Artyomovsky is a town in 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

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, located on the Bobrovka River (Irbit

Irbit River

Irbit is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia in the Tura River basin. It is a tributary of the Nitsa. It has its sources near the town of Sukhoy Log, which is on the Pyshma River and flows in a northeasterly direction between the Pyshma and Nitsa towards its mouth in the Nitsa at the town of Irbit....

's tributary

Tributary

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, Ob

Ob River

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's basin

Drainage basin

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), 120 kilometres (74.6 mi) northeast 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 1665 as the village of Yegorshino . A coal

Coal

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 deposit was discovered in the vicinity of the village in 1871. During Soviet

Soviet Union

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times, a settlement Imeni Artyoma was established near the coal deposits. In 1938, Yegorshino and Imeni Artyoma were merged into the town of Artyomovsky.