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The city of Tatarstan republic.
Naberezhnye Chelny is a city located in northeastern part of Tatarstan Republic on the banks of Kama river. Naberezhnye Chelny is the second by the size and importance city of the republic.
Naberezhnye Chelny population is about 510,000 (2010) on the territory of 171 sq. km.
The phone code of the city is +7 8552; the postal codes - 423800-423841.
Naberezhnye Chelny is a city with rich historical past. The first settlements were founded in mid 3,000 B.C. The first record in chronicles referred to the later period. During Volzhsko-Kamskaya Bulgaria the modern territory of Naberezhnye Chelny was a part of that state.
According to documents preserved in state archives the record on Naberezhnye Chelny was registered in 1626. In 1626 in the settlement of Yelabuga the “commune of new peasants - Yelabuga citizens” was formed headed by Fyodor Popov. That very year “Popov together with 5 friendly families crossed the river Kama and inhabited the ready houses”. The settlement founded in 1626 originally was called Chelninsky. Later it was called Beregovye, Berezhnye and finally Naberezhnye Chelny.
According to census of 1647 a number of settlements were formed around Chelninsky. In 1650 by tsar Alexey Mikhailovich order Cossack fortification Chelninsky was built on the river Chalna where it flows into the Kama. In the Kama valley there were wonderful flood-lands. Unfortunately nowadays almost all flood-lands are flooded as a result of Nizhnekamsky reservoir formation.
Forests have been everywhere: 400 - 500 years ago both banks of the Kama were absolutely covered with thick forests. Pine-tree forests were of great importance as well as “ship groves”. During 17th-19th centuries pine trees for masts were processed there and delivered to ship-building plants in Kazan, Astrakhan and other cities.
In early 20th century Berezhnye Chelny was a large and rich trade settlement. By that time in Berezhnye Chelny there was the largest pier on the river Kama, Nikolskaya church, a school, a mill and 18 stores. Berezhnye Chelny held large bread trade.
The largest in Russia river grain-elevator with the capacity of 2 million pudov (about 33,000 tons) - of bread became the symbol of the city. It was constructed in 1914-1917 by the State Bank of Russia and the construction was held by foreign firms and specialists. It was put into operation in 1917. Built on a steep river slope it looks like running with its size down the river. Chelninsky grain-elevator still works and is a monument of history and architecture.
Favorable location, stock of bread and other food caused there severe fights of the Red and White Armies during the Russian Civil War.
In 1930 the settlement of Naberezhnye Chelny became a town. The population was then 9,300. During the World War II Chelninsky district was in the home front of the country. About 14,000 of citizens went to the front and 8,500 never came back. By 1969 the population was 35,500. The district remained rural.
On July 14th, 1969, the state commission came to Naberezhnye Chelny to affirm the final variant of the KamAZ automobile plant construction site. As the construction of KamAZ started a new city on the Kama bank began to be built as well.
Naberezhnye Chelny city scenery
Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia scenery
Naberezhnye Chelny winter view
Naberezhnye Chelny is a large industrial center on the Kama river. Main industries are as follows: power engineering, machine-building , construction, food and processing. Kamsky automobile plant (KamAZ) is the main plant in the city which produces almost 75% of all the industrial output produced in Naberezhnye Chelny.
The amount of industrial output produced in the city makes about 20% of all the output produced in Tatarstan Republic. Light industry is presented in Naberezhnye Chelny by carton and paper plant which is the only producer of paper in Tatarstan.
Naberezhnye Chelny historically has been one of the largest centers of food industry. There are also meat and milk producing plants in Naberezhnye Chelny. The product of local poultry-farm and field mushroom company are exported beyond boundaries of the city and the republic.
Naberezhnye Chelny is a big railway, automobile and air juncture as well as famous river port. The river port in Naberezhnye Chelny is able to process dry cargo ships and passenger ships of the type “river-sea”. There is a passenger river terminal in the port where 4 ships can moor at the same time.
The city is big automobile juncture, there is a bus terminal with numerous local and interurban bus routes. The federal highway M7 E22 “Volga” crosses the city.
Naberezhnye Chelny city street
Naberezhnye Chelny city mall
Naberezhnye Chelny city industry
Naberezhnye Chelny city skating rink
Naberezhnye Chelny city stadium
Naberezhnye Chelny business center
Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia city hall
Naberezhnye Chelny city cathedral
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