951. In theory, this is an ideal Ural city. Chelyabinsk is only 80 kilometers away, two road routes and a railway. Nearby is the Ilmensky Nature Reserve and a whole scattering of lakes: within a radius of 10 kilometers, I counted a dozen of them, not counting small ponds. Chebarkul looks almost like a paradise, but we don’t hear about it very often. For example, in news feeds it is represented mainly by crime chronicles and emergency situations. Sometimes it shakes from tank shots, once every half century - from meteorites. Today Chebarkul turns 285 years old, and I went there to find out what this Ural paradise looks like. Is it clear why Chebarkul in Bashkir is a colorful lake?

On the central street of Chebarkul (naturally, Lenin) there is a mini-market, and, noticing my interest, the seller, a former military man, speaks with a Little Russian accent:

- This is ghruzdi. I collected it myself. The places here are the cleanest. Everything is safe, everything.

- Where are you from? - asks the merchant a little further. — From Chelyabinsk? We have such air here that when you arrive, you immediately fall asleep from the excess oxygen.

“Well, yes,” I agree. — No matter where you go from Chelyabinsk, there is an excess of oxygen.

The beauty of small towns - gifts of nature on every corner

But actually, I was walking towards a department store building, the façade of which on Google Maps looked straight out of the seventies, but is now all cluttered with tenant banners. Eh, first failure.

I won’t say that the department store is a masterpiece of architecture, but without signs it looked original

For small towns, this is an eternal pain: on clean facades, advertisements look like ulcers, as if personifying the eternal dispute within us. Who are we: still Soviet people who have fallen into lethargy, or irrevocable capitalists? We destroyed the old style, but did not find a new one. We are probably still in a creative search.

Colors of real Chebarkul

Here the car fits into the surroundings of the city, but the clumsy inserts are dissonant. The same in Zlatoust, the same in Kopeisk Lenin Street

By the way, Lenin Street itself, even if not all of it, looks well-groomed, and, as if in compensation for the first failure, the Volna cinema sparkles between the houses, and on its facade... pinch me - hand-drawn posters. With all the touching inscriptions: “action”, “drama”, “begins in...” and indicating the countries - Austria, USA, Russia. Anyone who remembers the Soviet years will understand their charm.

Posters for current films are hand-drawn, just like in the old days.

They are really at risk for the artists who have been working here for forty years. That is, they once released “King Kong Lives” and “Called the Beast,” and now they released “Godzilla vs. Kong” and “Mortal Kombat.” And that's great. It’s cool when you’re so cool that you can temporarily not give a damn about fashion and wait until it, having made a revolution, returns to the starting point.

Tuberculosis dispensary. It sounds scary, but it looks like an architectural monument (and is one)

And here is another example of a real Chebarkul - a tuberculosis dispensary built in 1928 (previously there was a kumiss hospital here). I’m not being ironic - such establishments have a gloomy image, but this particular place is absorbing with its atmosphere. The buildings have not been spoiled by poor siding, the area is kept clean and there are no fences, so, paradoxically, this is where you feel a surge of strength.

Medical building

There are willow trees all around The administrative building looks like a mansion Lonely Lenin calls on the birch trees to fight for their rights

On the left is an abandoned surgical building. The water tower bloomed along with the willow

I ask the nurse sitting on the veranda if the facility is open?

“Of course, they come all the time,” she answers. - But now this is no longer a hospital: there, the surgical building is abandoned. Now it is just a dispensary, and those who have been cured of tuberculosis come here.

- For how long?

- Well, for two months.

- Interesting place. How did you manage to save it?

“Oh, someone is always laying claim to him: they all come and look...” she waves her hand. — Muscovites are especially interested: they allegedly want to build a cardio center, or something else. But so far nothing has worked out for them.

They come here for air

I often drove past Chebarkul, but never visited. It seemed to me that there was basically nothing to see here. I was wrong. Here are a few photos in which Chebarkul looks like candy, but do they create a real impression?

Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Its construction began in the late 1990s and was completed in 2007. Looks great

The temple stands on the site of the previous church, founded in 1736. It has a turbulent fate: it was burned by Pugachev’s troops, restored, “frozen” by the Bolsheviks, turned into a club and school. The Central Stadium looks cool, but the proximity to factory chimneys... no, not comical - symbolic. “Ural Forge” is a city-forming enterprise. Hockey is popular in Chebarkul. A young Padawan wanders along the asphalt in full gear. The Chebarkul station is clean and tidy.

The Al-Amin Mosque is located in a secluded place, but the entrances to it are not so great

Model of the Chebarkul fortress on a scale of 1:2. The settlement arose as a Cossack outpost, created by order of Vasily Tatishchev to defend the southeastern borders of the state. Before this, only the Bashkir village of Yabolakovo was located here. Models of ships are also exhibited here.

There are many nice cottages along the shore of Lake Chebarkul

Church in the area of ​​the cottage village "Lesnoy" near Kisegach station

In general, the pictures do not deceive. The Church of the Transfiguration is truly beautiful: among the sea of ​​cottages it looks like a white iceberg. Sports life is really in full swing at the central stadium near the Valery Kharlamov Ice Palace. A model of the old Chebarkul fortress, not far from the site of the meteorite fall, is ready to receive tourists. Oh, if the whole city consisted of such locations and Lenin Street, but...

The only problem is that between these centers of beauty there are kilometers of dead roads and many buildings, so heterogeneous, as if they had been scattered by a random number generator. And the contrast between the well-groomed parts and the spontaneous ones is so strong, as if several cities are growing right into each other. Killed-up Stalin buildings, faceless “panel buildings”, dilapidated huts of various formats and, of course, blocks of brick cottages.

Expensive houses have grown haphazardly

o even luxury houses do not create pictures, because they are self-isolated in the bubble of the tastes of a particular owner. Clip thinking in architectural equivalent: the old city survived several eras, from the Cossacks with the Pugachevites to the Soviet Renaissance, and recently fell victim to the high demand for land, when the main thing is to grab a piece, and what to build is a secondary question. And this is not a problem specifically in Chebarkul: in the Urals it’s like this almost everywhere.

