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Asbest
Sign in to saveAsbest () 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).
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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Key facts
- 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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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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