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  City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The gold in the Miass valley was found at the close of XVIII century, but the ‘golden’ age of Miass began only in a quarter of a century, in 1823, when loose gold was found.
Miass valley was the major gold pantry in Russia for about a half of century.
Miass golden-fields were especially famous for their nuggets.
www.ural-chel.ru /gubern/eng/turizm_e/goroda   (585 words)

  
 Expedition 2002 Report
The occurence of the Lower Devonian cherts in the melange underlying the allochthon (Kurosan river to the east of the Petropavlovka village) found by V. Puchkov, probably belongs to the same basin extending its age downwards to probably Lochkovian.
2.5 km to N-W of the Novokatenino village, at the Sukhaya river.
The structure of the rocks in the cliff at the opposite bank of the river suggests that the andesites belong probably to an extrusion.
www.anrb.ru /geol/MinUrals/r02daily.htm   (4307 words)

  
 Miass --  Encyclopædia Britannica
city, Chelyabinsk oblast (province), west central Russia, on the Miass River.
Miass was founded in 1773 as a copper- (and later iron-) smelting centre.
It lies on the eastern flank of the Ural Mountains and on the Miass River.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9052441   (261 words)

  
 Inception Report - Tobol Basin Report - Annex 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Tobol River basin (from the origin to Tobolsk) spans from the south to the north approximately for 1200 km (from 51° to 62°northern latitude) and from the west to the east approximately for 550 km (from 59° to 70° eastern longitude).
Water reserves in snow cover in river beds exceed on average 3 times snow reserves at the adjacent plots, depending on the former morphological peculiarities (width, depth, and degree of slopes), orientation in respect to the winter winds predominant direction and snowstorms frequency and strength.
On the territory of Chelyabinsk oblast the river is affected by waste waters of towns of Miass, Karabash, and Chelyabinsk.
www.jointrivers.org /eng/docs/inception/tobol/app1.php   (7921 words)

  
 map river russia volga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
German evangelical colony was founded on the west side of the Volga River on May 26, 1765...
At 2,300 miles (3,700 km), it is the longest river in Europe, navigable for virtually its entire length.
The main river is the Oka (a tributary of...
www.river.orgo.info /map-river-russia-volga   (377 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The city is located on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains (55°03'-55°19' north latitude, 61°08'-61°17' east longitude) along the banks of the Miass River and bordered by pine forests to the west and to the north.
The city is slightly hilly in the west, gradually descending to the east and sectioned by the Miass River Valley, lakes, and marshes.
The Miass flows past the Shershni reservoir, which lies in the southwest of the city, and its' banks are lined by trees and shrubs.
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 UralPressInform - news
The city is located on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains along the banks of the river Miass.
The banks of the river are partly covered by woods and shrubs.
The Miass flows into the Shershni reservoir in southwest of the city.
uralpress.ru /english/show_region.php?id=1   (647 words)

  
 Cheljabinsk Hotels.
The hotel is situated in the green district of Chelyabinsk within 30-minute ride from the international airport and 20-minutes ride from the railway station.
Chelyabinsk is located on the Eastern slope of the Southern Ural on the Miass river about 1919 km to the East from Moscow.
Founded in 1736 as a Russian fortress on the right shore of the Miass river it was a part of defence line, which was created in order to protect Orenburg.
www.hotels-russia.info /chelyabinsk.htm   (123 words)

  
 ishim_river   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It is located along the Ishim River and they produce agricultural machinery, chemicals and has meat-packing plants.
The Ishim River rises to the south in the interior steppe region around Akmola (formerly Tselinograd), while...
The city is located in central Kazakhstan on the Ishim River it is located in the very flat, semi-desert steppe region that makes up the majority of the nation...
ishim_river.networklive.org   (317 words)

  
 Travel to Russia tips and resources at meet-russian-ladies.com.
Located at the confluence of the Volga and Samara rivers, the city is an important port and a railroad and industrial center.
Situated on a high bank of the Don River near its mouth on the Sea of Azov, the city is an important commercial, industrial, and transportation center.
It is connected by a deepwater canal to the Sea of Azov, and by the Volga-Don Canal to the Caspian, Baltic, and White seas.
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 The Ural   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It lies along the Iset River, which is a tributary of the Tobol River, and on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains.
Yekaterinburg is situated 1,036 miles (1,667 km) east of Moscow.Near the village of Shartash, which was founded in 1672 by members of the Russian sect of Old Believers, an ironworks was established in 1721 and a fortress in 1722.
It lies on the eastern flank of the Ural Mountains and on the Miass River.Chelyabinsk was founded as a fortress in 1736 on the site of a Bashkir village; it became a town in 1787.
www.uralz.com /cities.html   (496 words)

