Nytva
Description
Nytva is a town and the administrative center of Nytvensky District in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the Nytva River near its confluence with the Kama, 70 km west of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 19,041 (2010).
Etymology
"Nytva" can mean green water in the Komi-Permyak language and silt water in the Mansi language.
History
It was first mentioned in 1623 as the village of Nytva with three households. In 1756, a copper smelting plant was built in Nytva. In 1768, the plant switched from smelting of copper to smelting of cast iron. Within twenty years, cast iron smelting also stopped and the plant become an ironworks.
Town status was granted to Nytva in 1942.
Culture
The Nytva Museum of Local History was established in 1958. One of its most interesting exhibitions is the Spoon Museum, whose collection includes over 1,700 various spoon items from fifty-seven countries.
