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EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA
ЕКАТЕРИНБУРГ, РОССИЯ
Ekaterinburg is a city and the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Region and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River close to the Ural Mountains. Ekaterinburg is the fourth-largest city in Russia, the largest city in the Ural with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Ekaterinburg has been dubbed the «Third capital of Russia», as it is ranked third by the size of its economy, culture, transportation and tourism. City was founded on 18 November 1723 and named after Ekaterina I, the wife of Russian emperor Peter the Great. The city served as the mining capital of the Russian Empire as well as a strategic connection between Europe and Asia. Now Ekaterinburg is one of Russia's most important economic centers. The city is currently experiencing an economic and population boom, which resulted in some of the tallest skyscrapers of Russia being located in the city. Ekaterinburg is a major center for the Russian tourist industry; the city was one of the top five most visited Russian cities. There are about 50 different museums in the city. Ekaterinburg has unique museum collections, such as the collections of Russian paintings in the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts and the Nevyansk icons in the Nevyansk Icon Museum, with more than 300 icons representing the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries on display. There is also a unique exhibit, the Kaslinsky cast iron pavilion, which received main awards at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris. It also is the home of the Shigir Collection, which includes the oldest known wooden sculpture in the world. Ekaterinburg is home city of the Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art – one of the largest International exhibitions of contemporary art in Russia. A number of popular Russian rock bands, such as Urfin Dzhyus, Chaif, Chicherina, Nautilus Pompilius, and Agata Kristi were originally formed in Ekaterinburg.
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Музеи
Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts
Voevodina, 5. 620014, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Hermitage-Ural Museum
Vainera, 11. 620014, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Vladimir Vysotsky Museum
Malysheva, 51. 620075, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Nevyanskaya Icon Museum
Engelsa, 15. 620075, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Museum of Architecture and Design
Gorkogo, 4, 620151. Ekaterinburg, Russia
Sinara Art Gallery
Verh-Isetskiy blvd., 15/4. 620028, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Достопримечательности
Yeltsin Ural Center
Kominterna, 16, 620078. Ekaterinburg, Russia
Sevastyanov’s House
Lenin Ave, 23. 620014, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Church on the Blood
Tsarskaya, 10. 620075, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Vainera Street
Vainera Street. 620014, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Rozy Luxemburg, 57. 620026, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Ekaterinburg Circus
8 Marta, 43. 620142, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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