selection of ekaterina burlakova hello september 13, 1736 was founded, chelyabinsk on that day colonel tikhkelevortress on the banks of the river, miass on the site of the settlement of the villagers. hence the name in 1781, chelyabinsk received the status of a county town, but the growth of the poet vasily zhukovsky was slow . a poor little town wrote here. everything changed at the end of the 19th century, the trans-siberian railway passed through chelyabinsk, connecting the european part of russia with vladivostok and the industry began to develop.