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Magnitogorsk

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Magnitogorsk is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Population: 418,545 (2002 Census);It was named after the Magnitnaya Mountain, a geological anomaly that once consisted almost completely of iron ore, around 55% to 60% iron. It is the second largest city in Russia that is not the administrative center of any federal subject or district. Here the largest iron and steel works in the country (Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works) is situated. Magnitogorsk has span between Europe and Asia continents. The official motto of city is The place where Europe and Asia meet.HistoryMagnitnaya was founded in 1743 as part of the Orenburg Line of forts built during the reign of the Empress Elizabeth. By 1747, the settlement had been already large enough to guide the building of a small wooden chapel named subsequently "The Church of the Holy Trinity".

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