Svobodny (Russian: Свобо́дный) is a closed urban locality (a work settlement) in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located 185 kilometers (115 mi) from Yekaterinburg.

Population: 8,198 (2010 Census);[2] 9,667 (2002 Census).

[6] Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the closed administrative-territorial formation of Svobodny[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[citation needed] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Svobodny is incorporated as Svobodny Urban Okrug.

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