Chusovoy is a town in Perm Krai

Perm Krai

Perm Krai is a federal subject of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. The city of Perm became the administrative center of the new federal subject...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of Perm

Perm

Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....

, at the confluence

Confluence

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...

 of the Usva

Usva River

The Usva River is a river in Perm Krai in Russia, right tributary of the Chusovaya River . The length of the river is 266 km. The area of its drainage basin is 6,170 km²....

 and Vilva River

Vilva River

Vilva River is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, left tributary of Usva River. It starts on west foothills of Ural, near the border with Sverdlovsk Oblast. Flows to west and southwest. Flows into Usva in 4 km of its mouth, on area of town Chusovoy. The length of the river is 170 km...

s with the Chusovaya River. Population:

History and economy

Chusosvoy was founded in 1878 under construction of Gornozavodsk railway and with building of metallurgical plant. In 1933 it gained town status. After construction of bridge over Chusovaya River in 1964 it is starts developing of left bank of river.

The main industry of town is ferrous metallurgy. There are also engineering, metalworking, production of building materials and others.
Metallurgical Plant of Chusovoy makes it company town.

Transport

Chusovoy is a major transport hub. Gornozavodsk railway and railway that runs to Solikamsk connect the town with Perm and other towns in the eastern part of the krai. Kungur

Kungur

Kungur is a town in the southeast of Perm Krai, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains at the inflowing of the Iren and Shakhva Rivers into the Sylva River . Kungur was founded in 1663 and granted town status in 1781. It serves as the administrative center of Kungursky District, although it is not...

–Solikamsk

Solikamsk

Solikamsk is a town in Perm Krai, Russia. It is the third-largest town in Perm Krai, with a population of It was founded in 1430. The name of the town is derived from the Russian words "" and "" .It is famous for its production of salt, in particular, potassium chloride, which is used as a...

 highway runs through Chusovoy. In recent years, it was connected with Perm by a new road through Polazna

Polazna

Polazna is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of Dobryanka in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the east bank of Kama Reservoir, north of Perm and south of Dobryanka...

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