Asbest
Asbest
Асбест | |
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Welcome sign at the entrance to Asbest, saying "Asbest is my town and destiny" | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Asbest | |
Asbest Location of Asbest Asbest Asbest (Sverdlovsk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 57°00′N 61°28′E / 57.000°N 61.467°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Town status since | 1933 |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 68,893 |
• Estimate (2025) | 55,518 (−19.4%) |
| • Subordinated to | Town of Asbest |
| • Capital of | Town of Asbest |
| • Urban okrug | Asbestovsky Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Asbestovsky Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 ) |
| Postal code | 624260 |
| Dialing code | +7 34365 |
| OKTMO ID | 65730000001 |
Asbest (Russian: Асбе́ст) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Reft River (right tributary of the Pyshma) on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains, 70 kilometers (43 mi) northeast of Yekaterinburg. Population: 68,893 (2010 census); 76,328 (2002 census); 84,470 (1989 Soviet census). It was previously known as Kudelka (Sliver) (until 1928).