Leyptsig

Leyptsig (Лейпциг) is a rural locality (a village) in Varnensky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the Asian part of Russia, close to the border with Kazakhstan. It has a population of

History
The settlement was founded in 1842–1843, and named after the city of Leipzig, to commemorate the 1813 Battle of Leipzig.

It is one of several villages in the Chelyabinsk Oblast named after major European cities, other including Varshavka (named after Warsaw), Parizh (named after Paris), Berlin (named after Berlin), Varna (named after Varna) and Bredy (named after Breda).