Snezhinsk
| city, closed administrative-territorial entity, district center
Russia /
Cheljabinsk /
Chelyabinsk-70, Snezhinsk /
World
/ Russia
/ Cheljabinsk
/ Chelyabinsk-70, Snezhinsk
, 5 km from center (Снежинск)
city, closed administrative-territorial entity, district center
Closed town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Population: 48,810 (2010 Census).
The settlement began in 1955 as Residential settlement number 2, a name which it had until 1957 when it received town status. It was successively known as Kasli-2 (1957–1959), Chelyabinsk-50 (1959–1966), and Chelyabinsk-70 (1966–1993), after the relatively close city of Chelyabinsk. During the Soviet era, Snezhinsk was a closed city: it was not shown on maps and civil overflights were forbidden.
The settlement began in 1955 as Residential settlement number 2, a name which it had until 1957 when it received town status. It was successively known as Kasli-2 (1957–1959), Chelyabinsk-50 (1959–1966), and Chelyabinsk-70 (1966–1993), after the relatively close city of Chelyabinsk. During the Soviet era, Snezhinsk was a closed city: it was not shown on maps and civil overflights were forbidden.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snezhinsk
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 56°4'27"N 60°41'10"E
- Kamensk-Uralsky 84 km
- Yekaterinburg 106 km
- Nizhny Tagil 225 km
- Tyumen 313 km
- Perm 377 km
- Berezniki 458 km
- Izhevsk 482 km
- Yugorsk 610 km
- Kirov 729 km
- Syktyvkar 861 km
- Shopping Centre Cinara 2.4 km
- Music school named after Pyotr Tchaikovsky 2.9 km
- Юбилейный 3 km
- Pobedy square 3 km
- Palace of Culture "October" 3.2 km
- Nuclear wastes storage. 3.2 km
- Lenina square 3.2 km
- ulitsa Sverdlova, 23/23 3.3 km
- Lake Sinara 6 km
- Snezhinsky urban district 6.2 km