Nizhny Tagil ( rus, Нижний Тагил, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil) is a

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, located east of the

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Demographics

History

The history of Nizhny Tagil dates back to the mid-16th century, when the

Stroganovs The Stroganov family (Russian: Стро́гановы, Стро́гоновы; French: Stroganoff) emerged as a preeminent Russian noble family renowned for their roles as merchants, industrialists, landowners, and statesmen. By the reign of Iv ...

received the right to possess land by the

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and

Chusovaya The Chusovaya () is a river flowing in Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast and Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia. A tributary of the Kama, which in turn is a tributary of the Volga, discharges into the Chusovskoy Cove of the Kamsky Reservoir. The river is r ...

basins. In 1579 they founded the first settlement, the Utkin

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, by the river Utka, the mouth of Chusoya. Fateyevo, the first Russian village in the Tagil region, was founded in 1665.Нижний Тагил. 1964. Из летописи Нижнего Тагила
/ref> In 1696, by the order of Tsar

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, the Vysokogorsky iron ore quarry was opened.

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Dmitry Protasyev was elected to search for iron and magnetic ores. The deposits were particularly rich, and included lodes of pure magnetic iron. The surrounding landscape provided everything needed for a successful and productive mining and smelting operation — rivers for transport, forests for fuel, and suitable climate. Several years later, the Tsar introduced in Russia a special administration on mining. Over the following decades, the city developed as one of the early centers of Russian industrialization, and it has been a major producer of

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and

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. The town of Nizhny Tagil, home of the factory

Uralvagonzavod UralVagonZavod () is a Russian machine-building company located in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. It is one of the largest scientific and industrial complexes in Russia and the largest main battle tank manufacturer in the world. Etymology The name ''У� ...

, is also known for its production of Soviet tanks, including the famous

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; nearly every other T-34 was manufactured in Nizhny Tagil. First locomotive Russia

The first Russian steam locomotive was constructed there in 1833, and the father-and-son engineers who developed it, Yefim and Miron Cherepanov (Черепанов), were in 1956 commemorated by an bronze statue (executed by sculptor A. S. Kondratyev and architect A. V. Sotnikov) which stands in the center of the Theatrical Square in the heart of downtown. According to some sources, the copper for the skin of the

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was mined and refined in Nizhny Tagil. However, research by Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, USA, suggests that the Visnes mine in Norway is the most likely source.

Geography

Rivers and ponds take up one third of the city's territory. Nizhny Tagil spans from north to south and from east to west. The altitude of the city varies from . The city is built around the extinct volcano

Lis'ya Mountain Lis'ya (, "Fox Mountain") or Lysaya (, "Bald Mountain") is a mountain located in the center of the city Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia). It is a landmark of the city. Description Lis'ya mountain is located near the Tagil pond. On the t ...

. This mountain with a watchtower on its top is a symbol of the city. Another hill, , is located in the northern part of the city at an altitude of . Neighboring cities include

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 ...

to the south, Serov and Priobye in the north,

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in the west, and

Alapayevsk Alapayevsk () is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Neyva and Alapaikha rivers. Population: 44,263 ( 2002 census); 50,060 ( 1989 census); 49,000 (1968). History Alapayevsk is one of the oldest centers of ...

and

Verkhnyaya Salda Verkhnyaya Salda () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River (right tributary of the Tagil River, Tagil), north of Yekaterinburg. Population: History It was founded in 1778; ...

in the east. Nizhniy Tagil HiRes Panorama

Nizhniy tagil StAlexander Nyevsky Cathedral

Climate

The city features a

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(

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: Dfc) with mildly warm summers and very long and cold winters. Precipitation is mostly concentrated between late spring and early fall, peaking in the months of July and August. A freeze has been recorded for every month of the year.

Administrative and municipal structure

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, Nizhny Tagil serves as the

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Prigorodny District Prigorodny District (Russian: Пригородный район) is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: * Prigorodny District, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, an administrative and municipal district of the Re ...

, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with twenty-three rural localities, incorporated separately as the

City A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

of Nizhny Tagil—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #30-OZ As a municipal division, the City of Nizhny Tagil is incorporated as Nizhny Tagil Urban Okrug.Law #85-OZ The city is divided into three city districts: Leninsky, encompassing the city center and Nizhnetagilsky Pond; Tagilstroyevsky, a comparatively small section at the north part of town; and Dzerzhinsky, a sizable section to the east of the city center principally consisting of apartment buildings and other residences. The city is governed by four local authorities: * The Nizhny Tagil City Duma (city council) * The Mayor of Nizhny Tagil * The Administration of Nizhny Tagil * The Audit Chamber of Nizhny Tagil The city's government structure was defined in the charter of a municipal unit, which was passed on 24 November 2005. The city's highest official is the mayor elected by the population of Nizhny Tagil for a term of 5 years in office. The

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is foremost the Administration of Nizhny Tagil, the head of which is the mayor. The

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agency is the City Duma (city council), composed of 28 deputies, which are chosen via MPP for a term of 5 years in office.

