- Source: Lysva
Lysva (Russian: Лысьва) is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, located in the eastern part of the krai on the river Lysva, 86 kilometers (53 mi) from Perm. Population: 65,918 (2010 Census); 71,148 (2002 Census); 76,614 (1989 Soviet census).
History
Lysva as a settlement was known in the middle of the 17th century. The lands around Lysva in the second half of the 18th century were inherited by the daughter of Baron Stroganov, Princess Shakhovskaya. In 1785 construction of the cast-iron foundry began. This year is officially considered the year of Lysva foundation. In 1902 owing to construction of the railway branch the plant, which had been producing iron from the imported pig-iron by that time, obtained a wide access to the country markets.
On the 5th of April, 1926 Presidium of All-Russian Central Executive Committee had granted Lysva city status. After Great Patriotic War in Lysva began development of mechanical engineering, light industry. In the 1950th centre of the city was built up. In 1960–1980, the city extended its borders by building of new dwelling microdistricts.
Today Lysva is one of the most important industrial and cultural centres of the Perm Krai.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with fifty-nine rural localities, incorporated as the town of krai significance of Lysva—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of krai significance of Lysva is incorporated as Lysvensky Urban Okrug.
Economy
The town's major industries are machine building and metalworking. Products manufactured by the town's workers include sheet iron, oil extraction equipment, and electric motors.
= Transportation
=There are non-electrified railway lines running through town to connect Lysva with Kalino station on the Gornozavodsk railway line.
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=Законодательное собрание Пермской области. Закон №416-67 от 28 февраля 1996 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Пермского края», в ред. Закона №504-ПК от 9 июля 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Пермской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Пермского края"». Вступил в силу с момента опубликования. Опубликован: "Звезда", №38, 12 марта 1996 г. (Legislative Assembly of Perm Oblast. Law #416-67 of February 28, 1996 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Perm Krai, as amended by the Law #504-PK of July 9, 2015 On Amending the Law of Perm Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Perm Krai". Effective as of the moment of publication.).
Законодательное собрание Пермского края. Закон №865-ПК от 1 декабря 2011 г. «Об образовании нового муниципального образования Лысьвенский городской округ», в ред. Закона №273-ПК от 14 декабря 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные Законы Пермской области, Коми-Пермяцкого автономного округа, Пермского края». Вступил в силу через десять дней после дня официального опубликования, за исключением части 2 и части 3 статьи 5, которые вступают в силу по истечении месяца после дня вступления в силу настоящего Закона при отсутствии предусмотренной частью 5 статьи 34 Федерального закона от 06.10.2003 №131-ФЗ "Об общих принципах организации местного самоуправления в Российской Федерации" инициативы граждан о проведении местного референдума по вопросу определения структуры органов местного самоуправления Лысьвенского городского округа. Опубликован: "Бюллетень законов Пермского края, правовых актов губернатора Пермского края, Правительства Пермского края, исполнительных органов государственной власти Пермского края", №48, 5 декабря 2011 г. (Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai. Law #865-PK of December 1, 2011 On the Establishment of a New Municipal Formation of Lysvensky Urban Okrug, as amended by the Law #273-PK of December 14, 2013 On Amending Various Laws of Perm Oblast, Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug, Perm Krai. Effective as of the day which is ten days after the day of the official publication, with the exception of parts 2 and 3 of Article 5, which take effect one month after this law's taking effect in absence of a citizen initiative regarding holding a local referendum on determining the structure of the bodies of local self-government of Lysvensky Urban Okrug, a right covered by part 5 of Article 34 of the Federal Law #131-FZ of October 6, 2003 "On the General Principles of the Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation".).