Plast

Plast is a town and the administrative center of Plastovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is located on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains in the upper basin of the oblast's Uy River, southwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center. Population: History It was founded as a gold mine in the mid-19th century. Town status was granted on October 7, 1940. Status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Plast serves as the administrative center of Plastovsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with the khutor of Pchelnik, incorporated within Plastovsky District as the Town of Plast. As a municipal division, the Town of Plast is incorporated within Plastovsky Municipal District as Plastovskoye Urban Settlement. Сlimate Plast offers a temperate continental climate. July is the warmest month; its average temperature is 19.2 °C. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of -16.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 445 mm.