Government

Former mayors: #Nikolay Didenko 2006-? #Valentina Isayeva 2008-? #Sergey Nosov 2012-?

Economy

In 2015, a large portion of the land within the bounds of the city is dominated by the facilities of the factories located in this industrial city. Nizhny Tagil is an industrial center of the Middle

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. Highly power-intensive industries such as

ferrous metallurgy Ferrous metallurgy is the metallurgy of iron and its alloys. The earliest surviving prehistoric iron artifacts, from the 4th millennium BC in Egypt, were made from meteoritic iron-nickel. It is not known when or where the smelting of iron from ...

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

, and metal working are well-developed in the city. A total of 606 manufacturing companies operate in Nizhny Tagil.

Nizhny Tagil Iron and Steel Plant OJSC Nizhniy Tagil Iron and Steel Works (, Nizhnetagilsky Metallurgichecky Kombinat) is a Russian steel manufacturer. It is part of the Evraz Group. Its name is abbreviated as NTMK () or Nikom and NTMK is listed in RTS Index. History The c ...

(''Nizhnetagilsky Metallurgichesky Kombinat'', ''NTMK'') is a leading

n steel company. ''

'' (''UVZ'') is the main producer of modern

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s on the territory of the former

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and Russia. It is the largest

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manufacturer in the world. The

T-72 The T-72 is a family of Soviet Union, Soviet main battle tanks that entered production in 1973. The T-72 was a development based on the T-64 using thought and design of the previous Object 167M. About 25,000 T-72 tanks have been built, and refu ...

T-90 The T-90 is a third-generation Russian main battle tank developed from, and designed to replace the T-72. It uses a 125mm 2A46 smoothbore main gun, the 1A45T fire-control system, an upgraded engine, and gunner's thermal sight. Standard p ...

, and

T-14 The T-14 Armata (; industrial designation ) is a Russian fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT) based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform. The Russian Army initially planned to acquire 2,300 T-14s between 2015 and 2020. By 2018, product ...

are produced in the city. As of 2016 an economic slowdown in Russia had resulted in diminished demand for civilian products such as train cars, but strong demand continued for tanks. There are resources to manufacture medical tools for traumatology at the Nizhny Tagil medical tools plant.

Expo-Center

Nizhny Tagil is one of centers of exhibition activity in the Middle

. Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metals Testing was the host of the international exhibitions such as Ural Expo Arms /

Russian Expo Arms Russian Expo Arms (or Russia Arms Expo, abbreviated as RAE) is the international exhibition of arms, military equipment and ammunition that is regularly held in Nizhny Tagil, Russia since 1999. According to organizers, the event is dedicated to " ...

, Russian Defense Expo (2001 and 2002).

Military

The

42nd Rocket Division The 42nd Tagil Rocket Division (Military Unit Number 34103) is an intercontinental ballistic missile formation of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces. It is based at Svobodny, Sverdlovsk Oblast/ Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, and it is part of ...

Strategic Rocket Forces The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; ) is a military branch, separate combat arm of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based intercontinenta ...

is based in Nizhny Tagil, equipped with 36 Topol nuclear missiles.

Culture

The House of

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's initiatives in the area of culture helped to develop the Tagil community into the

' most important cultural center. In the 19th century, a library and the museum of natural history and antiquity were opened. The city has a network of approximately 24 libraries servicing 75,000 readers every year. Tagil museums include the old regional history museum, the museum of Fine Arts, and a number of new museums opened in the 1990s: the museum of tray painting art, the museum of lifestyle and handicrafts representing the starting point of a new ethnographic complex. The Demidov Park, a new cultural and historical project, is planned to be built in the city. However, due to European sanctions against Russia, its foundation has been postponed. Nizhny Tagil has been chosen to host international Urals' Industrial Heritage conferences and workshops. In 2003, during the 12th International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage, a charter was signed for the conservation of Russian industrial heritage. City theatrical life is represented by four theaters: the National D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak Academic Drama Theater, a puppet theater, a youth theater, and the actor department of Nizhny Tagil College of Arts, which has been training actors and actresses.

Education

The oldest university is Nizhny Tagil State Socio-Educational Academy. The state educational academy operates 4 institutes, 13 faculties and 29 departments. There is post-graduate work in three fields: general education, the history of pedagogy and education, Russian history, the Russian language. In art and graphics department 2008 year launched five workshops in which students engage in decorative art. The academy has four modern sports halls. In summer, a wall is erected for climbing. There is a gymnasium and fitness room. The Nizhny Tagil Technological Institute is located south-east of the city center.

