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Plast (town)

Plast (in English)
Пласт (Russian)
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Palace of Culture in Plast
Plast is located in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Plast
Plast
Location of Plast in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°23′N 60°49′E / 54.383°N 60.817°E / 54.383; 60.817Coordinates: 54°23′N 60°49′E / 54.383°N 60.817°E / 54.383; 60.817
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Flag of Plast (Chelyabinsk oblast).png
Coat of arms
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Administrative status (as of June 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chelyabinsk Oblast
Administrative district Plastovsky District
Town Plast
Administrative center of Plastovsky District, Town of Plast
Municipal status (as of June 2014)
Municipal district Plastovsky Municipal District
Urban settlement Plastovskoye Urban Settlement
Administrative center of Plastovsky Municipal District, Plastovskoye Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 17,342 inhabitants
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)
Founded mid-19th century
Town status since October 7, 1940
Postal code(s) 457020–457022, 457024
Official website
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Plast (Russian: Пласт) is a town and the administrative center of Plastovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains in the upper basin of the Uy River, 127 kilometers (79 mi) southwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 17,342 (2010 Census);17,422 (2002 Census);18,880 (1989 Census).

It was founded as a gold mine in the mid-19th century. Town status was granted to it on October 7, 1940.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Plast serves as the administrative center of Plastovsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the khutor of Pchelnik), incorporated within Plastovsky District as the Town of Plast. As a municipal division, the Town of Plast is incorporated within Plastovsky Municipal District as Plastovskoye Urban Settlement.

The interest for bandy has been resumed and the team Metallurg participated in 2015 in the championship for Chelyabinsk Oblast for boys born 2000-02.[1]


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