Miass
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- This article is about the city. See also Miass River for eponymous river.
Miass (Russian: Миа́сс) is a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, situated 96 km from Chelyabinsk, on the eastern slope of the southern Urals, on the bank of the Miass River. Population: 179,000 (2003 est.); 158,420 (2002 Census).
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[edit] History
Miass was founded in 1773 as a copper mining factory, and was granted town status in 1926. During the 19th century, the development was driven by the discovery of the richest gold deposits in the Urals. Average annual extraction of gold from the Miass region was about 640 kg. In the mid-19th century, the volume of gold mining went down, and the development of Miass also slowed.
In 1941, an automobile factory (which still operates as UralAZ) was built in Miass.
[edit] Economy and education
Currently Miass is a major machinery center. The truck manufacturer UralAZ is one of its most important factories.
There are 37 schools, 13 colleges, an art school, and 13 sports schools in Miass. A total of 260 businesses operate in Miass[citation needed].
[edit] UralAZ
The enterprise produces three-axes, full-drive trucks of high cross-country passability and exports 8% of the trucks. "UralAZ" was included in the rating of 200 biggest Russian companies in 2000 in terms to the volume of sales. UralAZ employs 105,000 people.
[edit] Tourism
The old part of the city comprises 19th-century wooden houses with original balconies, jambs, and lintels. A house of the gold mines administrator Simonov has also been preserved.
Lake Turgoyak is located near Miass.
Miass has rich mineralogical museum, as it is close to Ilmensky Mineral conservation area.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Postal code of Miass is 456300. Dialing code: 3513.
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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 |
