Chelyabinsk is a dream destination for a holiday in Russia. It is visited by tourists from all over the world every year. Chelyabinsk is a lovely city located towards the eastern part of the Ural Mountains in Russia on the banks of the Miass River. It serves as the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast. It is famous for its ski resorts. Get to know more about Chelyabinsk through Chelyabinsk Travel Guide.
Tourist Attractions in Chelyabinsk in Russia
Chelyabinsk offers ample places for sightseeing in Chelyabinsk. Some of the popular tourist attractions in Chelyabinsk are:
- taganay national park
- zyuratkul national park
- the opera house
Zyuratkul National Park
The Zyuratkul National Park was established in 1993 as a national park. The park spreading over an area of 215.3 thousand acres is located in Satkinsky District in Zyuratkul in Chelyabinsk. The greatest attraction of the park is the mountain lake of Zyuraktul in the environs of the hugging Ural Mountains. It is home to exotic flora and fauna. It houses 15 natural relics. It is covered by 650 species of plants. It is a haven to more than 44 mammals, 150 species of exotic birds. The park is said to have remnants of 11 human habitations belonging to the Stone Age. The Zyuraktul lake is situated at a height of 724 metes from the level of the Baltic Sea. The lake is fed by streams, twenty rivers and springs. It is the only lake to be situated towards the western slopes of the southern Ural Mountains. The lake is the home to birds like grayling, crucian, perch, small fry and burbot. The park has a huge population of animals like bears, elks, hares, squirrels, martens, minks, red-furred foxes.
Chelyabinsk Opera House
The Opera House was founded in the year 1956. It was in the year 1937 the construction of the theater building began. However, the newly built building was taken by the Moscow Plant Kalibr during the World war 1 and served to produce military equipment. 10 years after the war the building began to function as a theater. Here you will get to ballets like Giselle, Don Quixote and Arabian Nights, Swan Lake, Nutcracker.
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