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Town in Ashinsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sim River, 340 kilometers (210 mi) west of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 14,466 (2010 Census).
It was founded in 1759 as Simsky Zavod (Си́мский Заво́д, lit. Sim's Plant), a settlement around an ironworks. It was renamed Sim and granted town status on November 13, 1942.
It is the birthplace of Igor Kurchatov, a famous Soviet/Russian physicist.
It was founded in 1759 as Simsky Zavod (Си́мский Заво́д, lit. Sim's Plant), a settlement around an ironworks. It was renamed Sim and granted town status on November 13, 1942.
It is the birthplace of Igor Kurchatov, a famous Soviet/Russian physicist.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim,_Chelyabinsk_Oblast
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Coordinates: 55°1'11"N 57°41'55"E
- Ufa 123 km
- Chelyabinsk 222 km
- Kopeysk 237 km
- Orenburg 386 km
- Kurgan 474 km
- Samara 543 km
- Kazan 569 km
- Ulyanovsk 623 km
- Saratov 871 km
- Makhachkala 1521 km
- ulitsa Sorokaletiya Oktyabrya, 33 1 km
- Sim Town Hospital 1.4 km
- Bridge across the Sim river 1.5 km
- Mountain Shishka (Cone) 2.2 km
- ulitsa Revolyutsii, 7 3.7 km
- Palace sports 3.8 km
- Sim's Mechanical Technical School 4.2 km
- JSC 'Agregat' 4.4 km
- Simsky pond 5.2 km
- Secondary School No. 26 19 km