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Ivdel

Ivdel Ивдель
Town[1]
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Ivdel
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Coordinates: 60°41′N 60°25′E / 60.683°N 60.417°E / 60.683; 60.417
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast[1]
Founded	1589
Town status since	1943
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	17,775
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	15,888 (−10.6%)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Town of Ivdel[1]
• Capitalof	Town of Ivdel
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Ivdelsky Urban Okrug[4]
• Capitalof	Ivdelsky Urban Okrug[4]
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	624590–624595
OKTMOID	65738000001
Website	www.admivdel.ru

Ivdel (Russian: Ивдель; Mansi: Сапсаус, Sapsayas) is a towninSverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Ivdel River (Ob's basin) near its confluence with the Lozva River, 535 kilometers (332 mi) north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 17,775 (2010 Russian census);^[2] 19,324 (2002 Census);^[7] 19,014 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

History[edit]

Lozvinsky gorodok (Лозьвинский городок), the first Russian wooden fortress east of the Ural Mountains, was built in 1589 on the eastern bank of the Ivdel-Lozva river confluence, about 9 kilometres southeast of today's Ivdel.^{[citation needed]} It was known as a gold-mining settlement of Nikito-Ivdel (Никито-Ивдель), and later Ivdel, since 1831. Ivdellag gulag was formed here in 1937. Town status was granted in 1943.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status[edit]

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with the work settlementofPelym and thirty-three rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Ivdel^[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[9] As a municipal division, Ivdel and twenty-nine rural localities are incorporated as Ivdelsky Urban Okrug.^[4] The urban-type settlement of Pelym, together with four other rural localities, is incorporated separately as Pelym Urban Okrug.^[4]

Climate[edit]

Ivdel has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), with very cold winters and warm summers. Precipitation is moderate and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year.

Notable people[edit]

• Ștefan Balmez - Bessarabian Bulgarian politician who served time at the labor camp in Ivdel
• Iryna Bekeshkina - Ukrainian sociologist and political scholar
• Andrei Mironov - Russian artist
• Ștefan Pirogan - Romanian politician who died in imprisonment at Ivdel
• Andrei Timofeyev - Russian football player

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• Областная Дума Законодательного Собрания Свердловской области. Областной закон №30-ОЗ от 20 мая 1997 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Свердловской области», в ред. Закона №32-ОЗ от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Областной закон "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Свердловской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования за исключением отдельных положений, вступающих в силу в иные сроки. Опубликован: "Областная газета", №81, 3 июня 1997 г. (Oblast Duma of the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Oblast Law #30-OZ of May 20, 1997 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Sverdlovsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #32-OZ of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Oblast Law "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Sverdlovsk Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication with the exception of several clauses which take effect on a different date.).
• Областная Дума Законодательного Собрания Свердловской области. Закон №85-ОЗ от 12 июля 2007 г. «О границах муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории Свердловской области», в ред. Закона №107-ОЗ от 29 октября 2013 г. «Об упразднении отдельных населённых пунктов, расположенных на территории города Ивделя, и о внесении изменений в Приложение 39 к Закону Свердловской области "О границах муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории Свердловской области"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Областная газета", №232–249, 17 июля 2007 г. (Oblast Duma of the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Law #85-OZ of July 12, 2007 On the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Sverdlovsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #107-OZ of October 29, 2013 On Abolishing Several Inhabited Localities on the Territory of the Town of Ivdul and on Amending the Law of Sverdlovsk Oblast "On the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Sverdlovsk Oblast". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication.).

External links[edit]

Media related to Ivdel at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of Ivdel (in Russian)
• Ivdel Business Directory (in Russian)