Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
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Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union was a major industrial city in the Ural region of Russia, historically known as a key military and manufacturing center during the Soviet era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
industrial center ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterOf | Sverdlovsk Oblast ⓘ |
| continent |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| economicSector | heavy industry dominated economy ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Yekaterinburg ⓘ |
| function |
engineering center
ⓘ
major industrial city ⓘ metallurgical center ⓘ military production center ⓘ transport hub ⓘ |
| geopoliticalSignificance | buffer industrial region beyond potential western front lines ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
heavy industry concentration
ⓘ
large military-industrial complex ⓘ strategic importance to Soviet defense ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
European–Asian boundary region
ⓘ
surface form:
Asia-Europe border region
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Ural Federal District ⓘ Ural region ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Iset River ⓘ |
| modernName | Yekaterinburg ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Yakov Sverdlov ⓘ |
| notableIndustry |
defense industry
ⓘ
heavy engineering ⓘ machinery manufacturing ⓘ metallurgy ⓘ military equipment production ⓘ |
| partOf | Sverdlovsk Oblast ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | closed city for foreigners during parts of Soviet period ⓘ |
| predecessorName | Yekaterinburg ⓘ |
| previouslyCalled | Yekaterinburg until 1924 ⓘ |
| railwayJunctionOn | Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ |
| region | Ural Mountains ⓘ |
| renamedTo | Yekaterinburg in 1991 ⓘ |
| roleInSovietUnion |
key industrial base east of the Urals
ⓘ
regional administrative center ⓘ |
| statusDuringWWII | major evacuation and industrial relocation center ⓘ |
| successorName | Yekaterinburg ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Soviet era ⓘ |
| transportRole | major rail and road junction in the Urals ⓘ |
| urbanType | large Soviet industrial city ⓘ |
| wasNameFrom | 1924 ⓘ |
| wasNameUntil | 1991 ⓘ |
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