Talitsa, Sverdlovsk Oblast
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Talitsa is a town and the administrative center of Talitsky District
of Sverdlovsk Oblast
, Russia
, located on the right bank of the Pyshma River
(Ob
's basin
), near the Yekaterinburg
–Tyumen
segment of Trans-Siberian Railway
, 219 kilometres (136.1 mi) east of Yekaterinburg. The actual railroad station is located in the settlement of Troitsky, situated 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Talitsa. Population:
The town was founded in 1732 as a settlement near a large liquor factory. The Transib rail station was opened in 1885. The settlement was elevated to the town status in 1942. Food, biochemical and pharmaceutical (Chlortetracycline
) have traditionally been strong industries in Talitsa. Forestry occupies another large section of the town's economy. The Talitsa Forestry College hosts a large collection of plants in its arboretum
downtown Talitsa. The town is also famous for its hand-made carpets.
Talitsky District
Talitsky District is an administrative district , one of the 30 in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.The district contains 1 town and 18 selsovets under its jurisdiction....
of 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
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 on the right bank of the Pyshma River
Pyshma River
Pyshma is a river in Sverdlovsk and Tyumen Oblasts of Russia. It is a tributary of the Tura, and is 603 km long, with a drainage basin of 19 700 km²....
(Ob
Ob River
The Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean .The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary.-Names:The Ob is known to the Khanty people as the...
's basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
), near the 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...
–Tyumen
Tyumen
Tyumen is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River east of Moscow. Population: Tyumen is the oldest Russian settlement in Siberia. Founded in 16th century to support Russia's eastward expansion, the city has remained one of the most...
segment of Trans-Siberian Railway
Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. It is the longest railway in the world...
, 219 kilometres (136.1 mi) east of Yekaterinburg. The actual railroad station is located in the settlement of Troitsky, situated 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Talitsa. Population:
The town was founded in 1732 as a settlement near a large liquor factory. The Transib rail station was opened in 1885. The settlement was elevated to the town status in 1942. Food, biochemical and pharmaceutical (Chlortetracycline
Chlortetracycline
Chlortetracycline is a tetracycline antibiotic, and was the first tetracycline to be identified. It was discovered in 1945 by Dr. Benjamin Duggar working at Lederle Laboratories under the supervision of Dr.Subba Rao...
) have traditionally been strong industries in Talitsa. Forestry occupies another large section of the town's economy. The Talitsa Forestry College hosts a large collection of plants in its arboretum
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
downtown Talitsa. The town is also famous for its hand-made carpets.
Notable natives
- Nikolai Ivanovich KuznetsovNikolai Ivanovich KuznetsovNikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov was a Soviet intelligence agent and partisan who operated in Nazi-occupied Ukraine during World War II. He used several pseudonyms during his intelligence operations: e.g...
, Soviet intelligence officer during World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1905). Currently, at 104, he is the oldest faculty at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology