The city with the romantic name Naberezhnye Chelny is fully consistent with its sonorous name. In summer, there are greenery and flowers all around, in winter – fluffy snowdrifts, the air here is clean and fresh, and living in Naberezhnye Chelny is really nice. And just visiting this city is a great idea, because it is very beautiful and curious.
Nizhnekamsk reservoir, located near the city, locals are sometimes called the sea. This name is understandable – the giant reservoir has a length of 185 km and a width of up to 20 km. Naberezhnye Chelny is the second most populated city in the Republic of Tatarstan, second only to Kazan. Since Christians and Muslims live here approximately equally, there are many Orthodox churches and mosques in the city. Every year on August 30 a bright and colorful flower festival takes place here. A significant share in the economy of Naberezhnye Chelny is made by the KamAZ plant, which collects trucks famous throughout Russia.
In the vicinity of Naberezhnye Chelny, paleontologists discovered many bones of the long-extinct mammoths. Just a hundred years ago, all but a few of the buildings in Naberezhnye Chelny were wooden. Once this city was called “Cape Chelny.” Naberezhnye Chelny is the largest city among those standing on the banks of the mighty Kama River. Primitive people lived in the place where the city is now built, back in the middle of the 3rd millennium BC.
Initially, Naberezhnye Chelny was a village. They gained the status of a city less than a century ago, in 1930. For six years, this city was called “Brezhnev.” Later it was returned to its former name. Even before the founding of Naberezhnye Chelny, there existed a settlement called Yar Chally, which means “Red Beach” in Tatar. The history of Naberezhnye Chelny begins in the 17th century. Among all Russian cities that are not the administrative centers of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, Naberezhnye Chelny is the 3rd largest population.
