{{Short description|Town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Kushva |ru_name=Кушва |image_skyline=Борец.jpg |image_caption=Kushva town hall, September 2014 |coordinates = {{coord|58|17|N|59|44|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Kushva (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag_of_Kushva_(Sverdlovsk_oblast).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Sverdlovsk Oblast |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |adm_city_jur=Town of Kushva |adm_city_jur_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Town of Kushva |adm_ctr_of1_ref= |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |urban_okrug_jur=Kushvinsky Urban Okrug |urban_okrug_jur_ref=<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of=Kushvinsky Urban Okrug |mun_admctr_of_ref=<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=30167 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=1735 |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1926 |current_cat_date_ref= |postal_codes= |postal_codes_ref= |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Kushva''' ({{langx|ru|Кушва}}) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains near Yekaterinburg. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=30,167|p2002=35,555|p1989=43,096}}

==History== [[File:Vasnetsov Blagodat hill.jpg|thumb|left|''Blagodat Mountain'', by Apollinary Vasnetsov, 1890]]

Originally a mining settlement founded in 1735 at the Blagodat Mountain to explore its iron ore deposits, it was granted town status in 1926 and was then renamed from '''Kushvinsky Zavod''' ({{lang|ru|Кушвинский Завод}}) to Kushva.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} Currently it is stagnant and its population is decreasing as most of the mining industry closed down.

==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with the town of Verkhnyaya Tura and twelve rural localities, incorporated as the '''Town of Kushva'''<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|65 470}}</ref>—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="SverdlovskO_adm">Law #30-OZ</ref> As a municipal division, Kushva and twelve rural localities are incorporated as '''Kushvinsky Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun">Law #85-OZ</ref> The town of Verkhnyaya Tura is incorporated separately as Verkhnyaya Tura Urban Okrug.<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun" />

==Honors== A crater on Mars was named in honor of the town.

==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}

===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sve|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sve|mun|list}}

{{Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2012}} {{Authority control}}

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