"GRUZOVOZOFF" branch office in Magnitogorsk


Address:
11 Shosseinaya Str., 455010, Magnitogorsk, Russia


Telephone/Fax:
+ 7 (3519) 25-21-19, 25-21-61, 24-96-57, 25-33-04, 25-20-05, 25-20-06


E-mail:
magnitogorsk@gruzovozoff.ru


Open hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 19:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 16:00
Sunday closed


Head of the branch office:
Yury Minchenko

259 years ago, early in June of 1743, the members of the Orenburg expedition led by Ivan Nepliuev, pegged out the first plot of land on the place of the present-day Magnitogorsk. This was the beginning of its history. The city is situated in southern part of the Cheliabinsk Region on the eastern hillside of the Southern Ural. The uniqueness of Magnitogorsk consists in the fact that it belongs to the two continents (Europe and Asia) at the same time because it is situated on both banks of the Ural River, named Yaik until 1775. Magnitogorsk or ‘Magnitka’ is one of the largest centres of Russian metallurgical industry. The city is rightfully considered a ‘steel heart of Russia’: the major part of the left bank is occupied by the Magnitogorsk integrated iron-and-steel works that is the Goliath of ferrous metallurgy. The construction of the city and its development are connected with iron ore mining of the deposits of Mount Magnitnaya. In 1743 a Cossack fortress ‘Magnitnaya’ was built near this mountain. It became one of the strong points of the Orenburg boundary line.. On June 30, 1929 when the first train arrived to the fortress from the Kartala station is considered to be the official date of the city foundation. Nevertheless, it was raised to the status of a city only in 1931. The city played an important role in 1941-1945 during the Great Patriotic War (the Second World War). It is enough to say that every second tank and every third projectile were made of the metal produced here. Historical dates: In 1743 the ‘Magnitnaya’ fortress was founded on the right bank of the Yaik River. In 1747 the iron ore deposits of Mount Magnitnaya were discovered. In 1759 the iron ore mining began. The iron was collected on the ground during the summer and then the heaps were sledded during the winter. In 1929 the construction of the Magnitogorsk integrated iron-and-steel works began. In 1932 the first smelting was done at the blast furnace No.1 of the Magnitogorsk works.