Most views of Chebarkul are eclectic, but here is a typical street near the church

Front line: panel Chebarkul advances on wooden

There are many roads in Chebarkul on which the car groans and groans. Another historical place: the Hun burial mounds and the Malkovsky redoubt (they are on the left). Multi-storey buildings are being built here, but they look lonely, as if they fell into a field from the sky. A beautiful house, but the condition...

However, Chebarkul balances the impression with natural beauty, which attracts life here. April, of course, is not the most picturesque time of the year, but even now you understand why the Bashkirs nicknamed the local lake motley.

Lake Chebarkul at the end of April is still partially under ice

Filthy chicken, which they say stinks. There was no smell on the day of shooting. View from Cape Semerik

The fight of good against ice

The soil here is rocky. Monument to the Chelyabinsk meteorite that fell on February 15, 2013. If you look through the hole, 150 meters from the opposite bank there will be a crash site

Lake Chebarkul became a trap for an almost 600-kilogram piece of a meteorite, later called the Chelyabinsk meteorite. But different things have fallen from the sky before: for example, there was a decent meteor shower in 1949.

Sergei works a couple of kilometers from the meteorite crash site

Sergei is a security guard in the park where there is a model of the Chebarkul fortress. He works two kilometers from the site of the meteorite, so I ask him what was the first thing that came to his mind, a nuclear attack?

“Yes, I was just on my way to Chelyabinsk at that moment,” explains Sergei. “But I wasn’t even surprised: the soldiers were standing right there, I thought something had fallen from them.”

A normal morning near Chebarkul: soldiers are scurrying about, tanks are warming up. I was here about 20 years ago at the end of the military cafe for a “test drive” of the T-72 tank and shooting with a Kalashnikov

There is a tank training ground near Chebarkul, so local residents are generally indifferent to the roar and tremors of the earth. Sergei was more surprised by the influx of foreigners after the meteorite fell:

“They came from France and Germany and took pictures here on the shore,” he says.

Foreigners bought small fragments of the meteorite that fell into the fields near Chebarkul, giving local boys 2-3 thousand rubles and putting them up at auction for 100-200 dollars.

Chebarkul sawmill (Ural Plywood LLC)

There are also several local brands in the city. Everything is clear with the Chebarkul Bird - where else should it be? But, for example, I didn’t know that the men’s clothing manufacturer “Peplos” is the former Chebarkul garment factory. Director Sergei Gerasimov comes from the Chebarkul region (more precisely, from Kundravy). And the Ural period in the career of hockey player Valery Kharlamov is reflected in the film “Legend No. 17”, albeit very schematically: the Chebarkul stadium was filmed in the Luzhniki scenery, and the cooling towers on which Kharlamov trains his will to win are generally something fantastic: in Chebarkul there is no thermal power plant or nuclear power plant.

The Peplos clothing factory looks unpretentious

Ice Palace "Ural Star" named after Valery Kharlamov

Nearby there is a stadium and a swimming pool

Feed granaries of Chebarkul Poultry

But what there is in Chebarkul is an industrial zone, where, as usual, only a thin fence and many vicissitudes of fate separate sick enterprises from healthy ones. For example, since the 90s, a plant producing crawler cranes has experienced several waves of looting and raider takeovers, more often ending up in criminal chronicles than in mechanical engineering news.

Facade of the main building of the crane factory. They obviously installed... a faucet on it

The city-forming enterprise was and remains the Ural Forge (part of Mechel), which produces complex and sometimes very bulky products from special steels. Like many Ural factories, during the war the enterprise was evacuated from the Moscow region. It started with aircraft engine parts, and now it stamps and forges for various industries: oil workers, railway workers and others. The plant employs more than three thousand employees, although the number is declining - five years ago it was about four thousand. But for Chebarkul, with a population of just over 40 thousand people, the plant is significant in any case.

The pipes of the “Ural Forge” are visible from many points of the city even better than the temple

Construction on the territory of a cinder block plant

However, industrialization also has a downside - ecology. Not long ago, Ural Forge paid a fine of 6 million for dumping chemicals into the Koelga River, and there are also cases of air pollution. The eternal dilemma of the Urals: life and problems here grow from the same root.

Chebarkul is a city for those who dream of escaping the city, but not completely. The delights of rural life and the convenience of city life coexist here, albeit imperfectly and sometimes chaotically. Looking at Chebarkul from the Hunnic mounds, you want to take a rough brush and comb it thoroughly in order to bring its various talents to a common denominator.

However, these same talents played a cruel joke, because in the post-Soviet years Chebarkul became a victim of bureaucratic rapacity and sloppiness: there were too many people who wanted to master something here. And today, on the day of its 285th anniversary, I would like to wish that the city that survived the meteorite will finally find its groove. Because he has a lot of trump cards in his hands to envy.

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Where to go in Chebarkul

It is impossible to pass by Chebarkul museums, exhibition centers and other cultural institutions where tourists will have a good time.

Chebarkul City Museum of Local Lore

• Address: 9 May Street, 18A.

The local history museum was founded in 1975. Initially, it was a private exhibition created by enthusiastic historians. In 1992, the museum became municipal property and received the status of a national museum, and the title of local history museum was awarded to it in 2001.

Today the museum has the following exhibitions:

1. “Heraldry”, dedicated to the history of the coat of arms of Chebarkul.
2. "History of the Chebarkul Fortress." The exhibition presents authentic documents telling about the stages of construction and historical events, as well as archaeological finds.
3. “Chebarkul residents in the rear and at the front” is an exhibition dedicated to the First World War and the Great Patriotic War.
4. "Nature of the Chebarkul region." Here you can see samples of minerals and plants, as well as stuffed wild animals and birds.
5. “The Chebarkul meteorite” is a separate exhibition dedicated to the events of February 2013 and the stages of research of the Chelyabinsk meteorite. The exhibition features a fragment of a space rock weighing 3880 grams.

The museum also has a “Soviet Corner” and a conference hall where cultural and educational events take place.

Exhibition hall "Colorit"

• Address: Lenin street, 13.

The exhibition hall is a branch of the local history museum. Its goal is to preserve ancient traditions and promote contemporary art. “Kolorita” regularly hosts exhibitions of works by contemporary Chebarkul and Chelyabinsk artists, sculptors and masters of decorative and applied arts.

