T-34 tank


The city of Chelyabinsk is situated to the south-east of the Urals, close to Kazakhstan and serves as a gateway to Russia’s vast Asian expanses. It lies on the Trans-Siberian Railway and is one of a string of railway towns that grew to service this immense trans-continental corridor. It was this geographic location that ensured Chelyabinsk would grow to become a town of 45,000 by 1913. […]

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