- Ivdel
Ivdel ( _ru. Ивдель) is a town in
Sverdlovsk Oblast ,Russia , located on theIvdel River (Ob's basin) near its confluence with the Lozva, 535 km north ofYekaterinburg . Population: 19,324 (2002 Census); 19,014 (1989 Census).Lozvinsky gorodok ( _ru. Лозьвинский городок), the first Russian wooden fortress east of the
Ural Mountains , was built on the Ivdel River in 1589. It was known as a gold-mining settlement of Nikito-Ivdel ( _ru. Никито-Ивдель), and later Ivdel, since 1831. "Ivdellag"gulag was formed here in 1937. Town status since 1943.
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