In addition to exhibitions, master classes on traditional crafts are organized here: pottery, wicker weaving, wood and stone carving.

Cinema "Volna"

• Address: Lenin street, 32B.

The cinema opened in 2007 and quickly won the love of the townspeople. Currently it is one of the most popular leisure and entertainment centers in Chebarkul.

The “Volna” screens show the latest in foreign and Russian cinema. The cinema also offers an online home cinema service. The official website hosts broadcasts of films and cartoons released in different years.

Historical coats of arms of Chebarkul

Coat of arms of Chebarkul 1974

The coat of arms of Chebarkul was approved on April 23, 1974.

Author of the coat of arms: Author of the coat of arms is Vener Klementyev.

Description: “The Chebarkul fortress as a settlement was formed in 1736. Then a wooden fortress was built to protect against invasion. In this regard, the shield of the city’s coat of arms depicts stylized battlements of the fortress. On October 25, 1951, Chebarkul received the status of a city of regional subordination. By that time, two large plants had been built: metallurgical and mechanical repair. Therefore, the coat of arms depicts a stylized outline of an industrial enterprise. Agriculture is well developed in the region (grain growing, crop growing, livestock farming), therefore a stylized ear of corn and the outline of a stylized farm are also depicted on the coat of arms. The city is surrounded by numerous lakes, sanatoriums, pioneer camps, and recreation centers. The outskirts of the city are a resort area. In this regard, in the middle of the coat of arms there is a wind rose with a tent in the center, and the lower part of the coat of arms is painted blue - the color of blue lakes.”

Memorial compositions and city monument

Residents of Chebarkul carefully preserve the memory of the most important events in the history of their native city. Numerous memorials are dedicated to such milestones in history.

Victory Park

• Address: corner of Kalinin and Karpenko streets.

The history of Victory Park began in 1967, when an impressive monument dedicated to the Chebarkul soldiers was erected on its territory. It represents a bronze figure of a young soldier with the Victory Banner flying behind his back. The statue is placed on a three-meter stone pedestal with the Eternal Flame at the foot.

In subsequent years, Victory Park was supplemented with new monuments and soon turned into a large-scale memorial complex. Currently, there are more than ten memorial signs on its territory. Among them:

1. A granite slab on which are engraved the names of Chebarkul residents who died on the battlefields of the Second World War. The monument is recognized as an object of historical and cultural heritage of the Chelyabinsk region.
2. Alley of 16 busts of Heroes of the Soviet Union of the 417th Sivash Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Rifle Division.

Victory Park is not only a military-patriotic center, but also a recreation area for citizens. The area is surrounded by evergreen trees, and there is a children's playground nearby. The park attracts tourists with its colorfulness and elegance.

Monument to A.I. Kashirin

• Address: Kashirina street, 57.

Alexey Kashirin was 15 years old when he and his family were evacuated from Ryazan, besieged by the Germans, to Chebarkul. In 1943, Alexey was drafted to the front and soon became famous for his courage and resourcefulness.

In January 1945, in the city of Skuodas, he led a squad to enemy positions. The Germans opened fire from a camouflaged bunker. Kashirin threw the remaining two grenades at him, but the shooting did not stop. Then the 19-year-old sergeant closed the embrasure with himself. Thanks to this, Soviet soldiers resumed the attack and ousted the Nazis from Skuodas.

The monument to Kashirin was erected on the territory of Chebarkul school No. 4. Bronze bust depicting a sergeant in a military helmet. He seems to turn to his comrades to call them into battle. The bust is mounted on a low cubic pedestal, allowing even a first-grader to reach it and place a carnation.

Monument to V.I. Lenin

• Address: Lenin Square.

The monument to Lenin was erected in 1970 in honor of the centenary of the leader’s birth. The height of the cast iron statue is 2.5 meters. It is placed on a pedestal lined with white marble with a decorative bronze belt. The monument is located on Lenin Square.

Stele "Meteorite" (Monument to the Chebarkul meteorite)

• Coordinates on the map: 54.964897, 60.342396.

In 2013, a monument appeared on the shore of Chebarkul in honor of a significant event - the fall of a meteorite. Officially, the meteorite was named “Chelyabinsk”, but according to the landing site it is called “Chebarkul”.

The monument is located on the historical territory and is a stone stele that follows the shape of the lake. There is a through hole in it, symbolizing a break in the ice left by a meteorite. Across the stele there is a sign with the date of the event and the coordinates of the landing of the space rock.

Monument to the Victims of Political Repression

• Address: st. Kalinina.

The monument was made by sculptor V. Natarov from a snow-white stone block. On the smooth surface of the stele there is a marble tablet with an inscription of dedication and an image of a cemetery flower. The upper left corner of the stele is chipped.

On this face you can see a bas-relief of broken wings, which symbolize the broken destinies of innocent people. On memorable dates, a meeting is held at the monument, during which the Russian flag is planted at the stele, and wreaths are laid at the foot.

Temples and cathedrals of the city of Chebarkul

Chebarkul has a huge number of temples belonging to different eras, different architectural styles and different religious movements.

Church of the Transfiguration

• Address: Pushkin street, 24.

The predecessor of the modern temple was a church built in the Chebarkul fortress. In 1774, it was burned by the Pugachevites along with the rest of the settlement’s buildings. The restoration of the church had to wait until the middle of the 19th century.

The temple was built in the same place, but this time in stone. This building served believers until 1929, when, by order of the Soviet government, it was completely destroyed. The next restoration of the Transfiguration Church took place in 2007. The white stone temple in the pseudo-Russian style became the most beautiful building in Chebarkul.

It is decorated with shoulder blades and carved patterns. A massive light drum with a golden dome rises in the center. On four sides of it there are small deaf drums with domes. Adjacent to the temple is a refectory, which is a covered gallery and a bell tower with lace friezes.

The wooden Nizhny Transfiguration Church and the orphanage “House of Diligence” operate at the church. There is also an educational center for the study of Russian Orthodoxy. Since 2011, the church has been home to a community of Sisters of Charity.

In the Chelyabinsk region there are five churches consecrated in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord, and Chebarkul is the main one.

Chapel of Peter and Fevronia

• Address: st. Sick leave.

