State Museum of the South Ural History

The permanent exhibition of the State Museum of the South Ural History occupies three halls: the Nature and Ancient History Hall, the History and Folk Life Hall, and the 20th Century History Hall. The first hall is dedicated to the region’s geological wealth, ancient and modern animals inhabiting the forests, fields, numerous rivers, and lakes of the Southern Urals, and the life of the Stone and Bronze Age people. It also has the largest fragment of the Chelyabinsk meteor on display. The History and Folk Life Hall houses exhibits related to the region’s life from the early Iron Age to the late 19th century. The 20th Century History Hall tells about the construction of the Samara-Zlatoust railway, the events of the First World War and the Russian Civil War, the legendary Tankograd (lit.: Tank City), and the industrial and social development of the region in the second half of the 20th century.