Kamyshlov (russian: Камышло́в) is a

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Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...

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, located on the left bank of the

Pyshma River The Pyshma (russian: Пышма) is a river in Sverdlovsk and Tyumen Oblasts of Russia. It is a right tributary of the Tura. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The Pyshma has its sources at above sea level on the eastern side of the Ura ...

( Ob's basin) at its

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with the Kamyshlovka River. Population:

History

It was founded in 1668 Kamyshevsky ostrog. From 1687 it had been known as Kamyshlovskaya

sloboda A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be loosely ...

. Town status was granted to it in 1781.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, Kamyshlov serves as the

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Kamyshlovsky District Kamyshlovsky District (russian: Камышло́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Sverdlovsk Oblast As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kamyshlovs ...

, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the

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of Kamyshlov—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #30-OZ As a municipal division, the Town of Kamyshlov is incorporated as Kamyshlovsky Urban Okrug.Law #85-OZ

References

External links

Official website of Kamyshlov

Kamyshlov Business Directory
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast Kamyshlovsky Uyezd Populated places established in 1668 1668 establishments in Russia