Karabash is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast

Chelyabinsk Oblast

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, Russia

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, located 90 kilometres (55.9 mi) northwest of Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...

. Population: 15,942 (2002 Census

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It was founded in 1822 as a settlement of gold

Gold

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-miners. Town status was granted to it on June 20, 1933.

A copper smelting plant is situated in the city, and its toxic waste has created extremely large amounts of pollution and serious health problems for the inhabitants. http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/11/25/the-most-polluted-town-on-the-planet