Izumrud
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Izumrud
an urban-type settlement in Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR, located in the upper reaches of the Bol’shoi Reft River in the Ob’ basin, 12 km from the city of Asbest. Emeralds have been mined in the area since the 1830’s. There is a lumber procurement establishment and a brickyard in Izumrud.
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