Kushva (russian: Кушва) is a

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in Sverdlovsk Oblast,

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, located in the

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near

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

. Population:

History

Originally a mining settlement founded in 1735 at the Blagodat Mountain to explore its iron ore deposits, it was granted town status in 1926 and was then renamed from Kushvinsky Zavod () to Kushva. Currently it is stagnant and its population is decreasing as most of the mining industry closed down.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with the

of Verkhnyaya Tura and twelve rural localities, incorporated as 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 Kushva—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #30-OZ As a municipal division, Kushva and twelve rural localities are incorporated as Kushvinsky Urban Okrug.Law #85-OZ The town of Verkhnyaya Tura is incorporated separately as Verkhnyaya Tura Urban Okrug.

Honors

A crater on

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was named in honor of the town.

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast Verkhotursky Uyezd Ural Mountains