Sukhoy Log, Sverdlovsk Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Sukhoy Log.

Sukhoy Log (Russian: Сухо́й Лог, lit. dry gully) is a town and the administrative center of Sukholozhsky District in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains on the Pyshma River (Ob's basin), 114 kilometers (71 mi) east of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 34,554.^[2]

Sukhoy Log Сухой Лог
Town[1]
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Coordinates: 56°55′N 62°01′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Sukholozhsky District[1]
Town	Sukhoy Log[1]
Founded	1710
Town status since	1943
Elevation	170 m (560 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	34,554
Administrative status
• Capital of	Sukholozhsky District,[3] town of Sukhoy Log
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Sukhoy Log Urban Okrug[4][1]
• Capital of	Sukhoy Log Urban Okrug[5]
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	624800, 624802–624804
OKTMO ID	65758000001
Website	goslog.ru

Sukhoy Log population

2010 Census	34,554[2]
2002 Census	36,407[8]
1989 Census	36,577[9]
1979 Census	31,954[10]

History

It was founded in 1710 as the sloboda of Sukholozhskaya.^{[citation needed]} In 1847, coal deposits were prospected in the vicinity, and the village served as a coal mining center until the 1860s.^{[citation needed]} Urban-type settlement status was granted to Sukhoy Log in 1932 and town status in 1943.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sukhoy Log serves as the administrative center of Sukholozhsky District.^[3] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Sukholozhsky District as the Town of Sukhoy Log.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of Sukhoy Log is, together with all twenty-five rural localities in Sukholozhsky District, incorporated as Sukhoy Log Urban Okrug.^[4][1]