A video review of Kopeysk reveals the history of the city as the center of the coal industry in Russia. Key industries are considered: the Kopeysk Machine-Building Plant (production of mine harvesters), a vegetable oil plant, a military-industrial enterprise, as well as closed mines and flooded quarries, indicating the scale of past coal production.
- Duration
- 22 min 17 s
- Start
- Kopeysk
- End
- Kopeysk
- Stops
- 1
- Channel author
- НАД ГОРОДАМИ
Timestamps and places
- — Kopeysk (Chelyabinsk Coal Basin context)
- — Kopyeisk city introduction and location
- — Regional geography and distances
- — Prospekt Slavy city center
- — Labor Glory Square and fountain
- — Tugay-Kul historical settlement
- — Miaskoe coal discovery area
- — Red Partisans Square and Heroes Memorial
- — Administrative expansion and city boundaries
- — International size comparisons
- — Export markets and products
- — WWII factory evacuation from Ukraine
- — Donetsk connection
- — Major coal mines overview
- — Tsentralnaya Mine disaster 1993
- — Chelyabinsk subway and Korkinsky Quarry
- — Alzhirskaya Street
- — Olympic athlete reference
Route on the map
OVER KOPEYSK. A FAVORITE CITY FOR MANY