  
 CLDP-Partnering Communities Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, the City of Chelyabinsk has a population roughly 1.2 million people and is situated along the river Miass at the eastern part of Ural Mountains.
Located in east-central Wisconsin, Appleton and 13 other communities along the state's Fox River have come to be known as the "Fox Cities" or the "Fox River Valley." The fourteen communities are cities, villages, and towns of varying sizes, including Appleton, Kaukauna, Menasha, and Neenah.
The City of Kaukauna is located on the Fox River between the waters of Green Bay and Lake Winnebago.
www.openworld-aiha-communityleadership.org /english/chelapp.htm   (499 words)

  
 Search Results for Chelyabinsk - Encyclopædia Britannica
It is one of the centres of lignite (brown coal) mining in the Chelyabinsk...
It lies on both banks of the Ay River and on the Ufa-Chelyabinsk trunk railway, where river and rail cut through the Urenga Range of the Ural...
Russian politician and member of the reformist party Democratic Russia who was an outspoken advocate of liberalization, tolerance, and reform and was intending to run for president; her honesty was...
www.britannica.com /search?query=Chelyabinsk&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (377 words)

  
 map river russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Our new binoculars and playing cards featuring the Russia river cruise map are the latest additions to our cruise essentials area.
To experience Russia only from the land, however, is to miss a central feature of its character, for river travel has stood at the heart of...
On this map, rivers are shown as solid lines that end in a sea or lake.
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 Re: Some questions about Europe-Asia boundary
> > The line runs along the Ural river from the 17th century port of Atyrau > in Kazakhstan to the 20th century steel city of Magnitogorsk in Russia.
They are > all to the east of the highest ridge in the Urals, so may well be > regarded as being in Asia, but I haven't pinned this down and would be > grateful for some help.
My 1993 National Geographic Atlas shows Miass to be clearly in Asia.
www.talkabouttravelling.com /group/rec.travel.misc/messages/96989.html   (411 words)

  
 Bicycle tourism. Russia. South Ural. Report about six-day bike trip.
I stayed near Gabievka river and had dinner under the bridge which saved me against rain.
I decided didn’t rode to Turgojak today and to stay the night on the bank of Miass river.
First I wanted to ride on Taganai and to leave to Karabash along small river Kialim but after has tried to be passed a little on wood road to lake Argazi, I have understood, that on it I have no forces.
www.geocities.com /medvedev_victor/veloTurgojke.htm   (2363 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Miass (CIS And Baltic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > CIS And Baltic Physical Geography > Miass
Miass[mEAs´] Pronunciation Key, river (c.390 mi/630 km long), W Siberian Russia.
It rises in the eastern slopes of the S Urals and flows N and NE past Chelyabinsk into the Iset, a tributary of the Ob River.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Miass.html   (161 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In its present boundaries the Cheliabinsk Region has been existing since February 6, 1943.
In September of 1736 on the right bank of river Miass there was found the Cheliabinsk fortress by colonel A.I. Tevkelev.
Since 1743 Cheliabinsk had been the center of Iset province; from 1796 to 1919 Cheliabinsk was one of the districts in Orenburg gubernia (province).
www.ural-chel.ru /Econom/Ec_obzor/VIPUSK/2-1.html   (342 words)

  
 TravelForumz.com Forums-viewtopic-Some questions about Europe-Asia boundary
river, and in Russia there are many obelisks which mark it - although it
Locally the Ural river is usually considered to be the boundary, meaning
Miass is very close to the border, at the easternmost
www.travelforumz.com /Europe-Asia-boundary-ftopict1850.html   (3893 words)

  
 Ural - Petersburg, Russia, August 14 - 19, 2001: enlarged thumbnail preview of photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Old railroad station of Miass, view from a train.
Ostantsy rocks (kind of geological formation) in a forest south from Miass.
Volchya River 2 miles west from Petiayarvi, 50 miles north from St. Petersburg.
www.asergeev.com /pictures/archives/2001/222/words.dat   (253 words)

