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Pervouralsk

Pervouralsk

Pervouralsk (Russian: Первоура́льск, lit. the first in the Urals) is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Chusovaya River (Kama's tributary) 39 kilometers (24 mi) west of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 124,528 (2010 census); 132,277 (2002 census); 142,193 (1989 Soviet census); 122,000 (1974); 90,000 (1959); 44,000 (1939).

It was previously known as Vasilyevsko-Shaytansky (until 1920).