Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia (Sverdlovskaya)

The capital city of Sverdlovsk oblast: Ekaterinburg.

Sverdlovsk oblast overview

Sverdlovsk oblast (also spelled Sverdlovskaya) is one of the major regions in economic structure of Russian Federation. Sverdlovsk oblast is situated in the center of Russia at the border line between Europe and Asia (Ural Federal District), and this is the main advantage of its geographic situation. Administrative center is Ekaterinburg city.

Sverdlovsk oblast has the population of 4,395,000 (2009) on the territory of 194,300 sq. km.

Sverdlovsk oblast flag

Sverdlovsk oblast coat of arms

Sverdlovsk oblast map, Russia

Sverdlovsk oblast facts

About 90% of Sverdlovsk oblast population are urban residents. There are 47 cities and towns and 99 urban settlements in the region. Sverdlovsk oblast consists of 73 municipalities, 47 towns, 99 town settlements, 1,886 villages.

The largest in terms of population are the cities of Yekaterinburg (1,315,000), Nizhny Tagil (378,000), Kamensk-Uralsky (182,000), Pervouralsk (134,000), Serov (99,000) and Novouralsk (93,000).

Sverdlovsk oblast economy

Sverdlovsk region possesses of huge resources of minerals and raw materials. The leading place in Sverdlovsk oblast industrial production belongs to ferrous (30% of the production volume) and non-ferrous (17.5%) metallurgy. Most of the largest plants are the leading ones in Russia.

Development of military industry in the Ural has provided increased number of leading specialists and scientists. Due to them Sverdlovsk oblast has unique research base. Yekaterinburg is the 4th scientific center of Russia and it opens wide opportunities for development of Sverdlovsk region. Overall agricultural lands of Sverdlovsk oblast occupy about 2.4 million hectares.

Sverdlovsk oblast attractions

Coniferous forests and numerous rivers make the nature of Sverdlovsk region attractive for development of tourism. Fauna is quite diverse: wild animals, fur-bearing animals. Flora of the region is presented by 1,900 kinds of plants. There are a lot of forest parks. Essential part of them is monuments of nature of the regional meaning.

There are 3 natural territories of the federal meaning, protected by the state: state sanctuaries Visimsky (13 thousand hectares), Denezhkin Stone (78 thousand hectares) and national park Pripyshmynskie bory (45 thousand hectares).