Kushva
Template:Infobox Russian town Kushva (Template:Lang-ru) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains near Yekaterinburg. Population: Template:Ru-census
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History
Originally a mining settlement founded in 1735 at the Blagodat Mountain to explore its iron ore deposits, it was granted town status in 1926 and was then renamed from Kushvinsky Zavod (Template:Lang) to Kushva.Template:Citation needed Currently it is stagnant and its population is decreasing as most of the mining industry closed down.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with the town of Verkhnyaya Tura and twelve rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Kushva<ref name="OKATO">Template:OKATO reference</ref>—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="SverdlovskO_adm">Law #30-OZ</ref> As a municipal division, Kushva and twelve rural localities are incorporated as Kushvinsky Urban Okrug.<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun">Law #85-OZ</ref> The town of Verkhnyaya Tura is incorporated separately as Verkhnyaya Tura Urban Okrug.<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun" />
Honors
A crater on Mars was named in honor of the town.
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