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Revda
Russia
Revda, city, Sverdlovsk oblast (region), western Russia, in the mid-Urals on the Revda River, at the confluence of the Chusovaya River. Founded in 1734, when a metallurgical factory was built, it became a city in 1935. In 1940 the Sredneuralsk copper-smelting plant began operation based on ore from the copper-mining centre of Degtyarsk. Ferrous metallurgy and fertilizers are also important. Pop. (2006 est.) 61,916.
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