Snezhinsk

Snezhinsk (Сне́жинск) is a closed town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Population:

History
It was founded in 1957, and was known as Chelyabinsk-70 until 1991. During the Soviet era, it was a closed city, too secret to be shown on maps. Town status was granted to it in 1993.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Snezhinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Snezhinsk is incorporated as Snezhinsky Urban Okrug.

Science
Snezhinsk is one of two centers of the Russian nuclear program (the other one is Sarov) and is built around a major scientific research institute—"All-Russian Scientific Research Center of Technical Physics—Federal Nuclear Center".

International relations
Snezhinsk is a sister city of Livermore, California, United States.