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{{Short description|First-level administrative division of Russia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox Russian federal subject
| en_name = Chelyabinsk Oblast
| ru_name = Челябинская область
| image_map = Map of Russia (2014–2022) - Chelyabinsk Oblast (disputed Crimea).svg
| coordinates = {{Coord|55.16|N|61.40|E|type:adm1st_region:RU-CHE|display=inline,title}}
| image_coa = Coat of arms of Chelyabinsk Oblast.svg
| image_flag = Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast.svg
| anthem =
| anthem_ref=
| holiday=
| holiday_ref=
| political_status = Oblast
| political_status_link = Oblasts of Russia
| federal_district = [[Ural Federal District|Ural]]
| economic_region = [[Ural economic region|Ural]]
| adm_ctr_type = Administrative center
| adm_ctr_name = [[Chelyabinsk]]
| pop_2021census = 3431224 {{decrease}}
| pop_2021census_rank = 9th
| urban_pop_2021census = 82.6%
| rural_pop_2021census = 17.4%
| pop_2021census_ref = <ref name="2021Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2021Census}}</ref>
| area_km2 = 88529
| area_km2_rank = 36th
| established_date = January&nbsp;17, 1934
| license_plates = 74, 174, 774
| ISO = RU-CHE
| leader_title = [[Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast|Governor]]
| leader_title_ref = <ref name="HeadTitle">Charter, Article&nbsp;8.4</ref>
| leader_name = [[Aleksey Teksler]]
| leader_name_ref = <ref name="HeadName">Official website of the Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast [http://eng.gubernator74.ru/governor/biography Boris Alexandrovich Dubrovsky] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707132901/http://eng.gubernator74.ru/governor/biography |date=2014-07-07 }}, Acting Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast</ref>
| legislature = [[Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast|Legislative Assembly]]
| legislature_ref = <ref name="Legis">Charter, Article&nbsp;8.3-1</ref>
| website = [http://www.pravmin74.ru www.pravmin74.ru]
}}

'''Chelyabinsk Oblast'''{{efn|{{lang-rus|Челябинская область|r=Chelyabinskaya oblastʹ|p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnskəjə ˈobɫəstʲ}}; {{langx|ba|Силәбе өлкәһе|Siläbe ölkähe}}, {{IPA|ba|sʲilæˈβɘ ʉlkæˈhɘ|IPA}}}} is a [[federal subjects of Russia|federal subject]] (an [[oblast]]) of [[Russia]] in the [[Ural Mountains]] region, on the border of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.investinrussia.biz/city/chelyabinsk-city/investing-chelyabinsk-city |title=Investing in Chelyabinsk city - Invest in Russia |website=Unvestunrussia.biz |access-date=June 9, 2016 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201213626/http://investinrussia.biz/city/chelyabinsk-city/investing-chelyabinsk-city |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rotobo.or.jp/events/forum/presentation/2-4-05Murzina.pdf |title=On cooperation between the Chelyabinsk region and Japan |website=Rotobo.or.jp |access-date=June 9, 2016 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234426/http://www.rotobo.or.jp/events/forum/presentation/2-4-05Murzina.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.investinural.com/EN/Chelyabinsk.html |title=Invest in Ural |website=Investunural.com |access-date=June 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224041400/http://www.investinural.com/EN/Chelyabinsk.html |archive-date=2013-02-24 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://econom-chelreg.ru/files/ChelReginiPwC.pdf |title=Guide to Investment : Chelyabinsk Region |website=Econom-chelrug.ru |access-date=June 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306193751/http://econom-chelreg.ru/files/ChelReginiPwC.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-06 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Its [[administrative center]] is the [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|city]] of [[Chelyabinsk]].

==History==
During the Middle Ages, [[Bashkirs|Bashkir]] tribes inhabited the Southern [[Ural (region)|Urals]]; they formed part of the [[Golden Horde]], [[Nogai Horde]], and smaller Bashkir unions. The [[Tsardom of Russia]] [[Russian conquest of Siberia|incorporated]] the area in the late 16th century. However, Russian colonization of the region only began in the 18th century, with the establishment of a system of fortresses and trade posts on the then-Russian border by the {{ill|Orenburg Expedition|ru|Оренбургская экспедиция}} in 1734. Many cities of Chelyabinsk Oblast, including the city of Chelyabinsk itself, trace their history back to those forts.

In 1743 the [[Chelyabinsk]] fortress became a center of the {{ill|Iset Province|ru|Исетская провинция}}, a constituent part of the [[Orenburg Governorate]] (a direct successor of the Orenburg Expedition). The period from the 1750s to the 1770s saw the emergence of industrial enterprises in the Southern Urals when the first factory-centered towns like [[Miass]], [[Kyshtym]], and [[Zlatoust]] were founded. After the Southern Urals recovered from the [[Pugachev's Rebellion]] of 1773–1775, the territory of modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast started to attract more people from the European part of Russia. By the mid-19th century Chelyabinsk was a major trade center in the Urals, and after the construction of the [[Trans-Siberian Railway]] in the 1890s, it became an important transport hub that connected [[Siberia]] to the rest of the [[Russian Empire]].

