Sredneuralsk (russian: Среднеура́льск) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
under the administrative jurisdiction of the
Town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Verkhnyaya Pyshma
Verkhnyaya Pyshma (russian: Ве́рхняя Пышма́) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located north of Yekaterinburg. Population:
History
It was founded in 1660 as the village ('' selo'') of Pyshminskoye, which was named aft ...
in
Sverdlovsk Oblast,
Russia
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, located on the shore of
Iset Lake, at the head of the
Iset River
The river Iset (russian: Исеть) in Russia flows from the Urals through the Sverdlovsk and Kurgan Oblasts, then through Tyumen Oblast in Western Siberia into the river Tobol. The city of Yekaterinburg is on the upper part of the river.
Th ...
, north 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 ...
. Population: 19,555 (
2002 Census);
History
It was founded in on June 27, 1931. Town status was granted to it on February 17, 1966.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-seven
rural localities, subordinated to the
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Verkhnyaya Pyshma
—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts.
[Law #30-OZ] As a
municipal division, Sredneuralsk, together with three rural localities, is incorporated as Sredneuralsk Urban Okrug.
[Law #85-OZ] The town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma and twenty-four rural localities are incorporated separately as Verkhnyaya Pyshma Urban Okrug.
Climate
The climate of Sredneyralsk is
continental
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Places
* Continent, the major landmasses of Earth
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* Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US
Arts and entertainment
* ''Continental'' ( ...
. The average temperature amplitude is to . The average temperature in January is ; in July: . The snow cover usually stays on surface for up to five months from November to the middle of April. The average year precipitation is . The town is situated
above sea level.
The main rock soil components are
granite
Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...
and
argillaceous slates.
Economy
Thermal power station "SUGRES" is based in Sredneuralsk. The station was officially opened on June 27, 1931. Other industrial enterprises include:
*Sredneuralsk Metallurgical Plant (est. 1941)
*Sredneuralsk Concrete Product Plant (est. 1964)
*Sredneuralsk Housing Construction Company (est. 1966)
*Sredneuralsk Railway Transport Enterprise (est. 1975)
*Wine Factory (est. 1960)
*Poultry Plant (est. 1973)
Transportation
The town is connected to the main bus route. The route length from Sredneuralsk to Yekaterinburg is .
Education and culture
There are three secondary and primary schools, one kindergarten, and a campus of the ''Ural Metallurgical College'' in Sredneuralsk.
There is also ''Volna'' movie theater and a library of 70,000 books.
Tourism
There are about thirty architecture points of interest in Sredneuralsk, such as
Chortovo Gorodishche, Sem Bratyev (Seven Brothers), etc.
References
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Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
Populated places established in 1931