The chapel is located in a beautiful secluded place on the banks of Chebarkul. The small log chapel has a quadrangle at the base and is crowned with a cubic drum with a cruciform spire. The chapel was built in 2015.

Church of Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia

• Address: ​Steep Lane, 10.

The church was built between 2011 and 2015 on a narrow piece of land between lakes Chebarkul and Elovoe. The temple is made of red brick in the constructivist style. Diversity in its strict rectangular shape is brought by the risalit and the semicircular apse adjacent to the east. In the center rises a hexagonal drum with an onion dome.

Al-Amin Mosque

• Address: Bolnichnaya street, 16.

The colorful oriental building was created in 2005. The mosque is made of red brick. A semicircular apse adjoins the large rectangular building, and on the other side the composition is closed by a high three-tier tower with a peaked tent.

The tent is the main feature of the mosque. It is made of glass and is illuminated at night in a bright emerald color. The premises inside the mosque are decorated modestly in oriental style. The prayer hall is well lit thanks to frequent high windows.

Chebarkul city

Chebarkul , city, administrative center of the Chebarkul district and Chebarkul urban district. Located in the central part of the Chelyabinsk region, 78 km west of Chelyabinsk, on the shores of Lake Chebarkul (hence the name). From 12 Jan. 1965 Chebarkul was given the status of a city in the region. subordination, in 1996 - cities of the region. meanings.

Population 47.1 thousand people. (in 1900 - 1945, in 1959 - 31 thousand, in 1979 - 45.8 thousand, in 1995 - 51.6 thousand).

Local self-government is carried out on the territory of the Municipal Municipality “City of Chebarkul”. Introduce organ - mountains collection dep. (25 people, since 2005 chaired by V. G. Fakhurov) - elected for 5 years. Executive-manager. functions are performed by the district administration (since 2005 it has been headed by G.F. Severin). OK. For 30 years, the emblem (author V. Klementyev), approved, was used as the coat of arms of Chechnya. by decision of the executive committee of the Chebarkul City Council, dept. July 23, 1974. The official symbols of Chebarkul - the coat of arms and flag - were approved by the decision of the Chebarkul city. collection dep. No. 215 from October 1. 2002; included in the State. heraldic register of the Russian Federation (No. 1090 and 1091, respectively).

The coat of arms was designed by the Chebarkul art museum. E. Korolkov (idea) and the Moscow group. heraldists: K. F. Mochenov (heraldic revision), G. A. Tunik (substantiation of symbolism), S. A. Isaev (computer design). Description; “In a scaly, intersected silver and azure (blue, light blue) field, there is a golden field with four bastions (two and two), a fortress shown from above, filled with greenery, inside of which there are five golden triple leaves of strawberries (one, two and two), connected in a ring by forked stems outward” (see color insert). Basic the figures of the coat of arms are a fortress with 4 bastions (a symbol of foresight, protection from any attacks) and triple strawberry leaves, compound. ring (fertility, growth, renewal, unity, continuous movement of life) - and the color scheme characterize the city as the center of the Chel resort area. region Gold represents wealth, justice, dignity; the silver field allegorically conveys a favorable climate, symbolizes purity and sincerity; the azure part (greatness, beauty, virtue) indicates the lake. Chebarkul with its many. radon sources; azure - truth, honor; green is the color of nature, a symbol of hope and prosperity.

The flag is a rectangular panel with a width ratio. to length 2:3, scaly section. horizontally on white and blue stripes; in the center of it are reproduced figures from the city's coat of arms.

Nature . Ch. is located on the eastern slopes of the Ilmen Mountains. To the north-west from it there are lakes. Elovoe and Bolshoi Kisegach, to the north - Bolshoy Bolyash, to the north-east - Misyash. Landscape - subzone of pine-deciduous forests; to the southeast there is a forest-steppe with ribbon pine forests. In the vicinity of the city there is Chebarkulsky Bor, a natural monument. The writer M. S. Shaginyan pointed out in her travel essays: “The beauty of these places can only be seen by getting off the train at Chebarkul station and traveling around a dozen lakes and its surroundings. Here is Chebarkul Lake itself, lead-gray, with marshy shores, in a dense forest, transparent as glass, Spruce Lake with marvelous swimming, further away - in a light deciduous grove, pale blue, the color of forget-me-nots, small lake Tabankul...”

