Yuzhnouralsk is a city in the Chelyabinsk region of the Russian Federation. The distance to Chelyabinsk is 88 km. It is located on the Uvelka River. Seven kilometers from it there is a railway station. d. Nizhneuvelskaya station, which is connected to the city via a railway branch, at the end of which is the station. "Yuzhnouralsk". The population of Yuzhnouralsk is 37,801 people.
Yuzhnouralsk received city status only in 1963. Before that it was the village of Yuzhnouralsky. The city is 5 km long and 4.3 km wide. The area is 110.6 square meters. km.
Natural conditions
Yuzhnouralsk is located 90 km south of Chelyabinsk. It is located in the eastern part of the South Ural Mountains at an altitude of 238 meters. To the north of the city there is the Yuzhnouralsk reservoir, and on the western outskirts there is a tributary of the Uy River.
The vegetation of the urban surroundings consists of forests of mixed composition - mainly aspen, pine and birch.
The climate is quite continental, although classified as moderate continental. Characterized by frosty and relatively little snow winters, with blizzards and snow blowing. The soil freezes to a depth of 1.5 m, and in some years – much deeper.
Summer, on the contrary, is hot, but also dry. At the same time, the average July temperature is only +16… +18 degrees. It's all about large daily fluctuations. After all, the maximum temperature here once even reached +42 °C. In January, the average temperature is -15... -17 degrees. Precipitation amount is 436 mm per year. The absolute minimum is also extreme - -51.6 °C.
It is obvious that the severity and contrast of weather and climate do not have the best effect on the demographic situation in the city.
Administrative districts of the city and main streets of Yuzhnouralsk
From the main square, with the House of Culture, the Amusement Park and the City Park of Culture and Recreation located at its edge, the streets diverge radially:
- Park, limiting the area;
- Moskovskaya with residential areas;
- Lenina with the Pyaterochka supermarket and the Kopeechka grocery store;
- Energy drinks from the Vitamin cafe;
- Builders with Magnit supermarket.
The streets radiate from the square:
- Sportivnaya, along which the Energia Hotel, a reinforced concrete plant, the Central Stadium, the Department of Internal Affairs, a branch of Promsvyazbank and the Children's Shelter are located;
- Kuibyshev, along which you can go to the local history museum, school No. 1 and the Memorial of Military Glory;
- Mira, leading to the South Ural ice stadium, the Euroset electronics store, the DNS-Shop shopping center and the central market, behind which various stores are densely located - LIS, Foton, Atlet, Biker;
- Pavlova, along which you can also go to the Ice Arena and further to the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
- Pirogov leads to the city clinic, Samurai car service.
The greenest street in the city is Parkovaya, the longest is Sportivnaya, and the smallest lane with only 4 houses is Sosnovy.
Around the old part of the city, intensive individual construction is underway in the villages of Roshchino-1, Planovy-2, Zvezdny, Roshchino-2, Lesnoy-1. A map of Yuzhnouralsk with streets will help you find the desired institution and its location.
Transport and economics
The main modes of transport in Yuzhnouralsk are buses and taxis. The bus station is used for intercity transportation. The railway connection is currently not operational, but previously electric trains ran into the city.
The city's economy is based on industry and trade. The main industries are mechanical engineering and energy. There are also enterprises in the food, light, porcelain and ceramic industries. They also produce insulators and fittings. In total there are 384 small enterprises and 11 large ones. A special feature of the trade is a large tableware market, designed for both retail and wholesale sales.
Economic enterprises of Yuzhnouralsk
The leading industries in the city are energy and mechanical engineering. Over 88% of industrial products are produced at Yuzhnouralskaya GRES. YuAIZ produces insulators and linear fittings for high-voltage power lines. At large enterprises in the city - the radio ceramics plant, Kristall, mechanical repair plant, KonstruktUral, Ural Porcelain - they produce building materials, metal structures, components for electronics, and create amazing examples of porcelain and earthenware.
“Yuzhuralhleb” and the dairy plant provide residents of the city and surrounding area with dairy and bakery products.
The working city of Yuzhnouralsk is relatively young, but, like other Russian cities, it has its own traditions and achievements that its residents are proud of.
