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Verkhnyaya Salda

Coordinates: 58°02′44″N 60°33′12″E / 58.04556°N 60.55333°E / 58.04556; 60.55333
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58°02′44″N 60°33′12″E / 58.04556°N 60.55333°E / 58.04556; 60.55333

Coat of arms of Verkhnyaya Salda

Verkhnyaya Salda (Russian: Ве́рхняя Салда) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River (right tributary of the Tagil), 195 kilometers (121 mi) north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 46,221 (2010 Census);[1] 51,195 (2002 Census);[2] 55,246 (1989 Soviet census).[3]

History

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It was founded in 1778; town status was granted to it in 1938.[4] The settlement was founded around iron processing and iron cast factories. It attracted local population in search of jobs.

Further impulse of the industry development occurred during the WWII: in July 11, 1941 the Committee of Defense decided to evacuate design bureaus, technical archive and machinery from Leningrad to Verkhnyaya Salda.

Economy

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Verkhnaya Salda is known for its Titanium Valley metallurgical plant owned by VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation, the world's largest producer of titanium.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  3. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  4. ^ Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 68. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  5. ^ Andrew E. Kramer (July 5, 2013). "Titanium Fills Vital Role for Boeing and Russia". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2013.