Story . Chebarkul is one of the few. cities of the Chelyabinsk region with a centuries-old history. Petitions are stored in the archival funds. various settlements that asked for permission to move to a new region abounding in lakes (“pleasant places, strong for settlement”). The earliest is dated 1695, addressed to Tsar Ivan V Alekseevich and his younger brother Peter I. Local historian N. Chupin in Yekaterinburg. A petition from the peasant S.I. Kuznetsov from the village was discovered in the archive. Uksyansky Krutikhinskaya village (its full text was published in the book “Materials on the history of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic”, vol. 3, no. 547), who visited the lake. Chebarkul in 1728. He attached a plan of the future construction site to the petition. The book also contains the contents of the Senate decree: “... Having listened to Stepan Kuznetsov’s petition sent from the Supreme Privy Council of the Siberian province of Krutikhinskaya Sloboda for the construction of a building near Lake Chebarkul... refuse” (May 2, 1729). 1 Jan 1732peasants of Kamyshlovskaya and Kalinovskaya districts. (D. Yudin with his sons and grandsons, M. Borovskaya with his brothers) compiled a petition to Empress Anna Ioannovna, “so that it would be commanded to build a City or Sloboda again, namely under the Ural Stone near the Chebarkul lake and that there would be land and fishing and hop industries ..." April 14 (25) 1736 The Chebarkul fortress was founded on the Iset line. (see Fortresses). Among the first settlers were peasants from a number of settlements of the Dalmatovo estate and state peasants from Nizh. Iseti. The fortress played an important role in protecting the southeast. borders of Russia, in the transit of bread and food from Sib. settlements in Kaz. villages (in the “report” of the head of the village, A.I. Tevkelev, dated September 24, 1736, it is reported that 1882 food supply carts arrived in Ch.); equipment from Yekaterinburg, Solikamsk salt and other goods from Wed were transported through it. Ural. K con. 1730s 51 families (284 people of all ages) lived in Ch. In the notes of the naturalist I.-G. Gmelin there is information that by the summer of 1742 in Ch. “... 125 residential buildings have already been built, in which 336 families live, they are located outside the fortress.” In 1752, the Ch.-Orenburg highway was laid, a postal station was built, and a clay washing factory was launched (located on the isthmus between Lake Terenkul and Kisegach). Local clay was used to make porcelain dishes, which were transported along the winter road to St. Petersburg. According to the General Audit, in 1762 in the Chebarkul fortress. there were 300 households, serving Cossacks - 291 people. In 1770 the fortress was visited by members. exp. under the leadership of academician P.-S. Pallas (see Academic expeditions). They visited nearby bodies of water. The academician noted that the Chebarkul Cossacks are breeding the same agricultural people. culture, as in the center. regions of Russia (rye, oats, wheat, barley, peas); vegetables - cabbage, carrots, turnips; from tech. crops - flax, hemp, tobacco; when using 1 plot per hour. Yields remain high for 10-12 years (ten or more). There is a trace in his travel notes. entry: “The Chebarkul fortress is located on the rocky shore of the lake. It is surrounded by a wooden wall, slingshots, gouges and has two towers with peals for cannons for passage. There are no more than 260 residential buildings in the fortress, and there are up to 315 “shell” Cossacks.” During the Peasant War in the Chebarkul fortress. The 5 thousand detachment of I. N. Gryaznov joined (Jan. 5, 1774). Local 200 Cossacks joined him, the rest left the fortress in advance. In the circle, a new military ataman was chosen: V. Mikhailovskikh became him. Later, the leader of the rebels, E.I. Pugachev, arrived at the fortress and concentrated troops here to attack Chel. On May 29, 1774, during the retreat, the Pugachevites burned the fortress. Rebuilt, it later became a large kaz. village, around the cut many grew. other settlements; industry developed. In 1779, a deposit was discovered near the Chebarkul village. gold (more than 18 tons were mined over 90 years). The first school opened in 1828 (at first it was attended by 42 students). The village belonged to the Travnikovsky yurt of the 3rd military. OKW department. In 1892, the first train passed through Ch. By 1900 in Kaz. the village had 354 courtyards, a stone church, 2 schools; annually 2 Feb. and 6 Aug. auctions were held. Local residents participated in the roar. events; among the most active were M.V. Panteleev, O.M. Rashivkin, F.A. Karnakov and others. Since 1917, there were 2 authorities on the territory of the village: the revolutionary committee (11 people; chaired by I.M. Rashivkin) and the ataman. Confiscation of food by food detachments from the naib. wealthy Cossacks caused discontent among the population. The Cossacks were preparing for a counter-roar. uprising. A detachment of workers was sent from Zlatoust to disarm them; the balance of forces changed in favor of the Bolsheviks. In 1918, after the performance of the Czechoslovak corps, member. Revolutionary Committee were arrested. The Cossacks formed a regiment to help the White Czechs. On July 20, 1919, soldiers of the Twenty-sixth Infantry Division of the 227th Regiment entered the Chebarkul village (belonged to the Zlatoust district of the Ufa province; consisted of 500 households); Sov. was finally established on the territory of Chechnya. power. In September 1919 the first party cell was created, on March 18, 1920 - Komsomol. org-tion By 1923 there were 550 households in Chechnya; There was an elementary school, a sawmill and a brick factory. In the mid-1920s. On the shores of nearby lakes, the Chebarkul sanatorium was built (on the basis of the Zlatoust Armory summer holiday home) in 1936 near the lake. Elovoe - Ural holiday home. military district (see Chebarkul military sanatorium). In 1931–39, a hospital, a dairy and fish factory, and a bakery began operating. Post signed. rights about the construction of Novozlatoust. plant In 1932, Chebarkul military camps were located northeast of Chebarkul (since the 1980s, the Chebarkul garrison has been located on their territory). Until 1934, Ch. was part of the Bishkil region; in January. 1935 became a regional center. In the beginning. During the Great Patriotic War, Chebarkul Komsomol members organized a motorized rifle force. battalion (commander A. Khromov), which became part of the tank. brigade "Chelyabinsk Komsomolets". In Jan. 1943 The Eighteenth Artillery Breakthrough Division was formed in the city area. In total, during the war years, approx. 6,500 people, 3,655 died. In 1941, hospitals No. 3120 (neurosurgical specialties) and 4012 (for patients with chest wounds; see Military hospitals) were established on the territory of the sanatoriums. OK. 75% of the wounded returned to the front after treatment. In 1942, the facilities were evacuated. from Elektrostal enterprise the work of the Chebarkul Metallurgical Plant (now called the “Ural Forge”), which produced forgings of parts for the domestic industry, was organized. stormtroopers. First dir. P. E. Karpenko. For high productivity. work in 1941-57 with the title of Hero of the Socialist. T) ore was awarded to stamper A. V. Gibloe. In 1951, Ch. received the status of a city of regional significance. The metallurgist played a major role in its development. factory. Nowadays it is one of the largest factories in Russia specializing in the production of stampings. The share of the enterprise accounts for more than 60% of the total volume of goods and services produced in large and medium-sized enterprises. predpr. Ch. In 1969, the Chebarkul Poultry Farm (currently the Chebarkul Poultry CJSC) began operating. Wide trading network. Chebarkul Dairy Plant has an enterprise that sells products that are in great demand. Far beyond Chel. region The products of the Peplos sewing factory are known. The Chebarkul and Chebarkul fish factories and the Chebarkul confectionery factory also operate on the territory of Chechnya. Since 1962, the Ural Research Testing Station NATI has been located in the city, where it conducts field tests of heavy tracked tractors. There are more than a thousand small businesses in the city (over 800 individuals and more than 200 private enterprises). In the area of ​​trade there are 3 markets and shops; OK. 50 small businesses specialize in providing household services to the population; a developed network of enterprises society food (canteens, cafes, bars are available). Temples. First Orthodox The church (in Gmelin’s records is indicated as “the church in honor of the Enlightenment of Christ”) opened to parishioners in 1742. During the retreat of Pugachev’s troops, it was burned, but already restored in 1776. In 1854, a stone was erected on the site of the old church. temple, consecrated in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord. His arrival included: ss. Baranovka, Kokuy, Kugaly, Malkovo, Melnikovo, Misyash, Nepryakhino, Pustozerovo, Sarafanovo, Chebarkul, etc. In 1930 the church was closed; in 1936 by decision of the villages. Workers' Council, cross. and Krasnoarm. dep. its building was transferred to the House of Defense. After the Great Patriotic War it was rebuilt into a club and k/t; by 1960 it had fallen into disrepair. Church services were held in different places: since 1992 - in the club named after. Gorky Chebarkul metallurgist. plant, since 1993 - in the village. building of the former secondary school No. 10. In 1997, on the Holy Hill, where the temple once stood, as the foundation of the future Orthodox Church. Church ruling archbishop. Person and Chrysostom. Job laid the marble slab and capsule. In 2000, the Agropromproekt Institute completed a church project; in 2003 a trustee was created. Council for the construction of the temple, headed by I. O. Katsin. Construction completed in 2007.