Population
In 2022, the population of the city of Yuzhnouralsk was 37,801 people. This corresponds to 418th place among cities of the Russian Federation. Population dynamics show rapid growth until 1970, slow growth until the mid-90s, and then an unstable state with a tendency for the number of inhabitants to decline. At its maximum the population was 41,700 people. In recent years, the number of city residents has slowly increased.
This dynamics indicates that Yuzhnouralsk, unlike many other Russian cities, was able to survive the crisis of the 90s relatively painlessly, and now its economy is gradually recovering.
Yuzhnouralsk is just an ordinary city at first glance
Yuzhnouralsk is a small industrial city located in the central part of the Chelyabinsk region. At first glance, it is not much different from other Russian cities formed in the post-war years. But let's take a closer look and see the opportunity for a non-trivial journey.
How old are you?
A question that often confuses people - it’s painful for some to remember, difficult for others. (We exclude children.) With the age of Yuzhnouralsk, everything is also not easy. It appeared as a workers' settlement during the construction of the Yuzhnouralskaya State District Power Plant in 1948, received city status in 1963, and by general standards, it is a young city. The piquancy of the situation lies in the fact that the village did not arise out of nowhere - Cossacks lived here 200 years before.
According to documents, in 1745, in the lower reaches of the Uvelka River, by order of the Orenburg governor, the Cossacks of the Iset army founded a fort. It was a fortified intermediate point between the Chelyabinsk and Trinity fortresses, through which food, raw materials and fire supplies were delivered. When the Pugachev uprising broke out, the Nizhneuvel garrison went over to the side of the rebels. The fortress lost its status, became known as the Nizhneuvelskaya Sloboda, and the garrison was disbanded.
1843 - a new turn in history: the state needs to increase its military power, and Nicholas I gives Nizhneuvelskaya Sloboda the status of a village of the 3rd Trinity Department of the Orenburg Army. The peasants of the village are considered to be the Cossack class.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a revolution occurs, and the village turns into the village of Uvelskoye.
Therefore, there is no doubt that Yuzhnouralsk is a young city of power engineers, but also an old center of the Ural Cossacks, carefully preserving its culture.
Active recreation center "Edelweiss"
Industrial tourism
If you are asked which Russian city has 2 power plants, know that the correct answer is: in Yuzhnouralsk. YuGRES and YuGRES-2 are located on opposite banks of the Yuzhnouralsk reservoir. YUGRES-2 differs from its predecessor in that more economical and environmentally friendly combined cycle power units are installed here.
YuGRES
Also in Yuzhnouralsk there is a famous one where artificial quartz is produced. Do you know how they get it? Made from a combination of the natural mineral quartz and polyester resin. Such crystals are grown in special autoclaves under pressure of 1200 atmospheres and at temperatures up to 400 degrees. Just a few months - and the quartz artificial stone is ready. But for rock crystal to form in the natural environment, it takes millennia.
The products are used in the radio-electronic industry and in the jewelry industry, both in our country and abroad. A museum has been opened on its territory, which will certainly be of interest to fans of industrial tourism.
Artificial quartz
Space as space
South Ural residents know first-hand about space exploration. Yuri Gagarin's classmate Timofey Chugunov, thanks to whom a globe from the Cosmonaut Training Center appeared in the local history museum, and Hero of Russia Mikhail Kornienko, who spent a year in orbit, grew up here.
Globe from the Cosmonaut Training Center
At the Uprun airfield, rescue exercises are held to meet vehicles returning from space.
The city has a Square of Luminous Planets: on the site, a solar system is reproduced in free form with illumination that lights up in the evening. Light butterflies also appear here at dusk. An MI-8 helicopter hovers above the ground, and children run along the alley of wishes.
Murals and quest “WHERE”
In Yuzhnouralsk, copies of famous paintings were made on the walls of multi-storey buildings. The prototypes are: “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci, “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt, “The Persistence of Memory” by Salvador Dali, “The Dancing Butler” by Jack Vettriano, “The Girl on the Ball” by Pablo Picasso.