In 1919, Chelyabinsk became the regional capital of the newly formed [[Chelyabinsk Governorate]] of the [[Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic|Russian SFSR]], which combined eastern portions of the [[Orenburg Governorate]] with [[Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast|Kurgan]] of the [[Tobolsk Governorate]]. At this time, the population of the new region has already exceeded one million people. In 1923, together with the [[Perm Governorate|Perm]], {{ill|Yekaterinburg Governorate|ru|Екатеринбургская губерния}} and [[Tobolsk Governorate|Tyumen]] governorates, it merged into a single [[Ural Oblast (1923–1934)|Ural Oblast]] that lasted only ten years, until 1934. On 17 January 1934, Chelyabinsk Oblast was finally established. Its current boundaries were formed when [[Kurgan Oblast]] was detached from it in 1943.

===Soviet industrialization===
During the 1930s the regional economy and industrial output grew as Chelyabinsk Oblast became a key focus of the [[First five-year plan (Soviet Union)|First Five-Year Plan]]. Key factories and enterprises that formed the core of the modern Chelyabinsk economy, including the [[Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works]], the [[Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant]] and the [[Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant]], originated at this time. The economy continued to grow after the outbreak of the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Great Patriotic War]] in 1941, as industries evacuated from the western parts of the [[Soviet Union]] to the [[Ural (region)|Urals]], and to Chelyabinsk Oblast in particular. During the war, [[Magnitogorsk]] alone produced one third of all Soviet steel, while the city of Chelyabinsk became the main center of Soviet tank production, earning the nickname "Tankograd" (Tank City).

===Nuclear research===
Chelyabinsk Oblast has been home to top-secret nuclear research since the 1940s. While there are no nuclear power stations in Chelyabinsk, a number of production reactors were located there starting with the early Cold War. A [[Kyshtym disaster|serious nuclear accident]] occurred in 1957 at the [[Mayak]] [[nuclear fuel reprocessing plant]], {{Cvt|150|km}} north-west of the city, which led to evacuations and fatalities throughout the oblast, although not in Chelyabinsk city. The province was [[Closed city|closed to all foreigners]] until 1992, with the sole exception of allowing a British medical team in following a two-train rail explosion in the mid-1980s.

[[Sławomir Grünberg]] has made the documentary ''Chelyabinsk: The Most Contaminated Spot on the Planet'' (1994) about the unsafe dumping of radioactive waste in the [[Techa River]] and in [[Lake Karachay]].

===Recent history===
On 4 July 1997, Chelyabinsk, alongside [[Bryansk Oblast|Bryansk]], [[Magadan Oblast|Magadan]], [[Saratov Oblast|Saratov]], and [[Vologda Oblast|Vologda]] signed a power-sharing agreement with the government of Russia, granting it autonomy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jamestown.org/program/moscow-signs-power-sharing-agreements-with-five-more-regions/ |title=Moscow Signs Power-Sharing Agreements With Five More Regions |date=1997-07-07 |website=Jamestown |language=en-US |access-date=2019-05-02 |archive-date=2019-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502165601/https://jamestown.org/program/moscow-signs-power-sharing-agreements-with-five-more-regions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The agreement would be abolished on 2 February 2002.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chuman |first=Mizuki |title=The Rise and Fall of Power-Sharing Treaties Between Center and Regions in Post-Soviet Russia |url=http://demokratizatsiya.pub/archives/19_2_L7H017206G216817.pdf |journal=Demokratizatsiya |pages=146 |access-date=2019-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308002915/http://demokratizatsiya.pub/archives/19_2_L7H017206G216817.pdf |archive-date=2019-03-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 15 February 2013, a [[Chelyabinsk meteorite|10,000 ton meteoroid]] entered the Earth's atmosphere over Russia at about 09:20 [[YEKT]] (03:20 UTC). It passed over the southern Ural region and [[Chelyabinsk meteor|exploded]] in a [[meteor air burst]] over Chelyabinsk Oblast. About 1,500 people were reported injured, including 311 children. Health officials said 112 people had been hospitalized, mainly from injuries caused by glass from windows shattered by a shock wave; two were reported to be in serious condition. As many as 3,000 buildings in six cities across the region were damaged by the explosion and impacts. The meteor created a dazzling light as it air burst, bright enough to cast shadows during broad daylight in Chelyabinsk.

==Geography==
Chelyabinsk Oblast is on the eastern slope of the Southern Urals. Only a small part of the territory to the west is on the western slopes of the Southern Urals.

Chelyabinsk Oblast is situated in the Southern Urals, near [[Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast|Kurgan]] and [[Sverdlovsk oblast]]. Most of the Oblast is located to the east of the [[Ural Mountains]], which form the continental [[boundary between Asia and Europe]]. This boundary is marked by a stone pillar. In the Sverdlovsk Oblast, north of Chelyabinsk, there is a famous pillar separating the two continents, which has "Europe" written on one side and "Asia" on the other. In Chelyabinsk Oblast, [[Zlatoust]] city, [[Katav-Ivanovsk]], [[Satka]], [[Chelyabinsk]], [[Troitsk]], and [[Miass]] are in Europe. [[Magnitogorsk]] is located on both continents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.magnitogorsk.ru/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=1093&Itemid=1711&lang=en |title=Magnitogorsk - is our city in the Urals |date=August 24, 2012 |publisher=City of Magnitogorsk |access-date=June 12, 2016 |archive-date=May 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504151815/http://magnitogorsk.ru/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=1093&Itemid=1711&lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

The area of Chelyabinsk Oblast is {{Cvt|88900|km2}}.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=ВПН-2010 |url=http://www.perepis-2010.ru/news/detail.php?ID=6936 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225111852/http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |access-date=June 9, 2016 |website=Perepis-2010.ru}}</ref> The total length of its external border is {{Cvt|2750|km}}, and the Oblast measures {{Cvt|400|km}} from north to south and {{Cvt|490|km}} from west to east.

