Arti () is an urban locality (an

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) and the

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of Artinsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast,

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, located on the Artya River at its

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with the Ufa River, southwest of

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and southeast of Krasnoufimsk. Population: 13,800 (1968).

History

It was founded in 1783 when merchant Lugin built a mechanical plant in the area. During the 19th century the majority of the population was employed by this plant. The plant's products were held in high regard not only in

—

scythe A scythe (, rhyming with ''writhe'') is an agriculture, agricultural hand-tool for mowing grass or Harvest, harvesting Crop, crops. It was historically used to cut down or reaping, reap edible grain, grains before they underwent the process of ...

s produced in Arti, for example, received an award at the

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technical exhibition. In 1917, the plant became one of the first to be nationalized. Arti is also known for the first Ural Geophysical Station, which was established there in 1870. In 1874 the Artinskian Age of the

Permian The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years, from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya. It is the s ...

Period of geological time was named for the Artinsk area by Alexander Karpinsky. In 1918, Arti was a place of an anti-

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rebellion, during which many people were killed. After the end of the

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, Arti remained the only producer of scythes in the whole country. During the

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, the plant started to manufacture sewing machines and needles.

Economy

Nowadays Arti is a rapidly developing settlement, where the majority of its economic growth is in the sphere of services. Unemployment rate is rather low (3.02%). Twenty percent of the unemployed are people with higher education as there is practically no vacant positions for them in Arti at the moment.

References

{{Sverdlovsk Oblast Urban-type settlements in Sverdlovsk Oblast Krasnoufimsky Uyezd