Chelyabinsk Oblast

Russia

World War II monument
World War II monument
Beautiful church in Magnitogorsk - St Nicholas
Church of the Ascension, was really neat although it was -20 deg F!
The Ural River that flows from the Ural Mountains south to Kazakhstan is the border of Europe and Asia. Magnitogorsk is on the bank of river with half of the city in Europe and half in Asia. This is a pic crossing the bridge from Asia to Europe. Pretty neat fact