En Name: | Polevskoy |
Ru Name: | Полевской |
Coordinates: | 56.45°N 71°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Polevskoy.svg |
Federal Subject: | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | April 2014 |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Polevskoy |
Adm Ctr Of: | Town of Polevskoy |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | April 2014 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Polevskoy Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Polevskoy Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 64220 |
Pop 2010Census Rank: | 245th |
Established Date: | First quarter of the 18th century |
Postal Codes: | 623380, 623382–623385, 623388, 623389, 623391 |
Website: | http://polevsk.midural.ru/ |
Date: | December 2012 |
Polevskoy (ru|Полевско́й) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located 50km (30miles) southwest of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 60,000 (1974); 25,000 (1939).
The town is best known for its Dumnaya mountain, where a monument to those who died fighting Kolchak's army is located. The mountain and its surroundings are also mentioned in many tales by Pavel Bazhov.
The town was founded in the first quarter of the 18th century as a settlement around copper mines. The first mine was established in 1702 and the commercial development started in 1718. In 1724–1727, the Polevskoy Copper Smelting Plant was built to process the copper.
The modern town comprises the territories of former settlements of Gumeshki, Polevskoy, and Seversky.
The flag of Polevskoy consists of the Venus symbol (♀), which represents the chemical element copper, the character Lizard Queen of Russian folklore, the symbolic representation of the Stone Flower from the story of the same name, and the eight-pointed star, the brand of the Seversky Pipe Plant.
Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with thirteen rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Polevskoy[1] —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the Town of Polevskoy is incorporated as Polevskoy Urban Okrug.[3]
The bandy team Seversky Trubnik[4] plays in a recreational league.