The highest point of Chelyabinsk Oblast, reaching {{convert|1406|m|ft}} above sea level, is located in the [[Nurgush]], a {{convert|50|km|mi}} long mountain range rising near lake [[Zyuratkul]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/bolshoi-nurgush.html |title=Bolshoi Nurgush - Peak Visor |access-date=2022-01-29 |archive-date=2022-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129074251/https://peakvisor.com/peak/bolshoi-nurgush.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

It also borders the country of [[Kazakhstan]], specifically the [[Kostanay Region]].

===Relief===
Chelyabinsk Oblast has a very diverse landscape, ranging from lowlands and hilly plains to mountain ranges with peaks exceeding 1,000&nbsp;m, including [[Nurgush]] mountain (1406&nbsp;m). The mountainous area has several [[ski resorts]].

The [[West Siberian Plain]] is bounded on the west horizontal (elevation 190&nbsp;m above sea level), which passes through the village of Bagaryak, Kunashak and continues through [[Chelyabinsk]] to the south. The lowlands are located in the northeast, and the elevation drops to 130&nbsp;m in the eastern border region.

===Hydrology===
Numerous rivers originate within the region, within the basins of the [[Kama River|Kama]], [[Tobol]], and [[Ural river|Ural]] rivers. The region is home to 348 rivers longer than {{Cvt|10|km}} (totaling {{Cvt|10235|km}} in length), 17 of which are over {{Cvt|100|km}} in length. Seven rivers, the [[Miass River|Miass]], [[Uy River (Tobol basin)|Uy]], [[Ural River|Ural]], [[Ay River|Ay]], Ufa, Uvelka, and Gumbeyka, pass through the area and are longer than {{Cvt|200|km|4=0}}.

[[File:Вид на озеро Иткуль.jpg|thumb|[[Lake Itkul]]]]

Chelyabinsk Oblast is also home to more than 3,748 lakes, mostly located in the north and east and covering a total area of {{Cvt|2125|km2}}. Many of the lakes in this area, including [[Lake Turgoyak]], [[Zyuratkul]], and [[Lake Itkul]], are famous for their clear waters and attract tourism. Some of the lakes in the eastern foothills have tectonic origins as water accumulated in tectonic failures (basins), resulting in very deep lakes that can reach {{Cvt|30-40|m}}.

===Administrative divisions===
{{Main|Administrative divisions of Chelyabinsk Oblast}}
{| border=1 align="right" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|-
| colspan=2 align="center"|<small>As of 2015:<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|75}}</ref></small>
|-
| '''Number of [[raion|districts]]'''<br />(районы)|| 27
|-
| '''Number of cities/towns'''<br />(города)|| 30
|-
| '''Number of [[urban-type settlement]]s'''<br />(посёлки городского типа)|| 13
|-
| '''Number of [[selsovet]]s'''<br />(сельсоветы)|| 242
|-
| colspan=2 align="center"|<small>As of 2002:<ref name="Census">Results of the 2002 [[Russian Census (2002)|Russian Population Census]]—[http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm Territory, number of districts, inhabited localities, and rural administrations of the Russian Federation by federal subject] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928181511/http://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_03.htm |date=September 28, 2011 }}</ref></small>
|-
| '''Number of rural localities'''<br />(сельские населённые пункты)|| 1,260
|-
| '''Number of uninhabited rural localities'''<br />(сельские населённые пункты без населения)|| 24
|-
|}
{{Clear}}

