Katav-Ivanovsk: attractions of the city and its surroundings

Katav-Ivanovsk

The city of Katav-Ivanovsk is the administrative center of the Katav-Ivanovsky district of the Chelyabinsk region of the Russian Federation. The city has a population of 15,495 as of 2022.

The date of birth of the city is May 23, 1735.

Located in the Western foothills of the Southern Urals. The prevailing heights of the city are 500-600 meters above sea level. Katav-Ivanovsk is surrounded on all sides by mountain ranges. From the north - the "Stone Mountains" ridge, and from the north-east - "Katavskie Shishki".

Naked Shishka

To the east of Katav-Ivanovsk lies the Aksakarka ridge,

Aksakarka Ridge

and in the south - the "Dry Mountains".

Dry Mountains

The landscape of the city's surroundings, except for the mountains, is represented by a forest zone. Spruce-fir forests with an admixture of pine, larch and deciduous trees are ubiquitous here.

Forestry of Katav-Ivanovsky district

The city is washed by the waters of the Katav rivers from the north-west, the Raspberry Key - from the south-west and others.

Cataw River

The basic industries for the economy are the production of construction materials and mechanical engineering. The industry is represented by the following three, Katavsky Mechanical Plant LLC (manufactures, in particular, spare parts for the cement industry) and Katav-Ivanovo Instrument-Making Plant CJSC (the only manufacturer of magnetic compasses for ships in Russia).

Map

Katav-Ivanovsk: photo from space (Google Maps) Katav-Ivanovsk: photo from space (Microsoft Virtual Earth)

a brief description of

Located on the western slope of the Southern Urals, on the river. Katav (left tributary of the Yuryuzan), 36 km from the railway. Vyazovaya station, 321 km southwest of Chelyabinsk.

Territory (sq. km): 505

Information about the city of Katav-Ivanovsk on the Russian Wikipedia site

Historical sketch

In 1755, merchants Ivan Tverdyshev and Ivan Myasnikov founded an ironworks at the rich Bakal iron ore deposit on the river. Katav, which determined the name of the plant. Hydronym Katav from the name of the Bashkir tribe Katai, which lived in these places in ancient times.

From the end of the 18th to the end of the 19th century. was in the possession of the Russian noble family of the Beloselsky-Belozersky princes. The Katav-Ivanovsky plant (famous for its rails, which were made from Bessemer steel) was the center of the Katavsky mining district.

In 1914, a cement shop was put into operation.

Since 08/27/1933 the town of PGT, since 08/27/1939 the city of Katavsk-Ivanovsk, since 1935 - the center of the formed Katavsky district.

In 1941, the navigation equipment plant was evacuated to Katav-Ivanovsk from Leningrad, and the Kirov Defense Plant was evacuated from the Smolensk region.

Economy

Factories: foundry-mechanical (production of spare parts for cement industry enterprises), cement, instrument-making (ship instruments).

In the Katav-Ivanovo region, oats, barley, and wheat are grown. Dairy and beef cattle breeding.

Deposits of marble, marl.

Main enterprises

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

OJSC "Katavmash"
456110, Chelyabinsk region, Katav-Ivanovsky district, Katav-Ivanovsk, st.
Zavodskaya, 1 Offers:
crushers

INSTRUMENT ENGINEERING

OJSC "Katav-Ivanovsky Instrument-Making Plant"
456110, Chelyabinsk region, Katav-Ivanovsky district, Katav-Ivanovsk, st.
Karavaeva, 45 Offers:
Navigation devices

FORESTRY INDUSTRY

OJSC "Katavsky Lespromkhoz"
456110, Chelyabinsk region, Katav-Ivanovsky district, Katav-Ivanovsk, st.
Ust-Katavskaya, 51a Offers:
Commercial timber

BUILDING MATERIALS INDUSTRY

OJSC "Katavcement"
456110, Chelyabinsk region, Katav-Ivanovsky district, Katav-Ivanovsk, st.
Tsementnikov, 1 Offers:
cement

Culture, science, education

Museum of Local Lore.

Museums, galleries, exhibition halls

Museum of Local Lore of the Katav-Ivanovsky Municipal District 456110, Chelyabinsk region, Katav-Ivanovsky district, Katav-Ivanovsk, st. Karla Marksa, 4 Phone(s): (35147) 2-07-37

Architecture, sights

Church of John the Baptist (1824) in the neo-Gothic style, the Beloselsky-Belozersky mansion, etc.

Monuments of industrial architecture, incl. factory pond dam.

8 from the village of Serpievo (Katav-Ivanovsky district), on the river. Sim - natural monument Ignatievskaya Cave.

Katav-Ivanovsky district

Katav-Ivanovsky district borders on another subject of the Russian Federation - Bashkortostan.

As of 2022, the area had a population of 28,815.

In the city of Katav-Ivanovsky district you can rent housing. There are hotels and tourist centers, holiday homes.

The area is located in the foothills of the highest peaks of the Southern Urals. Among them, the highest peak of the Southern Urals is Yamantau - 1640 meters above sea level.

Mount Yamantau

Other peaks are above 1000 meters above sea level.

Mount Iremel is located 100 kilometers from the center of Katav-Ivanovsk. The second highest is 1576 meters above sea level. It is an object for active tourism.

Mount Iremel

The third peak of the Southern Urals - Bolshoy Sholom (1489 meters above sea level) is accessible for climbing from the Katav-Ivanovsky district. It is the top of the Zigalga ridge. Big Shalom is one of the most beautiful and inaccessible mountains of the Southern Urals.

Big Sholom

In the Katav-Ivanovsky district there is a unique natural site - Ignatievskaya Cave

with rock paintings from Paleolithic times.

