Nevyansk

Nevyansk (Russian Невьянск ) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia) with 24 567 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located on the eastern edge of the Middle Urals, some 100 km north of Yekaterinburg Oblasthauptstadt at the Neiwa, the left tributary of the river source Niza in the river system of the Ob.

Nevyansk is the center of a district of the same city.

Nevyansk is located on the railway line opened in 1878 Perm - Yekaterinburg, the Urals former Mine Train ( Уральская Горнозаводская железная дорога / Ural Gornosawodskaja schelesnaja doroga ).

History

Nevyansk arose in 1701 in connection with the establishment of ironworks Newjanski Zavod, which was one of the most important in the Ural region soon. However, despite the relatively large population of the place was not until 1919 city law.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1897 rounded)

Culture and sights

The main attraction is the so-called Leaning Tower of Nevyansk, an approximately 1725-40 by the entrepreneurial family Demidov, who owned the ironworks at that time, erected a watchtower. The axis of about 57.5 meters high tower gives way to the top by 1.85 meters ( according to other sources 2.20 meters ) from the vertical. The illustration of the leaning tower can also be seen on the coat of arms of Nevyansk.

To the larger number of other preserved buildings from the 18th and 19th century, the Saviour's Transfiguration Cathedral belongs ( Спасо - Преображенский собор / Spaso- Preobrazhensky Sobor ).

In Nevyansk there is a local history museum and a museum of ceramics and glass art.

Saviour's Transfiguration Cathedral

View from the " Leaning Tower " on the Newjansker " pond " at the Neiwa

Economy

In Nevyansk there is a machine factory and enterprises of the construction industry (cement, steel, precast concrete, brick).