Kopeysk

Kopeysk: administration officesAdministration offices of Kopeysk, Russia.

Kopeysk, city, Chelyabinsk oblast (region), west central Russia, in the southern Urals. Founded in 1920, it became a city in 1933. It is one of the centres of lignite (brown coal) mining in the Chelyabinsk coal basin. The population has been declining since the late 1960s because of mechanization of the mines. Mining and industrial colleges are in the city. Pop. (2006 est.) 137,813.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
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Article Title: Kopeysk
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 19 August 2011
Access Date: March 30, 2025