[[File:Chelyab-oblast.svg|thumb|left|Map of Chelyabinsk Oblast (with numbered and numerical number)]]
'''<big>Administrative and municipal divisions</big>'''
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! rowspan="2" | [[OKTMO]]
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| colspan="2" | [[Tryokhgorny]] (Трёхгорный)
| city {{small|([[Closed city|ZATO]])}}
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 507
| align="center" | 75 707
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| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Ozyorsk]] (Озёрск)
| city {{small|([[Closed city|ZATO]])}}
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 543
| align="center" | 75 743
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Snezhinsk]] (Снежинск)
| city {{small|([[Closed city|ZATO]])}}
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 545
| align="center" | 75 746
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| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Lokomotivny]] (Локомотивный)
| urban-type settlement {{small|([[Closed city|ZATO]])}}
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 558
| align="center" | 75 759
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Chelyabinsk]] (Челябинск)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 401
| align="center" | 75 701
| 
| 
|-
| bgcolor="lightgreen" | ↳
| [[Kalininsky City District, Chelyabinsk|Kalininsky]] (Калининский)
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Chelyabinsk]]'')}}
| {{n/a}}
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 401
| {{n/a}}
| 
| 
|-
| bgcolor="lightgreen" | ↳
| [[Kurchatovsky City District, Chelyabinsk|Kurchatovsky]] (Курчатовский)
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Chelyabinsk]]'')}}
| {{n/a}}
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 401
| {{n/a}}
| 
| 
|-
| bgcolor="lightgreen" | ↳
| [[Leninsky City District, Chelyabinsk|Leninsky]] (Ленинский)
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Chelyabinsk]]'')}}
| {{n/a}}
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 401
| {{n/a}}
| 
| 
|-
| bgcolor="lightgreen" | ↳
| [[Metallurgichesky City District|Metallurgichesky]] (Металлургический)
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Chelyabinsk]]'')}}
| {{n/a}}
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 401
| {{n/a}}
| 
| 
|-
| bgcolor="lightgreen" | ↳
| [[Sovetsky City District, Chelyabinsk|Sovetsky]] (Советский)
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Chelyabinsk]]'')}}
| {{n/a}}
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 401
| {{n/a}}
| 
| 
|-
| bgcolor="lightgreen" | ↳
| [[Traktorozavodsky City District, Chelyabinsk|Traktorozavodsky]] (Тракторозаводский)
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Chelyabinsk]]'')}}
| {{n/a}}
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 401
| {{n/a}}
| 
| 
|-
| bgcolor="lightgreen" | ↳
| [[Tsentralny City District, Chelyabinsk|Tsentralny]] (Центральный)
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Chelyabinsk]]'')}}
| {{n/a}}
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 401
| {{n/a}}
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Asha, Russia|Asha]] (Аша)
| city 
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Kunashaksky District|Kunashaksky]]'')}}
| align="center" | 75 403
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 636
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Verkhny Ufaley]] (Верхний Уфалей)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 406
| align="center" | 75 706
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Yemanzhelinsk]] (Еманжелинск)
| city 
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Yemanzhelinsky District|Yemanzhelinsky]]'')}}
| align="center" | 75 409
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 619
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Zlatoust]] (Златоуст)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 412
| align="center" | 75 712
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Karabash]] (Карабаш)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 415
| align="center" | 75 715
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kartaly]] (Карталы)
| city 
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Kartalinsky District|Kartalinsky]]'')}}
| align="center" | 75 418
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 623
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kasli]] (Касли)
| city 
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Kaslinsky District|Kaslinsky]]'')}}
| align="center" | 75 421
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 626
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Katav-Ivanovsk]] (Катав-Ивановск)
| city 
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Katav-Ivanovsky District|Katav-Ivanovsky]]'')}}
| align="center" | 75 424
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 629
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kopeysk]] (Копейск)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 428
| align="center" | 75 728
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Korkino, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Korkino]] (Коркино)
| city 
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Korkinsky District|Korkinsky]]'')}}
| align="center" | 75 431
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 633
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kyshtym]] (Кыштым)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 434
| align="center" | 75 734
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Magnitogorsk]] (Магнитогорск)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 438
| align="center" | 75 738
| 
| 
|-
| bgcolor="lightgreen" | ↳
| [[Leninsky City District, Magnitogorsk|Leninsky]] (Ленинский)
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Magnitogorsk]]'')}}
| {{n/a}}
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 438
| {{n/a}}
| 
|  
|-
| bgcolor="lightgreen" | ↳
| [[Ordzhonikidzevsky City District, Magnitogorsk|Ordzhonikidzevsky]] (Орджоникидзевский)
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Magnitogorsk]]'')}}
| {{n/a}}
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 438
| {{n/a}}
| 
|  
|-
| bgcolor="lightgreen" | ↳
| [[Pravoberezhny City District, Magnitogorsk|Pravoberezhny]] (Правобережный)
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Magnitogorsk]]'')}}
| {{n/a}}
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 438
| {{n/a}}
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Miass]] (Миасс)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 442
| align="center" | 75 742
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Plast (town)|Plast]] (Пласт)
| city 
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Plastovsky District|Plastovsky]]'')}}
| align="center" | 75 445
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 648
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Satka]] (Сатка)
| city 
| bgcolor="lightpink" | {{small|(''under [[Satkinsky District|Satkinsky]]'')}}
| align="center" | 75 448
| bgcolor="lightpink" align="center" | 75 649
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Troitsk]] (Троицк)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 452
| align="center" | 75 752
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Ust-Katav]] (Усть-Катав)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 455
| align="center" | 75 755
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Chebarkul]] (Чебаркуль)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 458
| align="center" | 75 758
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Yuzhnouralsk]] (Южноуральск)
| city 
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 75 464
| align="center" | 75 764
| 
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Agapovsky District|Agapovsky]] (Агаповский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 203
| align="center" | 75 603
| 
| 10
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Argayashsky District|Argayashsky]] (Аргаяшский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 206
| align="center" | 75 606
| 
| 12
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Ashinsky District|Ashinsky]] (Ашинский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 209
| align="center" | 75 609
| 
*[[Minyar]] (Миньяр) town*
*[[Sim, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Sim]] (Сим) town*
*[[Kropachyovo]] (Кропачёво)
| 5
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Bredinsky District|Bredinsky]] (Брединский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 212
| align="center" | 75 612
| 
| 11
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Varnensky District|Varnensky]] (Варненский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 214
| align="center" | 75 614
| 
| 13
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Verkhneuralsky District|Verkhneuralsky]] (Верхнеуральский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 217
| align="center" | 75 617
| 
* [[Verkhneuralsk]] (Верхнеуральск) town*
* <s></s>[[Mezhozyorny]] (Межозёрный)
| 8
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Yemanzhelinsky District|Yemanzhelinsky]] (Еманжелинский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 219
| align="center" | 75 619
| 
*[[Krasnogorsky, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Krasnogorsky]] (Красногорский)
*[[Zauralsky]] (Зауральский)
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Yetkulsky District|Yetkulsky]] (Еткульский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 220
| align="center" | 75 620
| 
| 12
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kartalinsky District|Kartalinsky]] (Карталинский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 223
| align="center" | 75 623
| 
| 10
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kaslinsky District|Kaslinsky]] (Каслинский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 226
| align="center" | 75 626
| 
*[[Vishnyovogorsk]] (Вишнёвогорск)
| 9
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Katav-Ivanovsky District|Katav-Ivanovsky]] (Катав-Ивановский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 229
| align="center" | 75 629
| 
*[[Yuryuzan, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Yuryuzan]] (Юрюзань) town*
| 7
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kizilsky District|Kizilsky]] (Кизильский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 232
| align="center" | 75 632
| 
| 14
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Korkinsky District|Korkinsky]] (Коркинский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 233
| align="center" | 75 633
| 
*[[Pervomaysky, Korkinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Pervomaysky]] (Первомайский)
*[[Roza, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Roza]] (Роза)
| 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Krasnoarmeysky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Krasnoarmeysky]] (Красноармейский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 234
| align="center" | 75 634
| 
| 15
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kunashaksky District|Kunashaksky]] (Кунашакский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 236
| align="center" | 75 636
| 
| 9
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kusinsky District|Kusinsky]] (Кусинский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 238
| align="center" | 75 638
| 
*[[Kusa, Russia|Kusa]] (Куса) town*
*[[Magnitka (urban-type settlement)|Magnitka]] (Магнитка)
| 3
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Nagaybaksky District|Nagaybaksky]] (Нагайбакский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 242
| align="center" | 75 642
| 
*[[Yuzhny, Nagaybaksky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Yuzhny]] (Южный)
| 9
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Nyazepetrovsky District|Nyazepetrovsky]] (Нязепетровский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 244
| align="center" | 75 644
| 
*[[Nyazepetrovsk]] (Нязепетровск) town*
| 4
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Oktyabrsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Oktyabrsky]] (Октябрьский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 247
| align="center" | 75 647
| 
| 13
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Plastovsky District|Plastovsky]] (Пластовский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 248
| align="center" | 75 648
| 
| 4
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Satkinsky District|Satkinsky]] (Саткинский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 249
| align="center" | 75 649
| 
*[[Bakal, Russia|Bakal]] (Бакал) town*
*[[Berdyaush]] (Бердяуш)
*[[Mezhevoy]] (Межевой)
*[[Suleya]] (Сулея)
| 3
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Sosnovsky]] (Сосновский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 252
| align="center" | 75 652
| 
| 16
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Troitsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Troitsky]] (Троицкий)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 254
| align="center" | 75 654
| 
| 25
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Uvelsky District|Uvelsky]] (Увельский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 255
| align="center" | 75 655
| 
| 10
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Uysky District|Uysky]] (Уйский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 256
| align="center" | 75 656
| 
| 11
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Chebarkulsky District|Chebarkulsky]] (Чебаркульский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 257
| align="center" | 75 657
| 
| 9
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Chesmensky District|Chesmensky]] (Чесменский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 75 259
| align="center" | 75 659
| 
| 11
|}

