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5 unusual facts about Sverdlovsk Oblast


Mikhail Osinov

Born in Arti, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Mikhail Osinov started his professional career at the modest Gornyak Kachkanar in 1993.

Novoderevensky

Novoderevensky (rural locality), a rural locality (a settlement) in Talitsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Pavlik Morozov

The most popular account of the story is as follows: born to poor peasants in Gerasimovka, a small village 350 kilometers north-east of Yekaterinburg (then known as Sverdlovsk), Morozov was a dedicated communist who led the Young Pioneers at his school, and a supporter of Stalin's collectivization of farms.

Sverdlovsky

Sverdlovsk Oblast (Sverdlovskaya oblast), a federal subject of Russia

Vladik Dzhabarov

Vladik Dzhabarov was a world-class Soviet cyclist from Sverdlovsk.


Anton Bakov

In 1994, Anton Bakov was elected a Serov county deputy of Sverdlovsk Oblast Parliament - Sverdlovsk Oblast Duma and the Chairman of the Duma Legislative Committee.

Demidov Prize

In 1993, on the initiative of the vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Mesyats and the governor of the Sverdlovsk Oblast Eduard Rossel, the Demidov Prize traditions were restored.

Gennadiy Seleznyov

Born at Serov in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Gennadiy Seleznyov went to school from 1954 to 1964.

Victor Sokovnin

Born in the village Zavodouspenskoe, Tyumen county Tobolsk Province (now Tugulymsky district, Sverdlovsk Oblast).

Yugra

The Principality of Pelym (largely Khanty) was located in the basin of the Konda river and stretched from the mouth of the Sosva River near Tavda up to Tabory.


see also

Butka

Butka, Russia, a rural locality (a selo) in Sverdlovsk Oblast; birthplace of Boris Yeltsin

Kamyshlovsky

Kamyshlovsky District, an administrative and municipal district of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Koltsovo

Koltsovo, Yekaterinburg, a former urban-type settlement in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia; now a part of the city of Yekaterinburg

Sagra

Sagra, Russia, a rural locality (a settlement) in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Sergei Yegorov

Sergei Gennadyevich Yegorov (born 1983), Russian footballer with FC Arsenal Tula, FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast and FC Baltika Kaliningrad

Vysoky

Vysokaya Mount, a mountain in the Middle Urals in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia