Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russian: ????????????? ????????; tr.: Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in the Urals Federal District. At 194,800 km², it is Russia's 20th largest subdivision and the nation's 5th largest in terms of population (4,486,214 as of the 2002 census). Given that the bulk of the oblast lies on the Asian side of the Urals (only its South-Western extremity is on the Western side of the mountains) it should be recognized as the most populous oblast outside of European Russia.

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Russian - Tr. - Federal subject - Russia - Oblast - Urals Federal District - 20th largest - 5th largest - 2002 - Urals

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Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg (pop. 1,293,000), former Sverdlovsk; other notable cities and towns include Nizhny Tagil (pop. 390,600), Kamensk-Uralsky (pop. 186,300), Pervouralsk (pop. 132,800) and Serov (pop. 100,300).

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Yekaterinburg - Nizhny Tagil - Kamensk-Uralsky - Pervouralsk - Serov

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Russian president Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999) was born on February 1, 1931, in the village Butka of Sverdlovsk Oblast.

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Boris Yeltsin - February 1 - 1931

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