Yuryuzan (Russian: Юрюза́нь) is a town in Katav-Ivanovsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Yuryuzan River (left tributary of the Ufa River), 254 kilometers (158 mi) from Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast.
[citation needed] Since the end of the 19th century, the settlement is known as Yuryuzansky Zavod (Юрюза́нский Заво́д).
[citation needed] It was granted town status and renamed Yuryuzan on June 18, 1943.
[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one rural locality (the village of Pervukha), incorporated within Katav-Ivanovsky District as the Town of Yuryuzan.
[1] Town economy centers around a large plant which produces refrigerators.