You can find them by walking around the city, but if you want something more, download our mobile application “WHERE” and get acquainted with the sights of the city in a quest format.
Let us remind you that in August of this year “Our Ural”, with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund, launched a mobile application for travel quests “WHERE”. The application works for Android and iOS systems and is available in the Play Store and App Store. It contains information about interesting tourist places and objects that we visited as part of the “Small Towns – Amazing Sights” project. Build your own route in two taps and go on a journey. It's fun, educational, and frees you from routine.
Author: Ekaterina Artemyeva Photo: Sergey Suvorov
Yuzhnouralsk on the YouTube channel “Our Ural”
Features of the population of Yuzhnouralsk
The population density in the city is 369 people per square kilometer. In 2010, there were 12,000 families and 24,600 people of working age. There were 7.2 thousand children.
Russians predominate in the national composition of the population. There are 36,600 of them in the city, which is 36 times more than Ukrainians. This situation may be due to the city’s great distance from the territory of Ukraine and other factors. In third place are the Tatars. There are only 513 of them in Yuzhnouralsk. And in fourth place are Belarusians (305 people). This is followed by the Mordovians (152 people). Another 888 people could not determine their nationality.
Brief historical background
- 1745 - Nizhneuvelsky fort was founded on the site of present-day Yuzhnouralsk.
- Since 1776, after the disbandment of the garrison for supporting the uprising of E. Pugachev - a settlement, later a volost.
- Since 1843 - the village of the Orenburg army.
- In 1924 it was transformed into the village of Uvelskoye, the center of the district of the same name.
- 1948 - the beginning of construction of the Yuzhnouralskaya State District Power Plant and the emergence of a workers' settlement on the site of the Nizhneuvelskaya village.
- Since August 1950 - an urban-type settlement.
- In February 1963, city status was received.
- Since 2005 it became the urban district of Yuzhnouralsk.
Vacancies at the Yuzhnouralsk Employment Center
Population employment appears to be quite good. According to the employment center of the city of Yuzhnouralsk, as of mid-2018, this locality has a moderate number of vacancies for both full and part-time (but more often full-time). Some jobs require a shift schedule. The city needs a lot of doctors. The rest of the specialties are mostly technical and work related. Other types of vacancies are much less common.
Doctors have the highest salaries. Here their size is much higher than in many other cities of the Russian Federation. The range is from 40 to 80 thousand rubles, and only a nurse’s salary is 2 times lower.
In technical specialties, payments are average, most often from 15 to 20 thousand rubles. Salaries starting from 12,838 rubles are often found, but lower ones were not found. Compared to many other cities, the overall income situation here is quite good, which may be the reason for the stable demographic situation in this city.
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Church in Yuzhnouralsk
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Sights of the city Yuzhnouralsk
There are few attractions in the city and they are of local importance:
- The Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a fairly new temple, built in 2001 according to the plans of the architect N. Akchurin.
- Monument to border guards. This facility was opened to visitors quite recently - towards the end of 2015. The monument is a green-red border pillar with a bas-relief on which a map of Russia is drawn.
- Kichiginsky pine forest. This natural object consists of 2 sparse forests. It is notable for the fact that valuable species of trees and herbs grow in it.
Thus, the population of Yuzhnouralsk has been quite stable in recent decades, which is better than in many other cities of the Russian Federation. One of the most likely reasons for this is the relatively favorable employment and wage situation. At the same time, the climatic conditions in the city are not very comfortable for human habitation. The transport system is also quite poorly developed.
Routes on the map of Yuzhnouralsk. Transport infrastructure
A310 (E123) runs close to Yuzhnouralsk . Regular buses depart from the city bus station in the direction of Troitsk, Chelyabinsk, Miass, Yekaterinburg, Magnitogorsk and many nearby villages.
7 km from the city on the Troitsk-Chelyabinsk railway line there is the Nizhneuvelskaya station, from which a line is extended to Yuzhnouralsk, connecting with the station of the same name. More recently, electric trains ran along it.
City transport is represented by three bus routes and taxis. A satellite map of Yuzhnouralsk will give a clear idea of the transport arteries leaving the city.
