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Irbit is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located 203 kilometers (126 mi) from Yekaterinburg by train or 250 kilometers (160 mi) by car, on the right bank of the Nitsa River.
Founded in 1631 as Irbeyevskaya Sloboda (Ирбе?евская слобода?), its name was changed in 1662 to Irbit. It was granted official town status by Catherine the Great in 1775 for the town's loyalty to the Empress during the Pugachev uprising of 1773–1774. In 1776, she awarded the town its official crest.
In the 19th century, the Irbit Fair was an important event for the trade in Siberian fur and Chinese tea.The Irbit State Museum of Fine Art
contains some important works including etchings by famous European
artists. At the moment the museum is the only one in Russia specializing
in engravings.
In its collection there are engravings by Italian, Dutch, Flemish,
German, French, English, Spanish, Swiss, Austrian, Polish, Bulgarian,
Belgian, and North American artists.
The collection includes works from Albrecht Dürer to Francisco Goya. Russian art is represented by the works of A. F. Zubova, I. A. Sokolova, E. P. Chemesova, Mikhail Dobuzhinsky, Alexander Deyneka, and many others. The domestic collection represents the artists of Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Tagil.
There is also a 200-year-old theater in the town.
Although Irbit no longer attracts as many visitors as it once did, the Irbit State Motorcycle Museum is being built in the town with the intention of bringing foreign motorcycle enthusiasts to the IMZ-Ural motorcycle factory. Each summer thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts come to Irbit from around the world to take part in the Irbit bike show and in the Motocross races.
A public park is located in the northern part of the town.