Verkhnyaya Salda


Verkhnyaya Salda is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River, north of Yekaterinburg. Population:
WWW v-salda.ru

History

It was founded in 1778; town status was granted to it in 1938. The settlement was founded around iron processing and iron cast factories. It attracted local population in search of jobs.
Further impulse of the industry development occurred during the WWII: in July 11, 1941 the Committee of Defense decided to evacuate design bureaus, technical archive and machinery from Leningrad to Verkhnyaya Salda.

Economy

Verkhnaya Salda is known for its Titanium Valley metallurgical plant owned by VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation, the world's largest producer of titanium.