Sukhoy Log, Sverdlovsk Oblast Explained

En Name:Sukhoy Log
Ru Name:Сухой Лог
Coordinates:56.9167°N 63°W
Map Label Position:right
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Sukhoi Log (Sverdlovsk oblast).png
Federal Subject:Sverdlovsk Oblast
Adm District Jur:Sukholozhsky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Sukhoy Log
Adm Selsoviet Type:Town
Adm Ctr Of1:Sukholozhsky District
Adm Ctr Of2:town of Sukhoy Log
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Urban Okrug Jur:Sukhoy Log Urban Okrug
Mun Admctr Of:Sukhoy Log Urban Okrug
Pop 2010Census:34554
Established Date:1710
Current Cat Date:1943
Prev Name1:Sukholozhskaya
Postal Codes:624800, 624802–624804
Website:http://goslog.ru
Sukhoy Log population
Bodystyle:width:23.5em
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:34,554
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:36,407
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:36,577
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:31,954

Sukhoy Log (Russian: Сухо́й Лог, lit. dry gully) is a town and the administrative center of Sukholozhsky District in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains on the Pyshma River (Ob's basin), 114km (71miles) east of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 34,554.

History

It was founded in 1710 as the sloboda of Sukholozhskaya. In 1847, coal deposits were prospected in the vicinity, and the village served as a coal mining center until the 1860s. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Sukhoy Log in 1932 and town status in 1943.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sukhoy Log serves as the administrative center of Sukholozhsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Sukholozhsky District as the Town of Sukhoy Log.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Sukhoy Log is, together with all twenty-five rural localities in Sukholozhsky District, incorporated as Sukhoy Log Urban Okrug.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Order #120-P
  2. Law #85-OZ