Sports

The city formerly had an

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team, FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil, which played in the Russian Second Division and was dissolved in 2006. The city ice hockey team is

Sputnik Nizhny Tagil Sputnik Nizhny Tagil is an ice hockey team in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. The club was formerly affiliated with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg HC Avtomobilist () is a professional ice hockey cl ...

, which played in the

Russian Major League The All-Russian Hockey League (VHL) (, ''Vserossiyskaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL)''), also known as the Major Hockey League or Higher Hockey League (HHL), is a professional ice hockey league in Eurasia, and the second highest level of Ice Hockey Fed ...

. The

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club Metallurg Nizhny Tagil plays in the 2nd highest division. Nizhny Tagil is a host of several competitions in

ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the final ...

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Public health

Medical care is provided in 29 medical care centers that employ 1,100 doctors and 4,500 assistants. Annually, up to 100,000 people are hospitalized, 28,000 surgeries are performed, and up to four million appointments are registered in the city medical care centers. There is a

branch of eye microsurgery in Nizhny Tagil. There is obstetrical care. There is a network of municipal and private pharmacies. In 2015, pollution from factories was annually. Respiratory rate of infection in children was 50% higher than the rest of the country. The city had the highest rate of stomach and lung cancer in the country.

Transport

Rail lines and highways connect the city to the rest of the country. Near the city there is a

Salka Aerodrome Salka Aerodrome (also Nizhny Tagil Salka) is an aerodrome in Russia located 17 km northeast of Nizhny Tagil. Until 1994 the airfield was home to the 765th Fighter Aviation Regiment (765 IAP) initially operated the Sukhoi Su-9 The Sukho ...

, located northeast of the city. It was a military base until 1994. Then it became a civil airfield with main activities in Russian experimental aviation.

People

Nizhny Tagil has been connected to the following personalities: *

Andrej Aliaksandraŭ Andrej Aliaksandraŭ (, transliteration in official documents: Andrei Aliaksandrau; born 27 January 1978) is a Belarusian journalist, activist and political prisoner. Early life and career Aliaksandraŭ was born in Nizhny Tagil (the Russian S ...

(born 1978), Belarusian journalist, activist and political prisoner *

Valeri Brainin __NOTOC__ Valeri "Willi" Borisovich Brainin (, ; born 27 January 1948 in Nizhni Tagil), also known as Brainin-Passek ( rus, Брайнин-Пассек, , ˈbrajnʲɪn ˈpasʲɪk, Braynin-Passyek.ru.vorb.oga), is a Russian and German musicologi ...

, poet, musicologist, President (from 2004 to 2014) of the Russian branch of the International Society for Music Education - a member of

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{{citation needed, date=October 2015 * Yefim Cherepanov,

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and

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, constructor of the first Russian locomotive{{citation needed, date=October 2015 * Miron Cherepanov (son of Yefim Cherepanov),

and

, constructor of the first Russian locomotive{{citation needed, date=October 2015 * Pavel Dorofeyev, hockey player, winger currently playing for the

Vegas Golden Knights The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Golden Knights compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division ...

of the

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, formerly with Металлург Магнитогорск (

Metallurg Magnitogorsk Metallurg Magnitogorsk () is a professional ice hockey club based in Magnitogorsk, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The club also competed in the Champions Hockey League (2008–09), Champion ...

and ХК Трактор Челябинск (

Traktor Chelyabinsk Traktor Chelyabinsk, also known as Traktor, or HC Traktor Chelyabinsk, () is a professional ice hockey club based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). From 1967 to 2009, the te ...

) of the

KHL The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

* Pavel Gayev, Soviet military intelligence officer, guards colonel{{cite book , last1=Алексеев , first1=Михаил , last2=Колпакиди , first2=Александр, last3=Кочик , first3=Валерий , date=2012 , title=Энциклопедия военной разведки, 1918-1945 гг. , trans-title=Encyclopaedia of Military Intelligence, 1918-1945 , url=http://primo.nlr.ru/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=07NLR_LMS001969413&context=L&vid=07NLR_VU1&lang=ru_RU&search_scope=default_scope&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=lsr24,contains,%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F%20%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%20%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B8,%201918-1945%20%D0%B3%D0%B3.,AND&sortby=rank&mode=advanced&offset=0 , language=RU , location=

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, publisher=Кучково поле : Ассоциация "Военная книга" , page=210 , isbn=978-5-9950-0219-2{{cite book , last1=Лурье, first1=Вячеслав, last2=Кочик, first2=Валерий, date=2002 , title=ГРУ: дела и люди , trans-title=GRU: Business and People, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ntdwNtWguWEC&pg=PA144 , language=RU , location=

, publisher=ОЛМА-ПРЕСС , page=144 , isbn=9785765414996 *

Dmitry Larionov Dmitry Olegovich Larionov (; born 22 December 1985) is a Russian slalom canoeist who has competed since the early 2000s in the C-2 class together with his partner Mikhail Kuznetsov. He won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2008 Summer Ol ...

