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Tryokhgorny (russian: Трёхго́рный, lit. ''(a town of) three mountains'') is a
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in
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,
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, located in the western part of the
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from
Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...
. Population:


History

On January 24, 1952, the
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of the USSR issued decree № 342—135сс/оп to build Plant #933 (Instrument Factory) for the production of
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s. Konstantin Volodin headed the new plant. On April 9, 1952, first construction workers arrived to the area.


Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the
Town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Tryokhgorny—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
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.Resolution #161 As a municipal division, the Town of Tryokhgorny is incorporated as Tryokhgorny Urban Okrug.


Closed status

The town is
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because a plant producing
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is located there.


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External links


Official website of Tryokhgorny

Tryokhgorny plant
{{Use mdy dates, date=November 2011 Cities and towns in Chelyabinsk Oblast Nuclear weapons program of the Soviet Union Closed cities Naukograds Populated places established in 1952 1952 establishments in the Soviet Union