Verkhnyaya Salda
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Verkhnyaya Salda (Template:Langx) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River (right tributary of the Tagil), Script error: No such module "convert". north of Yekaterinburg. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]
History
It was founded in 1778; town status was granted to it in 1938.[3] 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.[4]
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