Sverdlovsk

Sverdlovsk

:"Between 1924 and 1991 Yekaterinburg, Russia was also known as Sverdlovsk, and in railway timetables it still is. It is also the capital of the current Sverdlovsk Oblast"

Sverdlovsk ( _uk. Свердловськ, translit. "Sverdlovs’k", _ru. "Свердловск") is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of south-eastern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Sverdlovsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located approximately 80km from the oblast capital, Luhansk.

The current estimated population is around 72,531 (as of 2001).

ee Also

*Yekaterinburg, Russia
*Sverdlovsk anthrax leak

External links

*uk icon/ru icon [http://www.oda.lg.ua/ua/regdep/cities/sverdlovsk/city.php Official city page]


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