==Politics==
[[image:Zakonodat.sobranie.Chel.obl.JPG|thumb|Seat of the Oblast government in Chelyabinsk]]
[[File:Governor's residence, Chelyabinsk Oblast.jpg|thumb|Governor's residence]]

During the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period, the highest authority in the Oblast was shared between three positions: the First Secretary of the Chelyabinsk [[CPSU]] Committee (who held the most power), the Chairman of the Oblast [[Soviet (council)|Soviet]] (legislative power), and the Chairman of the Oblast Executive Committee (executive power). Since the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1991, the CPSU lost its monopoly on power.

Today, the Charter of Chelyabinsk Oblast governs the political structure of the region. The [[Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast]] serves as the province's [[Regional parliaments of Russia|regional parliament]] and exercises legislative authority, with the power to pass laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and oversee their implementation and observance. The Oblast Government, led by the [[Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast]], is the highest executive body in the region, and includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run the day-to-day matters of the province.

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|type =
|footnote = Source: Census data, estimate<ref name=2025Estimate>{{cite web|title=Предварительная оценка численности постоянного населения на 1 января 2025 года|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/PrPopul2025_Site.xlsx|publisher=[[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)|Federal State Statistics Service]]|accessdate=3 February 2025|archive-date=7 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407172042/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/PrPopul2025_Site.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[1926 Soviet census|1926]] | 2564012
|[[1939 Soviet census|1939]] | 1729000
|[[1959 Soviet census|1959]] | 2976625
|[[1970 Soviet census|1970]] | 3288801
|[[1979 Soviet census|1979]] | 3438866
|[[1989 Soviet census|1989]] | 3623732
|[[2002 Russian census|2002]] | 3603339
|[[2010 Russian census|2010]] | 3476217
|[[2021 Russian census|2021]] | 3431224
|2025 | 3383188
}}
'''Population''': {{ru-census|p2021=3,431,224|p2010=3,476,217|p2002=3,603,339|p1989=3,623,732|}}
[[File:Life expectancy in Russian subject -Chelyabinsk Oblast.png|thumb|right|300px|Life expectancy at birth in Chelyabinsk Oblast]]
{{clear|left}}

