Ivdel (russian: Ивдель;

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: Сапсаус, ''Sapsayas'') is a

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Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, 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 ...

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, located on the

Ivdel River Ivdel (russian: Ивдель; Mansi: Сапсаус, ''Sapsayas'') is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Ivdel River ( Ob's basin) near its confluence with the Lozva River, north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of ...

( Ob's basin) near its

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with the

Lozva River The Lozva (russian: Лозьва; Mansi: Лусум-я̄, ''Lusum-jā'') is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia. At its confluence with the Sosva, the Tavda is formed. The river is long, and its basin covers . The river freezes up in October ...

, north of

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, the

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of the

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. Population:

History

Lozvinsky gorodok (), the first Russian wooden fortress east of the

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, was built in 1589 on the eastern bank of the Ivdel-Lozva river confluence, about 9 kilometres southeast of today's Ivdel. It was known as a gold-mining settlement of Nikito-Ivdel (), and later Ivdel, since 1831. ''Ivdellag''

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was formed here in 1937. Town status was granted in 1943.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with the work settlement of Pelym and thirty-three

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, incorporated as the

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of Ivdel—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #30-OZ As a municipal division, Ivdel and twenty-nine rural localities are incorporated as Ivdelsky Urban Okrug.Law #85-OZ The urban-type settlement of Pelym, together with four other rural localities, is incorporated separately as Pelym Urban Okrug.

Climate

Ivdel has a subarctic climate (

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''Dfc''), with very cold winters and warm summers.

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is moderate and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year.

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External links

Official website of Ivdel

Ivdel Business Directory
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