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Stand in the town square, gun, they almost hide the orange pieces of the sun - nasturtium. Sisters of guns, a monument to Russian arms - well, in the park Bulgarian town of Pleven. Even before fame Chrysostom. In 1833, Pavel Anosov got here damask. He damask, which is kept secret and lost East. Blades of Chrysostom considered the best in the world not only for strength, but also for beauty. They were decorated with skillful engravers Ivanka lionfish - Ivan Bushuyev, bazhovskogo hero tale. Blade with his winged horses, and now stored in Zlatoust Museum. Hawthorns, Yuzhakov, Serovikov - a galaxy of artists on the metal work here. Engravers and now makes a wonderful engraving on metal. Chrysostom was the center of the mountain region - the iron edge, and his story - the chronicle of the Urals. Perhaps, the first terrestrial steelmakers will appear here. Ptolemy in the second century, knew that the mountains Norosskih since then called the Southern Urals, has long been out iron and copper. Celtic bronze from the Urals were found in Norway and the Angara. At one time, about twenty-five mines in Zlatoust Mining District was opened on the spot "miraculous mine." Also found the earliest ironworks furnace. XVIII century - the dawn of world fame of the Urals. With a light hand of Peter the Great grew up here works like mushrooms after rain. Came here merchants tysjachniki: Demidov, Stroganoff, Mosolov - and became millionaires. They knew how to turn iron into gold. Were bought for pennies in Bashkir huge forest cottage. Then, blood, and cheating was forged glory of the Urals. Mosolov for twenty rubles bought the land for Ayu - grew Chrysostom. Puffed the furnace, lit kurens uglezhogov. Then the Urals was in first place for the production of pig iron. Even Britain imported Ural iron. Zlatoust Metallurgical Plant and is now studying the hardest steels. Production plants Chrysostom diverges across the globe.