Editing Asbest (section)

{{Short description|Town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia}}
{{Expand Russian|topic=geo|date=January 2024}}{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality
| en_name                 = Asbest
| ru_name                 = Асбест
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| image_skyline           = Asbest - My town and destiny.jpg
| image_caption           = Welcome sign at the entrance to Asbest, saying "Asbest is my town and destiny"
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| coordinates             = {{coord|57|00|N|61|28|E|display=inline,title}}
| image_flag              = Flag of Asbest (Sverdlovsk oblast).png
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| image_coa               = Coat of Arms of Asbest (Sverdlovsk oblast).png
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<!-- administrative status -->
| federal_subject         = [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]]
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| adm_inhabloc_jur        = [[City of federal subject significance|Town]] of Asbest
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| adm_ctr_of1             = Town of Asbest
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| inhabloc_cat            = Town
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<!-- municipal status -->
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| urban_okrug_jur         = Asbestovsky Urban Okrug
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| mun_admctr_of1          = Asbestovsky Urban Okrug 
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<!-- statistics -->
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| pop_2010census          = 68893
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<!-- history -->
| established_date        = 1889
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| current_cat_date        = 1933
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<!-- misc -->
| postal_codes            = 624260
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| dialing_codes           = 34365
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| website                 = 
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'''Asbest''' ({{langx|ru|Асбе́ст}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] in [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the [[Bolshoy Reft River]] (right [[tributary]] of the [[Pyshma River|Pyshma]]) on the eastern slopes of the [[Ural Mountains]], {{convert|70|km|sp=us}} northeast of [[Yekaterinburg]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=68,893|p2002=76,328|p1989=84,470}} It was previously known as ''Kudelka'' ([[Sliver (textiles)|Sliver]]) (until 1928).