The Urals and Eastern Russian Plain

Chelyabinsk
Founded in 1736 as one of three Cossack fortresses -- the Chelyaba, Miasska and Chebarkulska -- Chelyabinsk was a replacement for an earlier fortress that had lasted less than year due to the starvation of its garrison in a long winter. Instructions by founder A. I. Tevkelev for the rebuilding of the fortresses were simple and straightforward: "(1) The fortresses must not be more than 50 versts apart, (2) they must be built in a strong place (3) there must be enough water and food such that there are no shortages in the near future."

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