Sibay
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Sibay is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located on the border between Europe and Asia, on the east slope of the Southern Urals, in the spurs Irendyk, 464 kilometres (288.3 mi) from Ufa
Ufa
-Demographics:Nationally, dominated by Russian , Bashkirs and Tatars . In addition, numerous are Ukrainians , Chuvash , Mari , Belarusians , Mordovians , Armenian , Germans , Jews , Azeris .-Government and administration:Local...

 and 95 kilometres (59 mi) from Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk is a mining and industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Population: 418,545 ;...

 (by rail). Population:

It is served by Sibay Airport
Sibay Airport
Sibay Airport is an airport in Russia located 5 km east of Sibay. It has a simple utilitarian layout.- History :Airport started in 1955 with rapid development of the city. It services a mining town . New asphalt runway built in 1994...

. Sibay known by his deepest open-dip mine in Russia. Copper-zinc quarry is almost 2 km wide and 500 meters deep.

History

Sibay was founded in the beginning of the 1930s. In 1938, it was granted urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

status. On November 21, 1955, it was granted town status.

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