Chelyabinsk Oblast (Russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, Chelyabinskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk. Population: 3,476,217 (2010 Census). Chelyabinsk oblast is the eastern slope of the Southern Urals. And only a small part of the territory in the west - the so-called mountain-area factory - comes on the western slopes of the Southern Urals.
The region is situated in the Southern Urals, near Kurgan and Sverdlovsk oblast. Notional boundary between Europe and Asia is carried out mainly by dividing ridges of the Ural Mountains. Near the station Urzhumka (8 km from Zlatoust), the pass Uraltau, there is a stone pillar. On one of its sides is written "Europe", on the other - "Asia". Zlatoust city, Katav-Ivanovsk, Satka are in Europe. Chelyabinsk, Troitsk, Miass - in Asia, Magnitogorsk - in both parts of the world.
My 11th cover into the 'Regions of Russia' collection came from Chelyabinsk Oblast. Thank You very much Salikh for the big help. You can see top right side a stamp written as 'Chelyabinskaya Oblast' . I wish to collect all the regions from Russia in the similar ways.
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