'''Vital statistics for 2024:<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2025 |title=Естественное движение населения в разрезе субъектов российской федерации за декабрь 2024 года |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/EDN_12-2024.htm |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Rosstat |archive-date=26 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226232433/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/EDN_12-2024.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>'''
* Births: 28,923 (8.5 per 1,000)
* Deaths: 46,048 (13.6 per 1,000)

'''Total fertility rate (2024):<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-25 |title=Рейтинг рождаемости в регионах: кто в лидерах, а кто в аутсайдерах {{!}} Москва |url=https://fedpress.ru/article/3365231 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=ФедералПресс |language=ru-RU}}</ref>'''<br />
1.45 children per woman

'''Life expectancy (2021):'''<ref name="rosstat">{{cite web |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/folder/210/document/13207 |title=Демографический ежегодник России |publisher=[[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)|Federal State Statistics Service of Russia]] (Rosstat) |access-date=2022-06-01 |language=ru |trans-title=The Demographic Yearbook of Russia |archive-date=21 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821222854/https://rosstat.gov.ru/folder/210/document/13207 |url-status=live }}</ref>  <br />
Total: 69.16 years (male: 64.36, female: 73.79)

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Ethnicities in Chelyabinsk Oblast in 2021<ref name=census2021>{{cite web|title=Национальный состав населения|url=https://74.rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/1.%20%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%20%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%20%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BB%20%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%20%D0%B2%20%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%20%D0%BE%D0%BA%20%D0%B8%20%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%20%D1%80_2.xlsx|publisher=[[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)|Federal State Statistics Service]]|accessdate=29 August 2023|archive-date=29 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829172023/https://74.rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/1.%20%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%20%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%20%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BB%20%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%20%D0%B2%20%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%20%D0%BE%D0%BA%20%D0%B8%20%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%20%D1%80_2.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref>
!Ethnicity
!Population
!Percentage
|-
|[[Russians]]
|2,526,414
|86.3%
|-
|[[Bashkirs]]
|128,071
|4.4%
|-
|[[Tatars]]
|120,242
|4.1%
|-
|[[Kazakhs]]
|29,057
|1.0%
|-
|[[Ukrainians]]
|17,154
|0.6%
|-
|[[Tajiks]]
|12,308
|0.4%
|-
|Other Ethnicities
|92,778
|3.2%
|-
|Ethnicity not stated
|505,200
|–
|}
*

