Yegoshikha (russian: link=no, Егоши́ха, ), formerly Yagoshikha (russian: link=no, Ягоши́ха), was a village on the Yegoshikha River in the 17th–18th centuries. It is famous for its historical significance as oldest mentioned settlement at the place of the foundation of the city of

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. Yegoshikha was founded in 1568. It was first mentioned in the voivod (commander)

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1647 census book: In the 1687 census books of prince Feodor Belsky it was written: In 1692, this settlement was already mentioned as the village of Yegoshikha. The village was also sometimes called Bryukhanovo () for the family name of its first residents. In 1723, after the copper deposit was discovered there, ''Yegoshikha Copper Factory'' was founded at the bank of Yegoshikha by

Vasily Tatishchev Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (russian: Васи́лий Ники́тич Тати́щев) (19 April 1686 – 15 July 1750) was a prominent Russian Imperial statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer, best remembered as the author of the f ...

, the chief manager of the Ural factories. In 1781, the workers' settlement was reorganized as the city of

by the

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