In 1722–1726 the Verkhne-Uktussky mining plant was built,Металлургические заводы Урала XVII—XX вв.: Энциклопедия / глав. ред. В. В. Алексеев. — Екатеринбург : Издательство «Академкнига», 2001. which was officially called the plant of the princess Elizabeth (the future village of Elizabeth, or Elizavetinskoe) and became a part of modern Yekaterinburg in 1934. In 1726, Wilhelm de Gennin founded an auxiliary Verkh-Isetsky plant with a working settlement 2 versts from Yekaterinburg upstream ('verkh' in Russian) the Iset River. The plant's dam formed the Verkh-Isetsky pond. Colloquially called by the Russian acronym VIZ, it was a satellite town until in 1926, with a population of over 20,000 people by this time, it was incorporated into Yekaterinburg as the core of the Verkh-Isetsky district.
in 1722–1726 the verkhne-uktussky mining plant was builtметаллургические заводы урала xvii—xx вв энциклопедия / глав ред в в алексеев — екатеринбург  издательство «академкнига» 2001 which was officially called the plant of the princess elizabeth (the future village of elizabeth or elizavetinskoe) and became a part of modern yekaterinburg in 1934 in 1726 wilhelm de gennin founded an auxiliary verkh-isetsky plant with a working settlement 2 versts from yekaterinburg upstream ('verkh' in russian) the iset river the plant's dam formed the verkh-isetsky pond colloquially called by the russian acronym viz it was a satellite town until in 1926 with a population of over 20000 people by this time it was incorporated into yekaterinburg as the core of the verkh-isetsky district