![]() Naberezhnye Chelny is the largest railroad, motor transport and aviation junction. It is also well known for its port on the river Kama. The trains from Naberezhnye Chelny have a direct communication with Moscow, Ufa, Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Izhevsk, Bugulma and Adler. A river port is capable to dock “river-sea” type cargo and passenger vessels. It is also well equipped for processing and storage of containers and cargo. The main branches of municipal services are – trucks production, electric-energetic industry, construction and processing industry. The most important enterprise of the city is a Joint Stock Company of Kamaz which specializes in production of trucks Kamaz, diesel engines, petroleum products cisterns, buses and spare parts for cars. The energy Kamaz truck branch is presented by Naberezhnye Chelny Heat and Power Plant and a Lowe-Kama Hydro Electric Power Station and also enterprises which service thermal, electrical and engineering communications. Lower-Kama GES is the most important producer of electric power in the Volga region. | View of Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia In 1982 city Naberezhnye Chelny got a new name Brezhnev. In 1988 it finally got back its original name of Naberezhnye Chelny. The population of the city in 2004 was 514 200 people. Representatives of more then 80 nationalities live in Naberezhnye Chelny. There are 17 cultural communities are organized there. Their activity is aimed to revive and develop native languages, culture, traditions and customs. Nationalities: Tatars - 45,6% Russians-44,9% Chuvash-2,2% Ukrainians-1,7% Bashkirs-1,5% other 4,1% Religions: Muslim, Russian Orthodox Time zone: UTC+3, summer UTC+4 Phone city code: +7 (8552) City zip code: 4238** Geographical location: ![]() |