Verkhnyaya Salda

58°02′44″N 60°33′12″E

Coat of arms of Verkhnyaya Salda

Verkhnyaya Salda (Russian: Ве́рхняя Салда) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River (right tributary of the Tagil), 195 kilometers (121 mi) north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 46,221 (2010 Census);^[1] 51,195 (2002 Census);^[2] 55,246 (1989 Soviet census).^[3]

History

It was founded in 1778; town status was granted to it in 1938.^[4] The settlement was founded around iron processing and iron cast factories. It attracted local population in search of jobs.

Further impulse of the industry development occurred during the WWII: in July 11, 1941 the Committee of Defense decided to evacuate design bureaus, technical archive and machinery from Leningrad to Verkhnyaya Salda.

Economy

Verkhnaya Salda is known for its Titanium Valley metallurgical plant owned by VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation, the world's largest producer of titanium.^[5]

References

1. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
2. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
3. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
4. Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 68. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
5. Andrew E. Kramer (July 5, 2013). "Titanium Fills Vital Role for Boeing and Russia". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2013.