Kopeysk is a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast

Chelyabinsk Oblast

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, Russia

Russia

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, located southeast of Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...

. Population: The population growth of the city between 2002 and 2010 was caused by the annexation of surrounding settlements.

Municipally, the city is incorporated as Kopeysky Urban Okrug.

History

Prior to 1928, this city was called Ugolnye Kopi, meaning coal mines (hence the pick on the city's coat of arms). The element "Ugolnye" was removed and the suffix "-sk" was added to indicate the locative.

External links

• Official website of Kopeysky Urban Okrug
• Unofficial website of Kopeysk