Education . In the field of education in Chechnya there are 10 schools (including evening and correctional schools), 12 kindergartens, 4 institutions of additional education (Center for Children's Creativity, Station for Young Naturalists, Center for External Work, Children and Youth Sports School), 2 orphanages, and a country health center. . camp, prof. school and agroforestry college. All Wed. and basic schools are equipped with computer equipment. In 2005, as part of the “Informatization of the Education System” project, an interschool was opened on the basis of secondary school No. 7. methodical center. Representative offices of Chel are located on the territory of the city. econ. college, Moscow modern Humanitarian Academy, branches of Chel. radio and cooperative technical schools. In school More than 700 teachers work in city institutions; The title “Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation” was awarded to 14 (T. A. Berseneva, Sh. M. Vorona, N. P. Grigorieva, G. V. Gulyakova, N. N. Eremenko, N. P. Zakhovaeva, N. S. Zenina , E. N. Ivanov, R. G. Kalmykova, V. I. Kireeva, S. S. Rakhmatullina, A. G. Toporishchev, A. M. Chapala, T. N. Chebalets), “Excellence in Education of the Russian Federation” and “Honorary Worker of Education of the Russian Federation” - 70. N. G. Ivanov, G. A. Lilbok, T. I. Morozova, V. A. Semenova, T. P. Tarasova and others made a great contribution to the education of the younger generation. In 2006 teachers cf. schools in the city became holders of grants from the President of the Russian Federation, the governor of the Chelyabinsk region, winners of the All-Russian competition “Best Teacher” (O. N. Vetchinnikova, Grigorieva, I. V. Ilyinykh, S. I. Kolodkina, A. N. Savostyanova). Grants were received by institutions that are actively implementing innovative education. programs: secondary school No. 7 (director S.L. Lukinykh), kindergarten No. 25 (head. G.K. Zagritsenko), youth sports school (director N.A. Osintseva).

Cultural life . In 1951, at the meeting of the 1st session of the city Council of Working People's Deputies, among others, a cultural education center was created. commission, headed by Sh. M. Vorona. The Department of Cultural Education and Work under the City Executive Committee was headed by Z. S. Aparysheva. During this period, mountains operated in Ch. DK, k/t "Ural", club named after. Gorky, metallurgical plant. The first children's music school opened in 1961. In 1966, a new k/t "Volna" was built. The theater was very popular among spectators. collective of the Palace of Culture named after. M. Gorky (director Belov), people. circus group (director V. Basharin; students A. I. Andrievsky and Yu. L. Kosintsev, laureates of the All-Union Festival of Circus Artists, later became professional artists). Based on 2 studios it will depict. art-va (directed by A.N. Demin and V.N. Dyakov) in 1978 the city was created. artist club (director Demin). In 1983 he was awarded the title “People's Collective”. In 1977–90, 6 clubs, 2 libraries, a recreation center, and 4 museums also functioned in the city. In the 1st half. 1990s all departments. cultural institutions were transferred to municipal ownership. Since 1991, the following have been operating in the city: leisure center named after M. Gorky, local historian. museum, exhibition hall "Kolorit", cinema "Volna", city library, PKiO, Children's Art School [departments: depict. art, music performance (fp, button accordion, accordion, domra, balalaika, guitar, violin, wind instruments), general aesthetic. development, choreography, choral singing (academic, folk)], teenage club "Rhythm", folk. art studio Highly professional people work in the cultural sphere. specialists: Andrievsky, Zh. V. Lyadova, O. V. Starikov, N. V. Tikhonova, etc. The following programs are being implemented: “My Province”, “Gifted Children”, “Preservation and Development of City Culture”. The priority directions in the activities of cultural institutions are: revival of interest in history and culture. heritage of the region; creating conditions for arts classes. creativity of various segments of the population; strengthening material and technical bases. In 1990–97, the title “People's Collective” was awarded to the ans. modern dance "Alice" (director Starikov), circus group "Allegro" (Andrievsky), choir of labor veterans (L. G. Evseeva), vocal and instrumental. group "Rifey" (S. N. Sapozhnikov); “Exemplary team” - ans. adv. dance “Ural Gems” (N. Kh. Varlamova). In 2000, the children's choir of the Children's Art School (director N. A. Fastovets) became a laureate of the International Competition “Christmas in Russia” (Ekaterinburg). A student of the school, A. Burdin, is a laureate of the 1st All-Russian competition of young performers in the vernacular. instruments; student of A. Melnikov - laureate of the international. children's art competitions. creativity “Constellation” (2000, 2001; Grand Prix), 4th International festival-competition for children and youth. creativity “From earth to heaven”; I. Gruzdeva - laureate of the international. festival-competition “Wind Rose”, competition “Constellation” (1999, 2000; Grand Prix); Chamber choir of teachers of the Children's Art School (director Tikhonov) is a laureate of the International Competition of Choirs. The Allegro circus group is a multiple All-Russian laureate. and regional competitions, awarded the Grand Prix of the 3rd region. loves the festival. circuses “Somersault into the Future” (1999, Verkhnyaya Ufaley) and the All-Russian Competition of Circus Groups (2001, Dir.). Works of the participants art studio (directed by V.V. Balyasnikov) were repeatedly noted throughout Russia and the region. and region exhibitions creativity. Artistic paintings Demina and I.R. Pustovgarova are included in the permanent exhibition of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill (Moscow). L. I. Barinova, B. E. Goslavsky, A. E. Davydov, Evseeva, T. V. Zapevalova, L. I. Krasnoperova, A. I. Melnikov, N. P. made a great contribution to the development of Ch. culture. Yuzeev and others. The title “Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation” was awarded to N. N. Bobina and V. I. Vasiliev.

