Magnitogorsk
| Magnitogorsk (English) Магнитогорск (Russian) |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chelyabinsk Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | City of Magnitogorsk |
| Administrative center of | City of Magnitogorsk |
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| Urban okrug | Magnitogorsky Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Magnitogorsky Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Vitaly Bakhmetyev |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 407,775 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 44th |
| Population (2015 est.) | 417,039 inhabitants |
| Time zone | YEKT (UTC+05:00) |
| Founded | 1743 |
| City status since | 1931 |
| Postal code(s) | 455000 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 3519 |
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Magnitogorsk (Russian: Магнитогорск; IPA: [məɡnʲɪtɐˈɡorsk], lit. city near the magnetic mountain) is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Population: 407,775 (2010 Census); 418,545 (2002 Census);440,321 (1989 Census).
It was named after the Magnitnaya Mountain (a geological anomaly that once consisted almost completely of iron). It is the second largest city in Russia that is not the administrative center of any federal subject or district. Here the largest iron and steel works in the country (Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works) is situated.
Magnitnaya was founded in 1743 as part of the Orenburg Line of forts built during the reign of the Empress Elizabeth. By 1747, the settlement had been already large enough to guide the building of a small wooden chapel named subsequently "The Church of the Holy Trinity".
Iron ore mining in this region dates back to 1752, when two entrepreneurs named Tverdysh and Myasnikov decided to check on the feasibility of mining in the area that became famous later. They managed to take full advantage of the fact that the Magnitnaya mountain did not belong to anyone at that time. So, they secured it for themselves by way of petition to Empress Elizabeth. In 1759, the petition was eventually accepted, and they launched iron ore production.
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