Sysert

Sysert (English) Сысерть (Russian)
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Location of Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia
Sysert Location of Sysert in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Coordinates: 56°30′N 60°49′E / 56.500°N 60.817°E / 56.500; 60.817Coordinates: 56°30′N 60°49′E / 56.500°N 60.817°E / 56.500; 60.817

Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of 2011)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast
Administrative district	Sysertsky District
Administrative center of	Sysertsky District
Municipal status (as of June 2009)
Urban okrug	Sysertsky Urban Okrug
Administrative center of	Sysertsky Urban Okrug
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	20,465 inhabitants
Time zone	YEKT (UTC+05:00)
Founded	1732 or 1773
Town status since	1946
Previous names	Sysertsky Zavod (until 1932)
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Sysert (Russian: Сысе́рть) is a town and the administrative center of Sysertsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sysert River (Ob basin, right tributary of the Iset), 50 kilometers (31 mi) south of Yekaterinburg. Population: 20,465 (2010 Census);22,152 (2002 Census);22,462 (1989 Census).

It was founded in either 1732 or in 1773 and was called Sysertsky Zavod (Сысертский Завод) until 1932. Town status was granted to it in 1946.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sysert serves as the administrative center of Sysertsky District and is subordinated to it. As a municipal division, the town of Sysert together with thirty-seven rural localities in Sysertsky District is incorporated as Sysertsky Urban Okrug.