  
 World Affairs Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It is located on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains along the banks of the Miass River, approximately 1500 kilometers to the east of Moscow.
The population of the city is nearly 1.4 million people, about the size of Phoenix, Arizona.
In addition to the Miass River, three lakes surround the city with pine forests bordering the north and west.
www.dallasworld.org /connections/ataglance/chelyabinsk.html   (206 words)

  
 inform.kz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The mission of Nuclear Threat Initiative is to control armament and reduction of global threat outcoming from nuclear, biological and chemical weapon.
The Nuclear Threat Initiative is allotting USD 1 mln for construction of the bridge across the Miass river near the central part of Russia.
Canada assigned USD 25 mln for construction of the railway as a part of its G-8 global partnership commitment to provide USD 1 bln for curbing spread of mass destruction weapon.
www.inform.kz /txt/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=110841   (235 words)

  
 Signing of a Contribution Agreement with the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington, D.C.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Under this Agreement, NTI will contribute US$1 million towards the construction of an 11-mile rail spur connecting the chemical weapons storage depot near Planovy to the Destruction Facility at Shchuch'ye.
NTI's funds will be applied to the construction of a bridge across the Miass River.
The railway is required to safely and securely transport the approximately 1.9 million chemical munitions located at Shchuch'ye from storage to destruction.
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /foreign_policy/global_partnership/contribution_agreement-en.asp   (477 words)

  
 Chelyabinsk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
1,142,000), capital of Chelyabinsk region, W Siberian Russia, in the southern foothills of the Urals and on the Mias River.
Its industrial growth began with the building of its first steel plant in 1930.
Miass - Miass, river (c.390 mi/630 km long), W Siberian Russia.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0811626.html   (203 words)

  
 Nashville Predators - Chelyabinsk, Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Chelyabinsk is located on the Miass River in southwestern Siberian Russia.
In addition to the Miass River, three lakes surround the city, and pine forests border the city in the west and north.
Chelyabinsk is located on the trans-Siberian railroad and is in a rich coal-mining area, making the city one of Russia's major industrial centers.
www.nashvillepredators.com /team/hometowns/chelyabinsk.html   (1160 words)

  
 Visit Siberia Ltd. :: Trip to Russia :: Tales of the Urals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Climbing Chashkovskiy mountain (city of Miass) with special equipment
Arrival at the river Ay — a walk along the bank of the river watching the “Grand rocks”
Rafting with the instructor along the river (12 km)
visitsiberia.com /tours/tour.php?tour=32   (66 words)

  
 Private U.S. Group, Canada Aid Effort to Destroy Russian Weapons, February 7, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Washington -- A private U.S. arms control organization joined with the Canadian government February 7 to provide the funding needed to destroy almost 2 million Russian weapons armed with the lethal nerve agents Sarin, Soman and VX.
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), classified as a public charity, agreed to provide $1 million to build a bridge across the Miass River in central Russia on an 11-mile rail spur.
The spur will connect a depot in Planovy, where the weapons are stored, to a facility in Shchuch’ye, where they will be destroyed.
www.usembassy.it /file2005_02/alia/a5020702.htm   (437 words)

  
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Zlatouzt, Tesma river, Otkliknoy stone, Kruglitsa river, Dalnij mountain range, Itsil mountain, Kushtumga river, Turgoyak lake, Miass, Chelyabinsk.
Beloretsk, Kagarmanovo village, Bolshoy Shtak mountain, Black river, Bolshaya Griva river, Ashkharka river, Bolshaya Katushka river, Terga river.
Berdyaush station, Porogi village, Kurgazak cave, Rybakov (Fisher’s) grotto, Shumikha cave, the city of caves “Sikiyaz-Tamak”, Aj river, Lakly village.
travel.bask.ru /en/ural/ural.htm   (198 words)

  
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NTI will contribute US$1 million to help build this railroad to carry weapons from the storage depot to the destruction facility.
NTI's funding will be used to build a bridge over the Miass River.
The joint Canada-NTI railway project, which will be managed as part of the UK Ministry of Defence's Russia assistance programme, will be carried out in close cooperation with the US and Russia.
www.canadianembassy.org /homepage/050207-en.asp   (1136 words)

  
 Bad boss jokes
She went so far as to say that after using SAP and Oracle, she was ready to kiss MIASS.
I know there are concerns over the virus that was found in MIASS upon initial installation, but I am pleased to say the virus has been eliminated and we were able to save MIASS.
As MIASS grows larger, we envision a time when it will be commonplace to walk by an office and see a manager hand a paper to an employee and say "Here, stick this in MIASS."
www.successunlimited.co.uk /humour/jokes.htm   (11336 words)

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