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Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russian: Свердловская область, romanized: Sverdlovskaya oblast') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg , formerly known as Sverdlovsk.
Sverdlovsk, oblast (region), west-central Russia. The oblast occupies an area along the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains, stretching from the crestline, which reaches 5,148 feet (1,569 m) in Mount Konzhakovsky Kamen, to the West Siberian Plain. Almost the entire oblast is in swampy forest, or.
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Yekaterinburg is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia , with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, [14] up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration.
May 3, 2024 · Yekaterinburg, city and administrative center of Sverdlovsk oblast (region), west-central Russia. The city lies along the Iset River, which is a tributary of the Tobol River, and on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains, slightly east of the border between Europe and Asia.
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Nov 21, 2018 · Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia, the largest region of the Urals, located on the border between Europe and Asia in the Urals Federal District. Yekaterinburg is the capital city of the region. The population of Sverdlovsk Oblast is about 4,264,300 (2022), the area - 194,307 sq. km.
Sverdlovsk Oblast. Type: State with 4,330,000 residents. Description: oblast and federal subject in Ural Federal District, Russia. Postal code: 620000. Neighbors: Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khantia-Mansia, Komi Republic, Kurgan Oblast, Perm Krai and Tyumen Oblast. Categories: oblast of Russia and locality.
Sverdlovvsk Oblast, like most of the Urals region, possesses abundant natural resources. It is one of Russia’s leaders in mineral extraction. Sverdlovsk produces 70% of Russia’s bauxite, 60% of asbestos, 23% of iron, 97% of vanadium, 6% of copper and 2% of nickel. Forests cover 65% of the oblast.
