Coordinates: 56°05′N 60°44′E / 56.083°N 60.733°E
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Snezhinsk (Russian: Сне́жинск) is a closed town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It was founded in 1957, and was known as Chelyabinsk-70 until 1991. Town status was granted in 1993. Population: 50,451 (2002 Census).[1] Snezhinsk is also a sister city of Livermore, CA, United States.
Snezhinsk is one of two centers of Russian nuclear program (the other one is Sarov) and is built around a major scientific research institute—"All-Russian Scientific Research Center of Technical Physics—Federal Nuclear Center".
In 2009, the city became a place of mass demonstrations against actions by the local policemen who unlawfully arrested a teenager, beat him with a hammer and shot him to death [1].
References
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
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