Korkino

Korkino (Russian: Ко́ркино) is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals, 42 km south of Chelyabinsk. Population: 39,400 (2006 est.); 41,501 (2002 Census); 45,198 (1989 Census).

Korkino was founded as a village of the same name in the second half of the 18th century. It was granted town status on October 2, 1942.

Korkino is an important coal-mining center.

	Cities and towns in Chelyabinsk Oblast
	Administrative center: Chelyabinsk Asha \| Bakal \| Chebarkul \| Karabash \| Kartaly \| Kasli \| Katav-Ivanovsk \| Kopeysk \| Korkino \| Kusa \| Kyshtym \| Magnitogorsk \| Miass \| Minyar \| Nyazepetrovsk \| Ozyorsk \| Plast \| Satka \| Sim \| Snezhinsk \| Troitsk \| Tryokhgorny \| Ust-Katav \| Verkhny Ufaley \| Yemanzhelinsk \| Yuryuzan \| Yuzhnouralsk \| Verkhneuralsk \| Zlatoust