Sukhoy Log (, lit. ''dry gully'') is a

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and the

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of Sukholozhsky District in

Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblastʹ, p=svʲɪrdˈlofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the c ...

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, located on the eastern slopes of the

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on the

Pyshma River The Pyshma (, Siberian Tatar: Пышны, ''Pyshny''Ниязова Г. М. Типы и структура ойконимов сибирских татар (На материале Тюменской области), 2004, Стр. 8.) is a river ...

( Ob's basin), east of

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The ci ...

, the administrative center of the

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. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 34,554.

History

It was founded in 1710 as the ''

sloboda A sloboda was a type of settlement in the history of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for 'freedom' and may be loosely translated as 'free settlement'.

'' of Sukholozhskaya. In 1847,

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deposits were prospected in the vicinity, and the village served as a coal mining center until the 1860s.

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status was granted to Sukhoy Log in 1932 and town status in 1943.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sukhoy Log serves as the

of Sukholozhsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Sukholozhsky District as the

Town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

of Sukhoy Log.Order #120-P As a municipal division, the town of Sukhoy Log is, together with all twenty-five rural localities in Sukholozhsky District, incorporated as Sukhoy Log Urban Okrug.Law #85-OZ

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