Ust-Katav is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast

Chelyabinsk Oblast

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, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located on the Yuryuzan River

Yuryuzan River

Yuryuzan River is a river in the Republic of Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk Oblast in Russia, a left tributary of the Ufa River . The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Yuryuzan River flows into the Pavlovskoye Reservoir near Karaidel. It freezes up in the second half of...

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Transport

Ust-Katav is situated near the Transsiberian Railway, as well as the M5 "Ural" motorway

M5 highway (Russia)

The Russian route M5 is a major trunk road running across a distance of 1879 km from Moscow to the Ural Mountains. It is part of the European route E30 and the Trans-Siberian Highway....

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Industry

Ust-Katav is best known for its factory, Ust'-Katavskiy Vagonostroitelniy zavod im. Kirova (UKVZ), which is the production place of the world's most numerous model of streetcar, the KTM-5.