Healthcare . The city has a network of medical institutions, in which approx. 1000 specialists. Chebarkul Central District Hospital (457 beds) serves residents. not only the city, but also the region. Outpatient care is provided by: clinics for adults (500 visits per shift) and children's clinics (33b), dental clinics. clinic (for 250), women. consultation (for 200). There are also a maternity hospital, a family planning center, and a skin and venereal disease center. dispensary, blood transfusion station, 2 medical and obstetric stations. Medical appointments are conducted in 28 specialties. The hospital has introduced operating technologies using the Mini-Assistant device, new endoscopic methods. surgery; There is a laminar flow unit “Pelican” for the treatment of burn patients, etc. In the vicinity of Ch. there are health resorts “Kisegach”, “Elovoe”, “Cliff”, “Sosnovaya Gorka”, “Forest Fairy Tale”. A significant contribution to the development of the city’s healthcare system was made by: P. I. Abramova, P. F. Demin, Z. P. Levchuk-Lysenko, D. I. Lopatin, V. I. Matveeva, R. N. Rakhansky, S. Ya Fakhurova, A. G. Khodova, etc.

Sport life . The systematic development of sports in the city began in 1940, after the introduction of the position of commissioner for physical culture and sports into the staff of the executive committee (since 1942 - inspector of physical education). In 1948-49 pred. the committee for physical education and sports was V. Gusev, in 1950-51 - V. Sharov, in 1952-53 - V. Voronin; subsequently - P. A. Kupriyanov, E. V. Guskova, P. D. Mamchenko, A. A. Ovsyannikov, A. S. Shukshin, V. S. Lezhnev, N. N. Pashev, V. P. Maksimova, V. L. Kosov, R. N. Didenko, A. G. Vatolin, V. I. Ilyinykh. Football in Czechoslovakia developed with the arrival of the plant from Elektrostal. In the end 1940s - early 1950s successfully played at the regional championship; it included P. Ya. Romarovsky, later an international judge. categories. In 1978, Metallurg (coach V. Yurkevich) took 1st place among the teams of the 3rd group in the region. competitions. In 1979, the football players entered the 2nd group (coach E. A. Basharin). In 1980 the team received the name. “Molot”, in 1984 won the right to participate in the games of the 1st group, and in 1992 became the regional champion. Since 1998 it has been called "UralKuz"; in 2002 she became a regional bronze medalist. championship (A.S. Shulgin was among the best coaches in the Chechen region). On May 15, 1949, the first athletics competition took place. gas relay race "Yuzhnouralets" Subsequently it became traditional; held on the eve of Victory Day. Workers from all mountains take part in it. enterprises, institutions, preschoolers, schoolchildren and students. The greatest successes in athletics were achieved by N. Zhuravlev (honorary master of sports of the USSR, record holder), V. Vozhdaev and S. Lukmanova (masters of sports; sprint running), A. Melnikov [master of sports, medalist of the European Junior Championships (Poland, 1979 )], P. Petrov (member of the student national team). In the end 1940s - early 1950s Chebarkul basketball players who successfully played at the regional championship became known. A. Galeev and Yu. Kupriyanov made a great contribution to the development of this sport. In the 1999/2000 season, the Peplos-Sportakademiya team, created by Galeev, played in the Russian championship (2nd class “A” league). The first checkers tournament took place in 1951. Checkers became especially popular in the 1960s. thanks to the work of B.I. Tolokonnikov. In 1980, a drafts sports federation was created in the city; A circle of young checkers players began working at the House of Pioneers. O. Kopyrin and V. Serkov won prizes in the Chel Championship. region; The local team has been in 2nd place for more than 10 years, second only to the Chelyabinsk team. Schoolchildren K. Dmitriev (school no. 6) and O. Tretyakova (school no. 2) twice participated in the world championships. More than 30 people represented by Chel. region at the Russian Championship (11 became prize-winners, including N. Nikulina, A. Syrnikov, O. Tretyakova). The city has repeatedly hosted major drafts competitions: in 1987 - the final of the RSFSR Championship among men; in 1993 - the world championship among cadets; in 1994 - World Checkers Olympiad; in 2000 - Russian team championship among pupils of orphanages and boarding schools. In total, 26 candidates were trained in Chechnya. master of sports, 60 1st category drafts players, more than 2 thousand mass-class drafts players. Hockey has been developing since 1956. At that time, there was only a team from the military unit “Zvezda” (first captain N. Kiryushenko, then V.F. Alfer). The army team has repeatedly become champions and winners of the Chel Cup. region, twice - champions of the Armed Forces. Strength Subsequently pl. of the local hockey players played for the teams CSKA, SKA (Leningrad), Voskresensk “Khimik”, people. “Traktor”, Sverdlovsk “Avtomobilist”; A. Gusev, N. M. Makarov (see Makarovs) and V. B. Kharlamov became world, European and Olympic champions. Since 1971, the team has been coached by A. A. Patuk. “Zvezda” participated in the Russian Championship in the list of teams of class “B”, then in the Russian Championship (class “A”, 2nd group); in the 1995/96 season it was recognized as the strongest. Since 1977, children's hockey has been developing in Chechnya under the leadership of Basharin. In 1983, the PTU-12 team, representing Chel. region, took 3rd place in the final games in Tyumen; goalkeeper E. Yurovsky was recognized as the best goalkeeper of the final. Since 1985, a tournament in memory of hockey player Kharlamov has been held in Chechnya among 8-9-year-old children. The best teams from the Urals and Western regions take part in it. Siberia. Chebarkul residents became winners of the tournament 15 times. Between 1977 and 2006, local teams won regional championships 20 times. The young Molot hockey players played especially well at the Golden Puck competition. Four times a team of children born in 1977-78. won the region competitions, winning the right to participate in the All-Russian. and the All-Union. competitions (1989) in Nizhny. Tagil (2nd place) and Yaroslavl (5th). Former students of the Chebarkul teams E. Tsybuk and D. Maksimov are now professors. players. Since 1958, a children's sports school has been operating in Chechnya (first director: Mamchenko; since 1981 - Osintseva), in which the original There were 2 departments: skiing and speed skating. Mn. the students subsequently became part of the national teams of the city and region; The category of master of sports was received by skiers E. Baryshnikov, V. Vedyakov, V. Kalinichenko, N. Tupikina, V. Posokhov, E. Yuzhakova (4-time medalist of the World Universiade).

