Alapayevsk

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Current coat of arms of Alapayevsk
Current coat of arms of Alapayevsk
The Neyva
The Neyva
Location of Alapayevsk in the Urals
Location of Alapayevsk in the Urals

Alapayevsk (Russian: Алапа́евск) 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).

Alapayevsk is one of the oldest centers of ferrous metallurgy in the Urals with the first factory built in 1704. The town proper was founded in 1781. It is known for its surrounding mines and numerous factories, although the last metallurgical plant operations were almost completely closed in the early 1990s[citation needed]. The biggest orphanage in the Urals is located in Alapayevsk[citation needed].

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky spent a part of his childhood in this city. Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, the Princes Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia, Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Igor Konstantinovich of Russia and Vladimir Paley, Grand Duke Sergei's secretary, Fyodor Remez and Varvara Yakovleva, a sister from the Grand Duchess Elizabeth's convent, were brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks in a mineshaft near Alapayevsk in July of 1918.

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Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Administrative center: Yekaterinburg
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Coordinates: 57°51′N, 61°42′E

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