; Vital statistics for 2008

'''Source''':<ref>[http://chelstat.gks.ru/munstat/DocLib1/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=/munstat/DocLib1/Демографическая%20статистика%20по%20городским%20округам%20и%20муниципальным%20районам%20области&FolderCTID=&View=34D3BD28-4978-44A2-9153-E090E213B963] {{dead link|date=June 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!'''District (2008)'''
!'''Type'''
!'''Births'''
!'''Deaths'''
!'''NG'''
!'''BR'''
!'''DR'''
!'''NGR'''
|----
|'''Chelyabinsk Oblast'''
|'''Obl'''
|'''44931'''
|'''52625'''
| '''-7694'''
|'''12.8'''
|'''15.0'''
| '''-0.22%'''
|----
|Urban Areas
|Obl
|34550
|41787
| -7237
|12.1
|14.6
| -0.25%
|----
|Rural Areas
|Obl
|10381
|10838
| -457
|15.9
|16.6
| -0.07%
|----
|[[Chelyabinsk]]
|Urb
|12540
|14192
| -1652
|11.5
|13.0
| -0.15%
|----
|[[Verkhny Ufaley]]
|Urb
|516
|727
| -211
|13.6
|19.1
| -0.55%
|----
|[[Zlatoust]]
|Urb
|2111
|2658
| -547
|11.1
|13.9
| -0.28%
|----
|[[Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Karabash]]
|Urb
|227
|262
| -35
|14.5
|16.7
| -0.22%
|----
|[[Kopeysk]]
|Urb
|1737
|2476
| -739
|12.5
|17.8
| -0.53%
|----
|[[Kyshtym]]
|Urb
|535
|695
| -160
|12.5
|16.2
| -0.37%
|----
|[[Lokomotivny]]
|Urb
|117
|41
|76
|11.8
|4.1
|0.77%
|----
|[[Magnitogorsk]]
|Urb
|5276
|6112
| -836
|12.9
|14.9
| -0.20%
|----
|[[Miass]]
|Urb
|2289
|2559
| -270
|13.7
|15.3
| -0.16%
|----
|[[Ozyorsk]]
|Urb
|912
|1312
| -400
|9.2
|13.2
| -0.40%
|----
|[[Snezhinsk]]
|Urb
|544
|586
| -42
|10.8
|11.6
| -0.08%
|----
|[[Tryokhgorny]]
|Urb
|402
|338
|64
|11.7
|9.8
|0.19%
|----
|[[Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Troitsk]]
|Urb
|1085
|1269
| -184
|13.2
|15.4
| -0.22%
|----
|[[Ust-Katav]]
|Urb
|318
|515
| -197
|11.3
|18.2
| -0.69%
|----
|[[Chebarkul]]
|Urb
|550
|698
| -148
|12.7
|16.2
| -0.35%
|----
|[[Yuzhnouralsk]]
|Urb
|428
|602
| -174
|11.1
|15.6
| -0.45%
|----
|Agapovsky
|Rur
|649
|513
|136
|18.5
|14.6
|0.39%
|----
|Argayashsky
|Rur
|831
|671
|160
|19.7
|15.9
|0.38%
|----
|Ashinsky
|Rur
|831
|1286
| -455
|12.6
|19.5
| -0.69%
|----
|Bredinsky
|Rur
|485
|480
|5
|15.6
|15.4
|0.02%
|----
|Varnensky
|Rur
|460
|453
|7
|15.9
|15.7
|0.02%
|----
|Verkhneuralsky
|Rur
|575
|743
| -168
|13.6
|17.6
| -0.40%
|----
|Yemanzhelinsky
|Rur
|648
|923
| -275
|12.2
|17.3
| -0.51%
|----
|Yetkulsky
|Rur
|443
|466
| -23
|14.7
|15.5
| -0.08%
|----
|Kartalinsky
|Rur
|702
|809
| -107
|14.1
|16.2
| -0.21%
|----
|Kaslinsky
|Rur
|461
|758
| -297
|12.0
|19.7
| -0.77%
|----
|Katav-Ivanovsky
|Rur
|448
|709
| -261
|12.8
|20.2
| -0.74%
|----
|Kizilsky
|Rur
|432
|400
|32
|16.2
|15.0
|0.12%
|----
|Korkinsky
|Rur
|900
|1256
| -356
|13.8
|19.3
| -0.55%
|----
|Krasnoarmeysky
|Rur
|638
|754
| -116
|14.6
|17.3
| -0.27%
|----
|Kunashaksky
|Rur
|521
|549
| -28
|17.6
|18.6
| -0.10%
|----
|Kusinsk
|Rur
|420
|535
| -115
|13.9
|17.7
| -0.38%
|----
|Nagaybaksky
|Rur
|334
|392
| -58
|15.0
|17.7
| -0.27%
|----
|Nyazepetrovsky
|Rur
|298
|433
| -135
|14.6
|21.3
| -0.67%
|----
|[[Oktyabrsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Oktyabrsky]]
|Rur
|419
|398
|21
|15.6
|14.8
|0.08%
|----
|Plastovsky
|Rur
|450
|453
| -3
|17.2
|17.3
| -0.01%
|----
|Satkinsky
|Rur
|1230
|1398
| -168
|14.2
|16.1
| -0.19%
|----
|Sosnovsky
|Rur
|942
|933
|9
|16.0
|15.8
|0.02%
|----
|Troitsky
|Rur
|529
|506
|23
|17.1
|16.3
|0.08%
|----
|Uvelsky
|Rur
|508
|533
| -25
|16.1
|16.9
| -0.08%
|----
|Uysky
|Rur
|385
|387
| -2
|14.6
|14.7
| -0.01%
|----
|Chebarkulsky
|Rur
|494
|538
| -44
|16.6
|18.1
| -0.15%
|----
|Chesmensky
|Rur
|311
|307
|4
|15.5
|15.3
|0.02%
|----
|}

===Settlements===
{{Largest cities
| country = Chelyabinsk Oblast
| stat_ref = 2010 Russian Census
| list_by_pop =
| div_name =
| div_link = Administrative divisions of Chelyabinsk Oblast{{!}}Administrative Division
| city_1 = Chelyabinsk
| div_1 = Chelyabinsk{{!}}City of oblast significance of Chelyabinsk
| pop_1 = 1,130,132
| city_2 = Magnitogorsk
| div_2 = Magnitogorsk{{!}}City of oblast significance of Magnitogorsk
| pop_2 = 407,775
| city_3 = Zlatoust
| div_3 = Zlatoust{{!}}City of oblast significance of Zlatoust
| pop_3 = 174,962
| city_4 = Miass
| div_4 = Miass{{!}}City of oblast significance of Miass
| pop_4 = 151,751
| city_5 = Kopeysk
| div_5 = Kopeysk{{!}}City of oblast significance of Kopeysk
| pop_5 = 137,601
| city_6 = Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast{{!}}Ozyorsk
| div_6 = Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast{{!}}Closed administrative-territorial formation of Ozyorsk
| pop_6 = 82,164
| city_7 = Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast{{!}}Troitsk
| div_7 = Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast{{!}}Town of oblast significance of Troitsk
| pop_7 = 78,372
| city_8 = Snezhinsk
| div_8 = Snezhinsk{{!}}Closed administrative-territorial formation of Snezhinsk
| pop_8 = 48,810
| city_9 = Satka
| div_9 = Satka{{!}}Town of oblast significance of Satka
| pop_9 = 45,178
| city_10 = Chebarkul
| div_10 = Chebarkul{{!}}Town of oblast significance of Chebarkul
| pop_10 = 42,844
}}

Chelyabinsk Oblast is highly urbanized.

