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Sosnovka is a village in the Central district of Chelyabinsk, in the south-western part of the city. In 1736 in documents it was mentioned as Sosnovskaya village, Sosnovaya village, Sosnovka. In 1841 it was a Cossack village of Chelyabinsk stanitsa. At the end of the 70s of the XX century the village was included into the city.

The obelisk devoted to the perished villagers of Sosnovka during the Great Patriotic War was constructed on the bank of the reservoir.

During the construction of the Shershnevsky reservoir (1965—1969) the western part of Sosnovka was demolished and the settlement Malaya Sosnovka was founded to the east of Sosnovka, in Sosnovsky district. Water purification systems that deliver water from the Shershnevsky reservoir to human settlements of Chelyabinsk aglomeration including Chelyabinsk itself and such towns as Korkino, Kopeysk, Emanzhelinsk are situated in Sosnovka.

The population of the village is about 3 thousand people.

The sattelite of Chelyabinsk secondary school № 147 functions in the village.There are free sections of judo and football as well as the studio of choral singing at this school. During the Soviet period schoolchildren could have a rest in a summer pioneer camp. At present the establishment is in a state of disrepair.

The ecology of the village is perfect, there are no industrial objects at all. Sosnovka is surrounded by the reservoir and a birch forest. Thanks to this factor cottage building on the territory of the village is practised.

Transport
Bus route № 51 connects Chelyabinsk with Sosnovka as well as the route taxi.

The nearest railway station — Sosnovka  — is situated in Malaya Sosnovka, in 1,5 km from the east of Sosnovka, in the 2088th kilometer of the railway Moscow — Chelyabinsk. The most of suburban electric trains don't stop in Sosnovka. The nearest railway station — Smolino — is situated in 2 km from the south-west.