{{Short description|Town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Chebarkul |ru_name=Чебаркуль |image_skyline=Chebarkul Central Park.JPG |image_caption=A park in the center of Chebarkul |coordinates = {{coord|54|59|N|60|22|E|display=inline,title}} |lats= |longs= |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Chebarkul (Chelyabinsk oblast).png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag_of_Chebarkul_(Chelaybinsk_oblast).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Chelyabinsk Oblast |federal_subject_ref= |adm_city_jur=Town of Chebarkul |adm_city_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref30"/> |adm_ctr_of1=Chebarkulsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="Ref30"/> |adm_ctr_of2=Town of Chebarkul |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="Ref30"/> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref= |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |urban_okrug_jur=Chebarkulsky Urban Okrug |urban_okrug_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref30"/> |mun_admctr_of1=Chebarkulsky Urban Okrug |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="Ref30"/> |mun_admctr_of2=Chebarkulsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="Ref30"/> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=42844 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest=44671 |pop_latest_date=2023 |pop_latest_ref=<ref>{{cite web | title=Чебаркуль | url=https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C | access-date=September 4, 2025 | archive-date=July 26, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250726090927/https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C | url-status=live }}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=February 2025}} |established_date=1736 |established_title= |established_date_ref=<ref name="gr" /> |current_cat_date=October 25,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} 1951 |current_cat_date_ref=<ref name="gr" /> |prev_name1= |prev_name1_date= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes=456438–456447, 456449 |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website=http://www.chebarcul.ru }} '''Chebarkul''' ({{langx|ru|Чебарку́ль}}) is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake Chebarkul, {{convert|78|km|sp=us}} west of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=42,844|p2002=47,144|p1989=50,062}}
==Etymology== The name of the town derives from the Bashkir/Tatar words meaning "a particolored lake".<ref name="gr">''Cities and Towns of Russia Encyclopedia'', p. 510</ref>
==History== Founded in 1736 as a fortress on the border between Russian and Bashkir lands,<ref name="gr" /> it later grew into a large Cossack ''stanitsa''.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} The fortress was founded with the permission of Bashkir Tarkhan Taymas Shaimov, who was the owner of these lands.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} Town status was granted to it on October 25,{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} 1951.<ref name="gr" />
===2013 meteor event=== {{Main|Chelyabinsk meteor}}
In February 2013, a meteor exploded in Earth's atmosphere and a part of it fell into Lake Chebarkul causing a {{convert|6|m|sp=us|adj=on}} wide hole in the ice covering the lake.
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chebarkul serves as the administrative center of Chebarkulsky District, even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="Ref30">Resolution #161</ref> As an administrative center, it is incorporated separately as the '''Town of Chebarkul'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts, and is likewise home to several units of Russia's Central Military District; the 90th Guards Tank Division, the {{ill|232nd Rocket Artillery Brigade|ru|232-я гвардейская реактивная артиллерийская бригада}}, and the 28th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.<ref name="Ref30"/> As a municipal division, the Town of Chebarkul is incorporated as '''Chebarkulsky Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref30"/>
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{Cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России (''Cities and Towns of Russia Encyclopedia'')|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|che|mun|list}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[http://chebarcul.ru/ Official website of Chebarkul] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730012601/http://chebarcul.ru/ |date=July 30, 2021 }} {{in lang|ru}} *[https://chebarkul.jsprav.ru/ Chebarkul Business Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713213848/https://chebarkul.jsprav.ru/ |date=July 13, 2021 }} {{in lang|ru}}
{{Chelyabinsk Oblast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2012}}
Category:Cities and towns in Chelyabinsk Oblast