Temples and cathedrals in Chelyabinsk

Q: What historical places of Chelyabinsk is worth visiting a lover of architecture?

The architectural panorama of the city reflects the epochs from Art Nouveau to Constructivism: the Yaushev mansion (1910) with a majolica panel, the House of the engineer S. Y. Yelkin (1930) in the style of post-constructivism, and the St. Simeon Cathedral (1883) with elements of the Russian-Byzantine style. The complex of the Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant (1942) is unique, where workshops in the spirit of industrial art deco have been preserved.

Q: Where to go in Chelyabinsk with children: interesting places for a family holiday?

Children will be impressed by the Gagarin Park with life-size dinosaurs and a mini-zoo, as well as the interactive Museum “Experimentus” with physical exhibits. In the Museum of Postal Communications (building 1935) you can see a collection of ancient telegraph machines. In summer there is a light and musical fountain at the drama theater - a copy of the fountain of Friendship of the Peoples of VDNKh.

Q: Where to take beautiful photos in Chelyabinsk: the best photo zones?

Iconic locations include the arched bridge over the Miass River with a panorama of the city promenade, the City of Labor Valor (2020) stele with a 40-meter spire, and the ChTZ Museum with the IS-3 tank on the pedestal. Pre-revolutionary lanterns and rotunda have been preserved in the park on the Red Field, and bronze bas-reliefs are spectacularly illuminated at the monument "Tankograd" (2015).

Q: What legends and legends are associated with the sights of Chelyabinsk?

Kirovka is associated with the legend of the underground passages of merchants of the XIX century, leading to Miass. It is said that Nicholas II stayed in the building of the present local history museum (formerly the People’s House) in 1904. And the monument “Tale of the Urals” is called by locals “Stone Giant” and believe that it protects the city from troubles.

Q: What little-known sights of Chelyabinsk are worth seeing?

Connoisseurs of archaic art will be interested in Kashtak Bor with ancient Sarmatian mounds, as well as the house-museum of Vladimir Vysotsky in the Aleksandrovsky residential complex (2013). In the Pushkin library there is a lifetime edition of Karamzin’s History of the Russian State in 1818. The monument to the Volunteers-Tankers (1975) with a genuine T-34 tank turret is also unique.

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Alexandro-Nevsky Church

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