Currently, the Youth Sports School has 3 departments: skiing, chess and sports. orientation. 381 people are employed. In 2001, a physical education and health center was erected next to the school. complex. Since 1977, with the arrival of G. G. and Yu. P. Vatutin in the city, sports have been actively developing. orientation. To date, 2 masters of sports have been trained: T. Medvedeva (winner of regional, Russian and international competitions) and E. Skozyrev (winner of regional, Russian and world championships). In 1980 the floating boat opened. bass Over a quarter of a century, under the guidance of experienced trainers, 24 first-class students, 2 candidates have been trained here. a master and 1 master of sports. M. Gordyushkin became the winner of the Russian Swimming Cup stage “100 Best Athletes” (1991); A. Glukhin as part of the Armed Forces team. The Russian Federation took 1st place in relay swimming at the European Championships (2006, Turin). Mn. The Parus yacht club has existed for years. Its work is supervised by E. Korolkov. The club is equipped with classrooms. workshop, water station (located on the shore of Lake Chebarkul), health improvement. center, etc. There are 20 Olympic class vessels, 5 boats, 1 yawl. In 2002, a sailing regatta was held, in which yachtsmen from Chelny, Yekaterinburg, Verkh. took part. Pyshma and other cities.

Currently, the yacht club has been transferred to municipal ownership. Several For years, a billiards federation has been operating in Chechnya, headed by V. G. Rokhmistrov. To date, 2 open city billiard championships among adults have been held; in 2002, a championship among teenagers and a competition for the Mayor's Cup took place. For their great contribution to the development of sports in the city, the following were awarded the “Excellence in Physical Culture and Sports” badge: youth sports school coaches V. A. Klyapikov, A. V. Medvedev, V. V. Osintsev , teacher of secondary school No. 7 G. Ya. Neufeld, deputy. beginning MU "Physical Culture and Sports" Didenko and the beginning. Yu. V. Zhurkelis, head. kindergarten No. 42 V. T. Gruzdeva and teacher N. D. Vakhnina, pres. mountains sports committee N.V. Ostapenko, Greco-Roman wrestling coach M.D. Pozdnyakov, hockey coach Basharin, doctors (physical education specialists) V.M. Zolotukhina, V.I. Kashigina, N.L. Smirnova; honor. badge “For merits in the development of physical culture and sports” - dir. Youth and Youth Sports School Osintseva, dir. club "Start" Vatolin. Laureates Ave. Legislator. collection Person region steel: Neufeld, Osintsev, Ostapenko, A. N. Perezhogin, Pozdnyakov; laureate of the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region - Maksimov.

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Active recreation in Chebarkul

Spending time playing your favorite sport is good for the soul and body. Tourists should definitely visit Chebarkul sports facilities.

Ice Palace "Ural Star" named after. V. Kharlamova

• Address: Dzerzhinsky street, 2A.

The large-scale sports complex, opened in 2008, was named after hockey player Valery Kharlamov. In the 1967-1968 season. he played for the Chebarkul team of HC "Zvezda".

The sports center hosts training sessions for the Zvezda hockey club and figure skating groups. Master classes for children hockey players with the participation of famous athletes and coaches are also regularly organized. So, in 2014, American coach Sean Skinner was invited to a master class.

The main sporting events at the Ural Star include annual tournaments in memory of Valery Kharlamov, Denis Lyapin, as well as competitions with teams from the Chelyabinsk region, guests from other countries and amateur teams from Chebarkul.

“Ural Star” is the main sports complex in Chebarkul and one of the best complexes of this profile in the Chelyabinsk region.

Ski base

• GPS coordinates: 54.989894, 60.363345.

The ski resort is located on the edge of the forest. The trails are laid through pine forests and spruce groves. The air here is incredibly clean, the atmosphere is conducive to conquering new sporting heights. The ski slopes are always cleared and the night lighting is good. Tourists who visited this place left many positive reviews.

The base is visited by professional skiers and amateurs. All necessary equipment is provided at the rental point: skis, poles, gloves and goggles. The infrastructure also includes a multifunctional gym. Every season, cross-country skiing competitions are held at the ski resort. Students from local sports schools, as well as visiting teams, take part in them.

Swimming pool "Olympia"

• Address: Lenina street, 5A.

"Olympia" is the best swimming pool in Chebarkul. It hosts training sessions for children from sports sections, health programs and public swimming. The complex contains one large bowl with four paths.

The room is decorated with drawings of Black Sea dolphins. Changing rooms, showers, a storage room and a buffet are available to visitors.

Recreation center "Chaika"

• Coordinates: 54.969576, 60.284292.

The recreation center "Chaika" is located on the shore of Chebarkul. Guests stay in wooden houses or pitch a tent in a camping area at the edge of the lake. The base has its own pier. Here tourists can rent a canoe, motor or rowing boat and take an independent trip through the most beautiful places of Chebarkul.

Entertainment for children in Chebarkul

Little tourists will not be bored in Chebarkul. Bright entertainment centers are open for them in the city, where they can play and run around to their heart's content.

"Shishkino Park"

• Address: Razezd Kisegach village.

"Shishkino Park" is a children's play complex located in a pine forest on the banks of Chebarkul. In the ecological zone, a playground with slides, swings, carousels and rope courses was equipped for children. There is also a sports ground for older children, which includes horizontal bars, parallel bars and exercise machines.

The forest is equipped with “ecological corners” - places with log gazebos and wooden slides. Shishkino Park continues to expand. In the future, there will be new carousels and a mini-football field. In addition, in winter it is planned to clear the frozen Chebarkul area for mass skating.