In fact, it is a cascade of karst caves. There are about a hundred of them.

12 rivers flow through the territory of the Katav-Ivanovsky district. Including the Yuryuzan River.

Yuryuzan River

The flora is characterized by a combination of coniferous and broad-leaved forests.

The waters of mountain rivers and streams allow many species of fish to be found. Including two types of trout - grayling

and taimen.

Among the fauna, aquatic animals of interest are: otter, muskrat, European mink and beavers. In the forests you can find fox, elk, hare, raccoon dog, lynx, wolf and even bear.

One of the rare birds is the swan. Woodcocks, wood grouse and hazel grouse are not uncommon.

Swans on Katav-Ivanovsky Pond

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Travel to Katav-Ivanovsk for the May holidays

I have been to Katav-Ivanovsk several times. This city is my father's birthplace. I have many relatives here. Among them is one of my friends. When I come to Katav-Ivanovsk, I stay with her. I visited her twice during the May holidays. Until the late nineties of the last century, my friend lived in her own house.

Ecotourism

Now she lives in a one-room apartment with all amenities.

On each of my visits, I walked around the city, as well as through the mountains covered with forest.

Surrounded by mountains, the city of Katav-Ivanovsk looks very picturesque.

The history of the city is interesting, and the life of my paternal ancestors is closely connected with it. Which prompted me to visit the local history museum every visit.

The last time I came to Katav-Ivanovsk was four years ago. I received an invitation from my relative and friend to come to Katav-Ivanovsk for her farewell to retirement.

Population[ | ]

As of January 1, 2022, in terms of population, the city was in 768th place out of 1,116[33]cities of the Russian Federation[34].

National composition[ | ]

Russians (90.2%), Tatars (3.6%), Bashkirs (3.3%).

Museum of Local Lore

On the last day of April, my friend’s retirement ceremony took place. They had a fun time. Invited relatives and colleagues gathered in a cafe. A huge birthday cake was baked to order by the pastry chef. The table was richly set, everything was delicious. And salads and hot dishes. We walked until the morning.

The next day my friend and I went to the local history museum. The museum was opened in 1975 on a voluntary basis. In 1978, the museum became state-owned. Since 1990, the museum has been located in the former mansion of the Beloselsky-Belozersky princes. Representatives of this princely family owned the Katav-Ivanovo ironworks.

Memorial plaque at the entrance to the local history museum

The museum building is two-story, brick. It is an architectural monument of the 19th century.

local history museum of the city of Katav-Ivanovsk

The museum displays an exhibition of a 19th century living room with furniture from this period.

It also contains exhibitions of the interior decoration of townspeople's houses in different eras. In fact, the museum shows 200 years of the city's history.

Since 1999, the museums have opened a nature department. It has a hall dedicated to the Ignatievskaya Cave, located in the village of Serpievka, Katav-Ivanovsky district, Chelyabinsk region.

In addition, the museum has a rich collection of minerals and stone products.

Walking around the city

After the museum we admired the panorama of the city from the small mountains.

These mountains are formed by layered, pink limestones and diabases.

"Pink Rocks"

Pink limestones also form beautiful rocks, along which a railway line runs through the city, running from the Vyazovaya railway station to the Katav-Ivanovsk railway station building. The length of this railway line is 32 km.

There is a pond in the center of the city. The Katavsky pond certainly adorns the city, as does the Katav River.

Katav-Ivanovsky Pond

Katavsky Mechanical Plant LLC made a great impression on me. Here, for the first time, I saw with my own eyes what the entire territory of a large plant looks like from above. The plant is like a city within a city. Almost like in the film “Spring on Zarechnaya Street”.

View from the mountains to Katavsky Mechanical Plant LLC

I came close to the old, pre-revolutionary building of his Administration.

Among the architectural monuments, the Kazan Baptist Church is of interest. The founders of Katav-Ivanovsk erected the first wooden church in the village. It was consecrated in honor of John the Baptist, the heavenly patron of the two Ivans. In 1824, on the site of a wooden church, a two-story temple was built, unusual for Orthodox churches in architecture.

General view of the Katavsko-Ivanovo plant. Photo by Prokudin-Gorsky, 1910. The picture shows the Kazan Baptist Cathedral before the revolution

Funds for the construction of the church were allocated by Princess Anna Beloselskaya-Belozerskaya, who became the owner of the Katav-Ivanovsky plant. The upper (summer) church was consecrated in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, the lower one in honor of John the Baptist. Therefore, the temple began to be called Kazansko-Predtechensky.

Kazan-Predtechensky Cathedral. What remains after the revolution and civil war

The temple also owned a chapel at the springs and prayer houses in the villages of Annovka, Bedyarysh, Verkh-Kataevka, Karaulovka and Lemeza.

Two days in the city

Walking around the city lasted two days.

City center

Monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War - workers of the Katavsky Mechanical Plant

On the streets of the city you can see many preserved merchant houses. They have preserved their unique architecture.

Palace of Culture of Cement Workers

The most vivid impressions and beautiful photographs of the city panorama are obtained from the mountains around the Katav River.

Dam on the Kataw River. Water discharge

Walk through the mountains of Katav-Ivanovsk

Cataw River. Rocks and railway line to Vyazovaya

Railway bridge over the Katav

The trip to Katav-Ivanovsk ended with a visit to relatives. The program included a festive lunch and a bathhouse.

On my next visit I want to climb the mountains. I will look for guides among my friends. The Urals are not Caucasian Mineral Waters. The mountains of the Southern Urals look more severe than those of the Northern Caucasus. And there is no desire to walk along them alone, provided the routes are not marked. So the next trip to Katav-Ivanovsk will need to be prepared more thoroughly.