===Religion===
{{Bar box
|title=Religion in Chelyabinsk Oblast as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas">[http://sreda.org/en/arena "Arena: Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206100344/http://sreda.org/en/arena |date=2017-12-06 }}. Sreda, 2012.</ref><ref name="2012Arena-religion-maps">[http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg 2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320090751/http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg |date=20 March 2017 }}. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27/08/2012. Retrieved 21/04/2017. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170421154615/http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg Archived]}}.</ref>
|float=right
|bars=
{{Bar percent|[[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodoxy]]|DarkOrchid|30.9}}
{{Bar percent|Other [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]]|MediumOrchid|5.1}}
{{Bar percent|Other [[Christianity in Russia|Christians]]|DeepSkyBlue|8.9}}
{{Bar percent|[[Islam in Russia|Islam]]|Green|6.9}}
{{Bar percent|[[Rodnovery]] and other native faiths|Red|0.7}}
{{Bar percent|[[Spiritual but not religious]]|DarkSlateGray|29}}
{{Bar percent|[[Atheism]] and [[irreligion]]|Black|14.5}}
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According to a 2012 survey,<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas"/> 30.9% of the population of Chelyabinsk Oblast adheres to the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], 8% are unaffiliated generic [[Christians]], 5% adheres to other [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]es, 8% of the population is [[Muslim]], 1% adheres to [[Rodnovery|Slavic Rodnovery]] (Slavic Neopaganism), and 0.4% to forms of [[Hinduism]] ([[Vedism]], [[Krishnaism]] or [[Tantrism]]). In addition, 29% of the population deems itself to be "[[spiritual but not religious]]", 14% is [[atheism|atheist]], and 4.7% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.<ref name="2012ArenaAtlas"/>

==Economy==
The largest companies in the region include [[Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works]], [[Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant]] ([[Mechel]] group), [[Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant]], [[Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant]], [[Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant]], [[Ashinsky Metallurgical Plant]].<ref name="regioncompanies">{{cite web |title=Выписки ЕГРЮЛ и ЕГРИП, проверка контрагентов, ИНН и КПП организаций, реквизиты ИП и ООО |url=https://sbis.ru/contragents?p=companies |website=СБИС |access-date=20 October 2018 |language=ru |archive-date=21 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021024515/https://sbis.ru/contragents?p=companies |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Sights==
===Taganay National Park===
Taganay National Park is located northeast of the city of Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Taganay National Park is a popular tourist destination in the Urals. The park contains mountain ranges, alpine meadows, stone outcrops and a several kilometer stone river, forests, woodlands and mountain tundra, ancient mineral mines and mountain rivers flowing both to Europe and Asia. Taganay National Park was established on 5 March 1991, the first in the Urals.

===Gagarin Park===
Gagarin Central Park is a {{Convert|12|ha|acre|adj=on}} recreational space in Chelyabinsk. The park is named after [[Yuri Gagarin]], a Soviet [[cosmonaut]] and the first person to enter space. The park contains forest walks, lakes, old quarries, and landscaped gardens. There is also a showground with rides.

=== Monuments ===
There are several monuments in Chelyabinsk, many of which are on Kirovka street, a pedestrian street in the center of Chelyabinsk. The monuments include a monument to [[Igor Kurchatov]], a nuclear scientist, which opened in 1986 to the 250th anniversary of Chelyabinsk; a monument to Orlenok, on the Aloe polye in Chelyabinsk, which opened on 29 October 1958 on the day of the fortieth anniversary of the [[Komsomol]]; the Sculpture of the Postman; the Memorial to Law and Order Soldiers; the Monument to Soldiers-Internationalists; and a sculpture of a firefighter.

== Partner cities ==
Chelyabinsk Oblast cooperates with:

* {{flagicon|TKM}} [[Ashgabat]], [[Turkmenistan]] (1997)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.e-cis.info/page.php?id=22696 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609003132/http://www.e-cis.info/page.php?id=22696 | archive-date=2016-06-09 | title=Интернет портал СНГ. 7.4. Соглашения между регионом государства – участника СНГ и регионом государства – участника СНГ (Российская Федерация) }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Chairmen of the Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast]]

==References==
===Notes===
{{Notelist}}

===Citations===
{{Reflist|30em}}

===Sources===
* {{Cite Russian law|ru_entity=Законодательное Собрание Челябинской области|ru_type=Закон|ru_number=22-ЗО|ru_date=25 мая 2006 г.|ru_title=Устав (основной закон) Челябинской области|ru_amendment_type=Закона|ru_amendment_number=427-ЗО|ru_amendment_date=30 апреля 2009 г|en_entity=Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast|en_type=Law|en_number=22-ZO|en_date=May 25, 2006|en_title=Charter (Basic Law) of Chelyabinsk Oblast|en_amendment_type=Law|en_amendment_number=427-ZO|en_amendment_date=April 30, 2009}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031224834/http://www.redbook.ru/redbook395.html Reddatabook of Chelyabinsk Oblast]}}
* [http://www.arrco.ru Regional Development Agency of Chelyabinsk region]

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{{Chelyabinsk Oblast}}
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|Centre    = {{flag|Chelyabinsk Oblast}} 
|North     = {{flag|Sverdlovsk Oblast}}
|Northeast = {{flag|Kurgan Oblast}}
|East      = [[Kostanay Province]], {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|Southeast = [[Kostanay Province]], {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|South     = {{flag|Orenburg Oblast}}
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|West      = {{flag|Bashkortostan}} 
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