Chelyabinsk Zoo, Zoo in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Chelyabinsk Zoo is a public zoo in the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia, housing animals from multiple continents in a range of enclosures. The collection covers mammals, birds, and reptiles, grouped broadly by their geographic origins.

Entrepreneurs Mikhail Khayevsky and Vladimir Tkachev decided in winter 1992 to create Chelyabinsk's first zoo, joining forces with the municipality after financial difficulties. The municipal zoo officially opened on 13 September 1996 with 100 animals and 25 bird species. Buildings followed steadily: the predator house, llama and camel enclosure and stables in 1996, the petting zoo in 1997, the bison enclosure in 1998 and the bear house in 1999.

The zoo runs the Bagira Club of Young Biologists, founded in 2004, where schoolchildren from across Chelyabinsk observe animals and help staff with their care. Its Children's Contact Zoo, opened in 1997, was the first such area in Russia; staff from other zoos came to study it before similar exhibits appeared elsewhere.

The zoo occupies 8 hectares in Chelyabinsk's central district, with the entrance zone built in 1996 and the perimeter fence completed in 2005. A car park serves the dinosaur park opened in 2015. The grounds hold a cafe, "U kamina", operating since 1999, plus attractions for small children and shaded rest spots.

The zoo opened Russia's first children's contact zoo in 1997; other zoos later sent staff to study the model. Since 2004 the Bagira young biologists' club has let schoolchildren observe animals and assist keepers.