| Satka | Settelments of Chelyabinsk region | |
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Year of foundation – 1758 Territory – 2397 sq. km Nearest railway station – Satka Distance to the region center - 236 km The city is situated on the western slope of the It was founded in 1756 as a village during the construction of Troitsko-Satkinski iron-smelting plant by a manufacturer A.S.Demidov. The city was located at the confluence of the rivers Bolshaya and Malaya Satka. In 1896-1900 a railway branch Berdyash-Bakal was built. It connected the Satka plant with the Samara-Zlatoust railway. In the end of the 19th century a new deposit of magnesite was discovered. The plant "Magnesite" was built in 1901 (today it is the joint stock company "Magnesite"). In 1910 one of the first Russian electrometallurgical plants "Porogi" (today JSC "Metzavod") was built on the rapids of the river Satka 47 km to the north-east from the Satka plant. Sights The national park Zyuratkul (one of the most ecologically clean zones of the The plant manager's house (1848) remains. There are 35 caves on the river Ai, among them Kurgazak ice cave and Shumiha (1200 m long). Regional museum Institutes of higher education The branch of the City's economy The leading branches of industry are ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, building materials industry, light and food industry. In 2001 industry comprised 88,0%, agriculture – 0,2%, transport and communications – 5,1%, trade and public catering – 0,2% in the structure of production. Satka is the center of extraction and processing of magnesite. The deposits of iron ore, quartzite, bauxite, titanium-magnetite, limestone, rare-earth metal, molybdenum, ornamental stone ophicalcite are developed. Enterprises: - JSC "Magnesite" - refractory products - Dairy factory - Forestry, timber industry enterprise Dairy farming is developed in the Satka region. Potatoes and vegetables are grown. | |