Mikhaylovsk (russian: Миха́йловск) is a

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Nizhneserginsky District Nizhneserginsky District (russian: Нижнесерги́нский 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 N ...

of Sverdlovsk Oblast,

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, located on the shores of Mikhaylovsky Pond, southwest of

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

, the

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of the

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. Population:

History

It was founded in 1805 as Mikhaylovsky Zavod (russian: Миха́йловский Заво́д). It was granted town status and given its present name in 1961.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with one

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(the settlement of Mikhaylovsky Zavod), incorporated within

as the

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of Mikhaylovsk.Order #120-P As a municipal division, the Town of Mikhaylovsk, together with ten rural localities in Nizhneserginsky District, is incorporated within Nizhneserginsky Municipal District as Mikhaylovskoye Urban Settlement.Law #85-OZ

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast Krasnoufimsky Uyezd