, slalom canoe champion{{citation needed, date=October 2015 *

Felix Lembersky Felix Samoilovich Lembersky (Russian: Феликс Самойлович Лемберский) (November 11, 1913 – December 2, 1970) was a Russian/Soviet painter, artist, teacher, theatre stage designer, and organizer of artistic groups. H ...

, painter{{citation needed, date=October 2015 *

Vladislav Lomko Vladislav "Vlad" Lomko (; born 27 December 2004) is a Russian racing driver who is racing under a French license. He currently competes in the 2025 European Le Mans Series for Vector Sport. Lomko previously drove for Inter Europol Competition ...

, racing driver *

Konstantin Novoselov Sir Konstantin Sergeevich Novoselov ( rus, Константи́н Серге́евич Новосёлов, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ nəvɐˈsʲɵləf; born 1974) is a Russian–British physicist. His work on graphene ...

, 2010 Nobel Prize winner for his research on Graphene{{citation needed, date=October 2015 *

Bar Paly Bar Paly (born Varvara Alexandrovna Paley) is an Israeli-American actress and model. Early life Paly was born Varvara Alexandrovna Paley in Nizhny Tagil, Russia (former USSR), to Olga (née Drob) and Alexander Paley. Her grandfathers served in ...

, Russian-Israeli model and actress{{citation needed, date=October 2019 * Igor Radulov, hockey player, winger currently playing for Салават Юлаев (

Salavat Yulaev Ufa Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (; ), commonly referred as Salavat Yulaev Ufa, is a professional ice hockey club based in Ufa, Russia. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Established in 1957, Salavat Yu ...

) of the

{{citation needed, date=October 2015 *

Alexander Radulov Alexander Valerievich Radulov (; born 5 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey player for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He had previously had two separate stints with the Nashville Predators, the NHL team w ...

, hockey player, winger currently playing for the

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, formerly with Салават Юлаев (

) of the

(brother with Igor){{citation needed, date=October 2015 * Boris Rauschenbach, physicist and rocket engineer{{citation needed, date=October 2015 *

Sergei Shepelev Sergei Mikhailovich Shepelev (; born October 13, 1955, in Nizhny Tagil, Soviet Union) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played left wing for HC Spartak Moscow. Internationally, he was a member of the USSR n ...

, former Soviet national

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team member{{citation needed, date=October 2015 * Nikita Soshnikov, hockey player, winger currently playing for the

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organization; previously with the

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of the

, formerly with the

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of the AHL and Moscow Oblast Atlant of the

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, baseball player{{citation needed, date=October 2015 * Aron Zinshtein, painter{{citation needed, date=October 2015 * Maya Khromykh, figure skater *

Volodar Murzin Volodar Arturovich Murzin (; born 18 July 2006) is a Russian chess grandmaster and current World Rapid Chess Champion. Originally from Nizhny Tagil, Murzin lives in Khimki. Murzin won the 2024 World Rapid Chess Championship in Wall Street, ...

, chess grandmaster, reigning World Rapid Chess Champion

Twin towns – sister cities

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Františkovy Lázně Františkovy Lázně (; ) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,600 inhabitants. Together with neighbouring Karlovy Vary and Mariánské Lázně, it forms the West Bohemian Spa Triangle. Th ...

, Czech Republic *{{flagicon, RUS

Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk (, , ; )Чиспияков Э. Ф. (1992) ''Учебник шорского языка''. Кемеровское книжное издательство. p. 27. is a city in Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass) in southwestern Siberia, Russia ...

, Russia *{{flagicon, UKR

Yevpatoria Yevpatoria (; ; ; ) is a city in western Crimea, north of Kalamita Bay. Yevpatoria serves as the administrative center of Yevpatoria Municipality, one of the districts (''raions'') into which Crimea is divided. It had a population of His ...

, Ukraine (with the local '' de-facto'' Russian administration) {{div col end Former twin towns: *{{flagicon, UKR

Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih ( ; , ), also known as Krivoy Rog ( ), is a city in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih Raion and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropo ...

, Ukraine *{{flagicon, CZE

Cheb Cheb (; ) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Before the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of Germans in 1945, the town was the centre of the G ...

, Czech Republic *{{flagicon, CZE

Mariánské Lázně Mariánské Lázně (; ) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. Most of the town's buildings come from its Golden Era in the second half of the 19th century, when many c ...

, Czech Republic In 2022 the Czech cities of

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severed its ties with Nizhny Tagil in response to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

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External links

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Official website of Russian Defense Expo-2005
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Recreation and entertainment in Nizhny Tagil
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