Verkhnyaya pajma

city Verkhnyaya pajma Верхняя Пышма flag coat of arms Federal district Ural Oblast Sverdlovsk Urban district Verkhnyaya pajma mayor Yuri Yakovlev Founded 1660 City since 1946 surface 60  km² population 59,749 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 996 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 270  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34368 Post Code 62409x License Plate 66, 96, 196 OKATO 65 420 Website www.movp.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 58 ′  N , 60 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 60 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Sverdlovsk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Verkhnyaya Pyschma ( Russian Верхняя Пышма ) is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 59,749 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the eastern edge of the Middle Urals about 15 km north of the oblast capital Yekaterinburg on the upper reaches of the Pyschma , a right tributary of the Tura .

Administratively, the city is directly subordinate to the Oblast. The town of Verkhnyaya Pyschma is subordinate to the neighboring town of Sredneuralsk to the west .

history

Verkhnyaya Pyschma was built on the site of the village of Pyschminskoje founded in 1660 . In 1854 the Pyschminsko-Klyuchevoye copper ore deposit was established here . In connection with the sinking of a first shaft in 1856, the miners' settlement Medny Rudnik (Russian for copper mine ) was created, which received city rights in 1946 under its current name (Russian for Upper Pyschma ).

Population development

year	Residents
1939	12,976
1959	30,331
1970	37,798
1979	42,698
1989	53.102
2002	58.016
2010	59,749

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Mosque in Verkhnyaya Pyschma

The Russian Orthodox Dormition Cathedral ( Uspensky Cathedral ) and the Ismail Al-Bukhari Mosque as well as a sports palace and a swimming pool have been built in Verkhnyaya Pyschma in recent years with the support of the local mining companies . An ice rink and building for a branch of the State Technical University of the Urals (Yekaterinburg) are under construction (as of 2007). Since 1989 the city has had a history museum specializing in metallurgy and mining. In 2005, the Military Museum of Combat Glory of the Urals (Boyevaya slawa Urala) opened, one of the largest of its kind in Russia. The collection includes military equipment, three-dimensional models of weapons, as well as awards and badges.

economy

Verkhnyaya Pyschma is an important center of the metallurgical and chemical industry. In the city u. a. one of the largest mining companies in Russia, the Uralskaja Gorno-Metallurgitscheskaja Kompanija (UGMK, also English Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company , UMMC; nationwide over 100,000 employees) has its headquarters. The Uralelektromed plant in Verkhnyaya Pyschma, which belongs to the group, produces copper, nickel, lead, brass, bronze, gold and silver.

The locomotive manufacturer Ural Lokomotiven has existed since 2006.

sons and daughters of the town

• Klawdija Bojarskich (1939–2009), cross-country skier
• Artur Jerschow (* 1990), track cyclist
• Oleg Kulkow (* 1978), marathon runner
• Alexei Zatewitsch (* 1989), racing cyclist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ http://eng.ulkm.ru/

Web links

Commons : Verkhnyaya Pyschma  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Verkhnyaya Pyschma on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Military Museum (Russian)