Snezhinsk

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Coordinates: 56°05′N 60°44′E / 56.083, 60.733

Coat of arms of Snezhinsk
Coat of arms of Snezhinsk

Snezhinsk (Russian: Сне́жинск) is a closed town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It was founded in 1957, and was known as Chelyabinsk-70 until 1991. Town status granted in 1993. Population: 50,451 (2002 Census).

Snezhinsk is one of two centers of Russian nuclear program (the other one is Sarov) and is built around a major scientific research institute—"All-Russian Scientific Research Center of Technical Physics—Federal Nuclear Center".

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