The New International Encyclopædia/Nevianskii-Zavod
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NEVIANSKII-ZAVOD, nĕv-yän′skḗ zȧ-vṓd′. A mining settlement in the Government of Perm, Russia, situated on the Neiva, in the Ural Mountains, 62 miles north of Ekaterinburg (Map: Russia, K 3). It is the centre of an important mining district and contains extensive iron works, steel mills, and gold washeries. The settlement was founded in 1699. Population, in 1897, 16,066.