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Sverdlovsk Oblast
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<p>Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russian: Свердловская область, <a href="/facts/Romanization_of_Russian/FoQM4wI4">romanized</a>: <i>Sverdlovskaya oblastʹ</i>, IPA: [svʲɪrdˈlofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a <a href="/facts/Federal_subjects_of_Russia/f2oIKgbo">federal subject</a> (an <a href="/facts/Oblast/Kx4ccdm6">oblast</a>) of <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a> located in the <a href="/facts/Ural_Federal_District/AuQJWGvF">Ural Federal District</a>. Its <a href="/facts/Administrative_center/jyz1zfzk">administrative center</a> is the <a href="/facts/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia/jsrpqXhI">city</a> of <a href="/facts/Yekaterinburg/PgF4pldC">Yekaterinburg</a>, formerly known as "Sverdlovsk". Its population is 4,268,998 (according to the <a href="/facts/Russian_Census_(2021)/qzWKtDRl">2021 Census</a>). </p>