Sysert
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Sysert is a town and the administrative center of Sysertsky District
of Sverdlovsk Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Sysert River (Ob
's basin
, right tributary
of the Iset
), 50 kilometres (31.1 mi) south of Yekaterinburg
. Population:
It was founded in either 1732 or in 1773 and was called Sysertsky Zavod until 1932. Town status was granted to it in 1946.
Sysertsky District
Sysertsky District is an administrative district , one of the 30 in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.The district contains 2 towns and 7 selsovets under its jurisdiction....
of Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Population: -Geography:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Sysert River (Ob
Ob River
The Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean .The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary.-Names:The Ob is known to the Khanty people as the...
's basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
, right tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Iset
Iset River
Iset River is a river in Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia. It rises in the Ural Mountains 25km northwest of Yekaterinburg and flows east into the Tobol River. To the north of its basin is that of Tura River and to the south, the Uy River. The length of the Iset River is...
), 50 kilometres (31.1 mi) south of Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
. Population:
It was founded in either 1732 or in 1773 and was called Sysertsky Zavod until 1932. Town status was granted to it in 1946.