Svobodny (russian: Свобо́дный) is a closed urban locality (a work settlement) in

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 from

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:

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the

closed administrative-territorial formation A closed city or closed town is a settlement where travel or residency restrictions are applied so that specific authorization is required to visit or remain overnight. Such places may be sensitive military establishments or secret research ins ...

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

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. As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Svobodny is incorporated as Svobodny Urban Okrug.Law #85-OZ

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=November 2012 Urban-type settlements in Sverdlovsk Oblast Closed cities __NOTOC__