Bakal

Bakal (Russian Бакал ) is a Russian city in the Chelyabinsk region with 20,940 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located on the western flank of the Southern Urals between the ridges Suleja and Bolschaja Suka, about 260 km west of the Oblasthauptstadt Chelyabinsk.

Bakal belongs to Rajon Satka.

A 52- kilometer branch line connects the city with Satka as well as with the station Berdjausch ( 1890 line kilometers from Moscow) on the southern branch ( Moscow - Samara - Chelyabinsk - Omsk ) of the Trans -Siberian Railway. A few kilometers south of Bakal runs the highway M5 Moscow - Chelyabinsk.

History

Bakal was born in 1757 as a mining camp in the iron ore deposit in the upper reaches of the river of the same name. On October 25, 1951, the site received municipal rights.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Culture and sights

In Bakal there is a history and local history museum, which is mainly dedicated to the 250 -year-old mining tradition of the place.

Economy

Bakal is one of the centers of the iron ore mining in the Southern Urals with several open pits and shafts. Majority owner of the company is the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine. In addition, there are farms of engineering ( mining engineering ) and the building materials industry (gravel ).

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Rajissa Bohatyrjowa ( born 1953 ), Ukrainian politician
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