Nizhny Tagil

1. Nizhny Tagil 

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2.

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B.
Nizhny Tagil lies along the
Tagil River. One of the oldest
smelting centres of the Ural
Mountains region,
It became a city in 1917 and
is now an important iron
and steel centre noted
for metallurgy and engineerin
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3.

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B.
C.
Nizhny Tagil was founded by
Tula industrialists Akinfiy
Demidov and Nikita Demidov
in 1722.
The town became the capital
of their “iron kingdom”, the
largest center of metallurgy in
the Russian Empire.
October 8, 1722 - the day
of putting into operation of
Vyisky copper smelter - was
the birthday of the mining
village of Nizhny Tagil. And
three years later, an iron
foundry and ironworks were
built.

4.

Manufactures include machine tools, railway cars, and building materials.

5.

Teacher-training and mining colleges are located in the city, along with an appliedarts college and a regional museum
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Земское училище
Памятник Демидову
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6. Historical Facts… 1

Vysokaya Mountain became
a symbol of the wealth of
mineral resources of Nizhny
Tagil area - iron and copper,
gold and platinum, malachite.
The iron produced by local
factories was well known in
England, France, and other
Western European countries.
In the 19th century, it
constantly received awards at
international exhibitions.

7. Vysokaya Mountain

8. 2

The first in the
Russian Empire steam
locomotive was made
by father and son
Cherepanov. By the
middle of the 19th
century, there were a
lot of buildings in the
town that later
became the
monuments of
architecture. The
population of the
town was more than
31 thousand people.

9. 3

By 1941, along
with traditional
mining, gold, and
metallurgical
production the
city had
developed
engineering and
chemical
industries. During
the Second
World War, most
of the T-34 tanks
of the Red Army
were produced
in Nizhny Tagil.

10.

Today, Nizhny Tagil continues to develop and strengthen the defense and industrial
power of Russia. The largest international exhibition of arms is traditionally held here.