Nizhnii Tagil bus on Lenin Prospect © Gene Hyde

Monument to the fallen soldiers of Russia's wars
April 2000 © Gene Hyde

Ice fishing along the impounded Tagil River known as
"The Pond" Nov 2000 © Gene Hyde

Nizhnii Tagil, Russia

Nizhnii Tagil, Russia City Web Site

Nizhnii Tagil joined us as a sister city in June of 1996. It is an industrial city of 438,000 located on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains in the Sverdlovsk Oblast (western Asia). Founded in 1722, it has been a major center for mining, metallurgy, and manufacturing. The city produced the first bicycle and first steam locomotive in Russia. Nizhnii Tagil has air pollution worse than Chattanooga's old problem and has been declared an "environmental emergency zone."

Nizhnii Tagil looks at Chattanooga as an example of how to modify industrial practices to clean up the environment without losing its industrial base. Even though exchanges of information on environmental issues will take center stage, art and cultural exchanges as well as teacher and student visits will also be given high priority. The year 2000 saw connections with a school in Nizhnii Tagil and Chattanooga's 21st Century Academy (our area's only high school that offers Russian).

Pictures from Summer 2004 trip



Chattanooga, USA	Wuxi,China	Hamm, Germany	Givatayim, Israel	Gangneung, Korea	Nizhnii Tagil, Russia