Chelyabinsk is located at 55°03'-55°19' N, 61°08'-61°17' E.
A fortress was constructed on the site in 1736; the city was incorporated in 1781.
Chelyabinsk is one of major industrial centers of Russia. Heavy industy predominates. During World War II, Stalin decided to move a lot of Russian factory production to places out of the way of the advancing German armies — Chelyabinsk was one of the factory cities that was built pretty much from scratch at this time. A small town existed before this, which can be found in the centre of the city. Several enormous facilities for the production of T-34tanks and Katyusha rocket launchers existed in Chelyabinsk, and it gained the town nickname "Tankograd". A nuclear accident many many years ago still has effects on the population, although not as severe as Chernobyl.
The decision to confirm an earlier sentence handed down on 15 August was taken by the Kalininsky district court in the Cheliabinsk region.
German Galkin, deputy editor of the daily Vecherny Cheliabinsk, publisher of the weekly Rabochaya Gazeta and head of the local branch of the opposition Liberal Russia party was first sentenced on 15 August 2003.
The organisation recalled that under Article 130 (paragraphs 2 and 3) of the criminal code libel was punishable with up to one year‚s imprisonment with hard labour and that under Article 129 (paragraphs 2 and 3) a jail term of up to three years with hard labour.
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