Malysheva, Sverdlovsk Oblast

Malysheva (Russian Малышева ) is an urban-type settlement in Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia) with 9544 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The settlement is located in the western part of the West Siberian Plain, about 60 km as the crow northeast of the Oblasthauptstadt Yekaterinburg.

Malysheva forms a separate urban district. It is located 13 km north- west of the center of the city asbestos.

History

Its history begins with the discovery of emeralds in the nearby stream Tokowaja 1831st Two years later Phenakit there has also been found for the emerald mine of Malysheva the type locality was.

During the 19th century, several deposits were discovered, the Emerald primarily used as a gemstone. Some smaller mining settlements arose.

From the 1930s, the deposits were used to a greater extent for the beryllium, tantalum and later Niobgewinnung. The ore mining and processing capacities have been significantly expanded in the 1960s in particular; the settlement grew and in 1967 received the status of an urban-type settlement. Between 1967 and 1992, the deposits Kwartalnoje and Lipowy log were lost to a depth of 220 m in the open pit.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy and infrastructure

Ortbildendes company is the Malyschewer Mining Administration ( Malyschewskoje rudouprawlenije, MRU), which today is extracted mainly feldspars, muscovite and emeralds from the to 1992 funded the overburden deposits Kwartalnoje and Lipowy log.

The nearest train station is located in asbestos and is the terminus of a branch line that branches off from the Trans-Siberian Railway in Beloyarsky. On it is also suburban train service to Yekaterinburg.

Connection to the road network is also asbestos and on the regional road R351 Yekaterinburg - Tyumen located Beloyarsky.