Ivdel

Ivdel (Russian: Ивдель; Mansi: Са̄пса^[6] Sāpsa) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Ivdel River (Ob's basin) near its confluence with the Lozva River, 535 kilometers (332 mi) north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 17,775 (2010 Census);^[2] 19,324 (2002 Census);^[7] 19,014 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Ivdel Ивдель Са̄пса (Mansi)
Town[1]
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Location of Ivdel
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Coordinates: 60°41′N 60°25′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast[1]
Founded	1589
Town status since	1943
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	17,775
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Town of Ivdel[1]
• Capital of	Town of Ivdel
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Ivdelsky Urban Okrug[3]
• Capital of	Ivdelsky Urban Okrug[3]
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	624590–624595
OKTMO ID	65738000001
Website	www.admivdel.ru

History

Lozvinsky gorodok (Лозьвинский городок), the first Russian wooden fortress east of the Ural Mountains, was built in 1589 on the eastern bank of the Ivdel-Lozva river confluence, about 9 kilometres southeast of today's Ivdel.^{[citation needed]} It was known as a gold-mining settlement of Nikito-Ivdel (Никито-Ивдель), and later Ivdel, since 1831. Ivdellag gulag was formed here in 1937. Town status was granted in 1943.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with the work settlement of Pelym and thirty-three rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Ivdel^[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[9] As a municipal division, Ivdel and twenty-nine rural localities are incorporated as Ivdelsky Urban Okrug.^[3] The urban-type settlement of Pelym, together with four other rural localities, is incorporated separately as Pelym Urban Okrug.^[3]

Climate

Ivdel has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), with long, cold winters and short, mild warm summers. Precipitation is moderate and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year.

Climate data for Ivdel (1991-2020, extremes 1934-present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	5.0 (41.0)	9.0 (48.2)	16.9 (62.4)	26.6 (79.9)	34.3 (93.7)	35.1 (95.2)	35.9 (96.6)	34.8 (94.6)	30.3 (86.5)	23.4 (74.1)	10.2 (50.4)	6.2 (43.2)	35.9 (96.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−13.2 (8.2)	−9.3 (15.3)	0.0 (32.0)	7.6 (45.7)	15.9 (60.6)	21.3 (70.3)	23.9 (75.0)	19.5 (67.1)	13.1 (55.6)	5.2 (41.4)	−5.4 (22.3)	−11.1 (12.0)	5.6 (42.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−18.2 (−0.8)	−15.3 (4.5)	−5.9 (21.4)	1.8 (35.2)	9.0 (48.2)	14.9 (58.8)	17.6 (63.7)	14.0 (57.2)	8.2 (46.8)	1.4 (34.5)	−9.2 (15.4)	−15.5 (4.1)	0.2 (32.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−23.3 (−9.9)	−21.0 (−5.8)	−11.9 (10.6)	−3.7 (25.3)	2.4 (36.3)	8.7 (47.7)	11.5 (52.7)	8.7 (47.7)	4.0 (39.2)	−2.1 (28.2)	−13.2 (8.2)	−20.3 (−4.5)	−5.0 (23.0)
Record low °C (°F)	−49.0 (−56.2)	−46.6 (−51.9)	−44.7 (−48.5)	−30.4 (−22.7)	−12.6 (9.3)	−4.4 (24.1)	−0.4 (31.3)	−3.1 (26.4)	−8.5 (16.7)	−29.0 (−20.2)	−44.9 (−48.8)	−48.6 (−55.5)	−49.0 (−56.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	26 (1.0)	20 (0.8)	25 (1.0)	37 (1.5)	54 (2.1)	74 (2.9)	78 (3.1)	78 (3.1)	68 (2.7)	38 (1.5)	32 (1.3)	23 (0.9)	553 (21.9)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0mm)	8	6	6	7	9	10	9	10	10	9	8	7	99
Mean monthly sunshine hours	57.7	105.1	155.0	196.0	260.6	273.4	291.4	207.9	125.2	88.2	57.0	42.1	1,859.6
Source 1: NOAA[10]
Source 2: pogoda.ru.net[11]

Notable people

• Ștefan Balmez - Bessarabian Bulgarian politician who was imprisoned at the labor camp in Ivdel
• Iryna Bekeshkina - Ukrainian sociologist and political scholar
• Andrei Mironov - Russian artist
• Ștefan Pirogan - Romanian politician who died in imprisonment at Ivdel
• Andrei Timofeyev - Russian football player