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Asbest () is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Reft River (right tributary of the Pyshma) on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains, northeast of Yekaterinburg. Population: It was previously known as Kudelka (Sliver) (until 1928).

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Asbest is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Bolshoy Reft River in the eastern Ural Mountains region northeast of Yekaterinburg. The town, which was called Kudelka until 1928, is notable as a significant settlement in this mountainous region of Russia.

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name
Asbest
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Асбест
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
Asbest - My town and destiny.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
Welcome sign at the entrance to Asbest, saying "Asbest is my town and destiny"
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
Flag of Asbest (Sverdlovsk oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
Coat of Arms of Asbest (Sverdlovsk oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_inhabloc_jur
Town of Asbest
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
Town of Asbest
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
Town
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur
Asbestovsky Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
Asbestovsky Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
68893
Russian inhabited locality.established_date
1889
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
1933
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
624260
Russian inhabited locality.dialing_codes
34365

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Wikidata facts

Population
55518
Area
107
Elevation
220
Official website
asbestadm.ru
Image
Asbest - My town and destiny.jpg
Dialing code
34365
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postal code
624260–624269
inception
1889-01-01
Commons category
Asbest
native label
Куделька
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  • Etymology
  • Administrative and municipal status
  • Economy
  • Education and recreation
  • History
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Asbest () is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Reft River (right tributary of the Pyshma) on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains, northeast of Yekaterinburg. Population: It was previously known as Kudelka (Sliver) (until 1928).

==Etymology== The town is named for its asbestos industry.

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