Open Joint Stock Co Uralsvyazinform F-6EF Automatic registration for ADRs (foreign)

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18, 2005

Registration No.  333-               

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM F-6

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

For Depositary Shares Evidenced by American Depositary Receipts

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY URALSVYAZINFORM

(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)

Not applicable

(Translation of issuer’s name into English)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

Four New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004

Telephone (212) 623-0636

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary’s principal executive offices)

Puglisi & Associates

850 Library Avenue, Suite 204

Newark, Delaware 19711

(302) 738-6680

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Scott A. Ziegler, Esq.

Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP

570 Lexington Avenue, 44^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(212) 319-7600

It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each class ofSecurities to be registered	Amountto be registered	Proposed maximum aggregate price per unit (1)		Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)		Amount ofregistration fee
American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing 200 common shares of Open Joint Stock Company Uralsvyazinform	30,000,000 American Depositary Shares	$	0.05	$	1,500,000	$	176.55

(1)Each Unit represents one American Depositary Share.

(2)Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  Pursuant to Rule 457(k), such estimate is computed on the basis of the maximum aggregate fees or charges to be imposed in connection with the issuance of American Depositary Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

The Prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt (“ADR” or “American Depositary Receipt”) included as Exhibit (a)(2) to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.

CROSS REFERENCE SHEET

Item 1.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

Item Number and Caption	Location in Form of American DepositaryReceipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
(1)Name and address of Depositary	Introductory paragraph
(2)Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of deposited securities	Face of American Depositary Receipt, top center
Terms of Deposit:
(i)Amount of deposited securities represented by one unit of American Depositary Shares	Face of American Depositary Receipt, upper right corner
(ii)Procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities	Paragraph (16)
(iii)Collection and distribution of dividends	Paragraphs (4), (7), (12), (14) and (15)
(iv)Transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material	Paragraphs (7), (11), (15) and (16)
(v)Sale or exercise of rights	Paragraphs (4), (7) and (13)
(vi)Deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization	Paragraphs (4), (7), (12) and (17)
(vii)Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement	Paragraphs (20) and (21)
(viii)Rights of holders of receipts to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of Holders of receipts	Paragraph (11)
(ix)Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities	Paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5)
(x)Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary	Paragraph (18)
(3)Fees and Charges	Paragraph (7)

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Item 2.AVAILABLE INFORMATION

Item Number and Caption	Location in Form of American Depositary Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
(a)Statement that Open Joint Stock Company Uralsvyazinform furnishes the Commission with certain public reports and documents required by foreign law or otherwise under Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that such reports can be inspected by holders of American Depositary Receipts and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Commission in Washington, D.C.	Paragraph (11)

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 3.  EXHIBITS

(a)(1)Form of Deposit Agreement. Form of Deposit Agreement among Open Joint Stock Company Uralsvyazinform (the “Company”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as depositary (the “Depositary”), and all holders from time to time of ADRs issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”), including the Form of American Depositary Receipt.  Previously filed as Exhibit (a) to Registration Statement on Form F-6 (333-87332) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is incorporated herein by reference.

(a)(2)Form of ADR. Form of American Depositary Receipt. Filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(2).

(b)Any other agreement to which the Depositary is a party relating to the issuance of the American Depositary Shares registered hereunder or the custody of the deposited securities represented thereby.  Not applicable.

(c)Every material contract relating to the deposited securities between the Depositary and the issuer of the deposited securities in effect at any time within the last three years.  Not Applicable.

(d)Opinion of Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities being registered.  Filed herewith as Exhibit (d).

(e)Certification under Rule 466.  Filed herewith as Exhibit (e).

(f)Power of Attorney.  Included as part of the signature pages hereto.

Item 4.  UNDERTAKINGS

(a)The Depositary hereby undertakes to make available at the principal office of the Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of the American Depositary Receipts, any reports and communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities which are both (1) received by the Depositary as the holder of the deposited securities, and (2) made generally available to the holders of the underlying securities by the issuer.

(b)If the amounts of fees charged are not disclosed in the prospectus, the Depositary undertakes to prepare a separate document stating the amount of any fee charged and describing the service for which it is charged and to deliver promptly a copy of such fee schedule without charge to anyone upon request.  The Depositary undertakes to notify each registered holder of an American Depositary Receipt thirty days before any change in the fee schedule.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The City of New York, State of New York, on October 14, 2005.

Legal entity created by the form of Deposit Agreement for the issuance of ADRs evidencing American Depositary Shares
By:	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Depositary
By:	/s/Joseph M. Leinhauser
Name:	Joseph M. Leinhauser
Title:	Vice President

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Open Joint Stock Company Uralsvyazinform certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on October 14, 2005.

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY
URALSVYAZINFORM
By:	/s/A. Y. Ufimkin
Name:	A. Y. Ufimkin
Title:	General Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints A. Y. Ufimkin his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of October 14, 2005.

Signatures	Title
/s/A. Y. Ufimkin	General Director (Principal Executive Officer)
A. Y. Ufimkin
/s/S. I. Baleuva	Chief Accountant (Principal Financial and Accounting
S. I. Baleuva	Officer)
/s/S. I. Kuznetsov	Chairman of the Board of Directors
S. I. Kuznetsov
/s/V. I. Adzhalov	Board of Directors Member
V. I. Adzhalov
	Board of Directors Member
B. S. Antonyuk
/s/A. B. Grigorjeva	Board of Directors Member
A. B. Grigorjeva
/s/V. V. Dudchenko	Board of Directors Member
V. V. Dudchenko
	Board of Directors Member
V. V. Kozin
/s/V. A. Statyin	Board of Directors Member
V. A. Statyin
/s/S. V. Tchernogorodsky	Board of Directors Member
S. V. Tchernogorodsky

Signatures	Title
/s/E. A. Tchechelnitsky	Board of Directors Member
E. A. Tchechelnitsky
	Board of Directors Member
S. Y. Yurpalov
/s/Donald J. Puglisi	Authorized Representative in
Donald J. Puglisi	the United States

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number
(a)(2)	Form of ADR.
(d)	Opinion of Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities to be registered.
(e)	Rule 466 Certification