Nytva (russian: Ны́тва) 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 ...
and the
administrative center
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of
Nytvensky District
Nytvensky District (russian: Ны́твенский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Perm Krai, Russia; one of the thirty-three in the krai.Law #416-67 Municipally, it is incorporated as Nytvensky Municipal District.Law #173 ...
in
Perm Krai
Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 refe ...
,
Russia
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, located on the
Nytva River near its
confluence
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with the
Kama
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, west of
Perm
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Places
*Perm, Russia, a city in Russia
** Permsky District, the district
**Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005
**Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005
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, the administrative center of the
krai
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. Population:
Etymology
"Nytva" can mean ''green water'' in the
Komi-Permyak language
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and ''silt water'' in the
Mansi language
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.
History
The village of Nytva was first mentioned in 1623.
In 1756 the Nytvensky copper smelting plant was built. Its founder is considered to be Maria Stroganova. By the end of the 1780s, the factory had become an ironworks and rolling mill. A quay and shipyard were built on the river. At the factory anchors and hammers were produced.
In 1913 railway was laid.
In 1928 Nytva gained a status of worker settlement. The status of city was obtained on June 19, 1942.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Nytva serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Nytvensky District
Nytvensky District (russian: Ны́твенский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Perm Krai, Russia; one of the thirty-three in the krai.Law #416-67 Municipally, it is incorporated as Nytvensky Municipal District.Law #173 ...
, to which it is directly subordinated.
[Law #416-67] As a
municipal division, 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 Nytvensky, together with eight rural localities, is incorporated within Nytvensky Municipal District as Nytvenskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #1738-356]
Culture
The Nytva Museum of Local History was established in 1958. One of its most interesting exhibitions is the Spoon Museum, whose collection includes over 1,700 various spoon items from fifty-seven countries.
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Populated places in Nytvensky District
Okhansky Uyezd
1942 establishments in the Soviet Union
Monotowns in Russia