Yekaterinburg (English) Екатеринбург (Russian)
Yekaterinburg at night
Yekaterinburg on the map of Russia
Coordinates 56°50′N 60°35′E / 56.833, 60.583Coordinates: 56°50′N 60°35′E / 56.833, 60.583
Coat of Arms
City Day: 3rd Saturday of August
Administrative status
Federal subject In jurisdiction of Administrative center of	Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast
Local self-government
Charter	Charter of Yekaterinburg
Municipal status	Urban okrug
Head	Arkady Chernetsky
Legislative body	City Duma
Area
Area	n/a
Population (as of the 2002 Census)
Population - Rank - Density	1,293,537 inhabitants 5th n/a
Events
Founded	November 18, 1723
Town status	1796
Renamed Sverdlovsk	1924
Renamed Yekaterinburg	1991
Other information
Postal code	620000
Dialing code	+7 343
Official website
http://www.ekburg.ru/

Yekaterinburg (Russian: Екатеринбу́рг, also romanized Ekaterinburg, formerly Sverdlovsk) is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District. Its population of 1,293,537 (2002 Census), which is down from 1,364,621 recorded in the 1989 Census, makes it Russia's fifth largest city. Between 1924 and 1991, the city was known as Sverdlovsk (Свердло́вск), after the Bolshevik leader Yakov Sverdlov. Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. ... 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Types of inhabited localities in Russia, Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states have certain peculiarities with respect to the English language traditions. ... Flag of Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russian: , Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in the Urals Federal District. ... Map of the Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains (Russian: , Uralskiye gory) (also known as the Urals, the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity, and known as the Stone Belt) are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. ... For other uses, see Culture (disambiguation). ... Urals Federal District (Russian: Ура́льский федера́льный о́круг; tr. ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ... The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive census taken within The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The census officially recorded the popullation of the USSR at 286,717,000, making it the third most populous country in the world. ... Geographical renaming is the act of changing the name of a geographical feature or area. ... For other uses, see Bolshevik (disambiguation). ... Yakov Sverdlov Snow-covered statue of Sverdlov in Yekaterinburg Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov (Russian: Я́ков Миха́йлович Свердло́в), born Yankel Movshevich Eiman (Russian: Я́нкель Мовшевич Эйман); known under pseudonyms Andrey, Mikhalych, Max, Smirnov, Permyakov (June 3 [O.S. May 22] 1885 – March 16, 1919) was a Bolshevik party leader and an official of pre-Soviet Union Soviet Russia. ...

History

An old church (built 1792-1818)

The city was founded in 1723 by Vasily Tatischev and named after Saint Catherine, the namesake of Tsar Peter the Great's wife Empress Catherine I (Yekaterina). The official date of the city foundation, however, is November 18, 1723. The city was named Sverdlovsk after the Bolshevik party leader and Soviet official Yakov Sverdlov from 1924 to 1991. For other uses, see City (disambiguation). ... Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (1686-1750) was a prominent Russian statesman, historian and ethnographer. ... Saint Catherine of Alexandria, known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel, is an apocryphal figure claimed to have been a noted scholar in the early 4th Century who, at the age of only 18, is said to have visited the Emperor Maximinus II and to have convinced him of the... Tsar (Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian цар, Russian  , in scientific transliteration respectively car and car ), occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English, is a Slavonic term designating certain monarchs. ... Peter the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич Pyotr I Alekse`yevich, Пётр Великий Pyotr Veli`kiy) (9 June 1672 – 8 February 1725 [30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.][1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his... Yekaterina (Catherine) I Alexeyevna (In Russian: Екатерина I Алексеевна) (born Martha Scowronska, Latvian: , later Marfa Samuilovna Skavronskaya) (April 15, 1684 – May 17, 1727) (April 5, 1684–May 6, 1727 O.S.), the second wife of Peter the Great, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... For other uses, see Bolshevik (disambiguation). ... CCCP redirects here. ... Yakov Sverdlov Snow-covered statue of Sverdlov in Yekaterinburg Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov (Russian: Я́ков Миха́йлович Свердло́в), born Yankel Movshevich Eiman (Russian: Я́нкель Мовшевич Эйман); known under pseudonyms Andrey, Mikhalych, Max, Smirnov, Permyakov (June 3 [O.S. May 22] 1885 – March 16, 1919) was a Bolshevik party leader and an official of pre-Soviet Union Soviet Russia. ...

Soon after the Russian Revolution, on July 17, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, Alexandra, and their children Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei were executed by Bolsheviks at the Ipatiev House in this city. In 1977 the Ipatiev House was destroyed by order of Boris Yeltsin who later became the first President of the Russian Federation. The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political and social upheavals in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal and moderate-socialist Provisional Government, resulting in the establishment of Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Nicholas II redirects here. ... Princess Alix of Hesse, as Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1872-1918) Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice, 6 June 1872 - 17 July 1918), was the consort of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Tsar of Russia. ... Grand Duchess Olga of Russia could be: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (November 15, 1895 - July 17, 1918) Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (June 13, 1882 - November 24, 1960) Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia (September 3, 1851 - June 18, 1926). ... Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna (1897-1918) Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova) (In Russian Великая Княжна Татьяна Николаевна) (June 10, 1897 - July 17, 1918) was the second daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra of Hesse. ... Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova) (In Russian Великая Княжна Мария Николаевна), (June 14 (O.S.)/June 26 (N.S.), 1899 – July 17, 1918) was the third daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. ... Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna (1901-1918) Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, in Russian: Великая Княжна Анастасия Николаевна ) (June 18, 1901 – July 17, 1918) was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra. ... Tsarevich Alexei (1904-1918) Tsesarevich (Tsarevich) Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia (In Russian Царевич Алексей Николаевич) (August 12, 1904 - July 17, 1918), of the House of Romanov, was a Tsarevich of Russia and was the youngest child of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra of Hesse. ... For other uses, see Bolshevik (disambiguation). ... Yekaterinburgs Church on the Blood, built on the spot where the Ipatiev House once stood. ... “Yeltsin” redirects here. ... The President of Russia (ru: Президент России) is the highest position within the Government of Russia. ...

In the 1920s, Yekaterinburg became a large industrial center of Russia. It was the time when the famous Uralmash was built, becoming the biggest heavy machinery factory in Europe. A bucket of one of the first Uralmash dragline excavators with a parked Pobeda car there, 1952 Uralmash (Russian: / Uralskiy Mashinostroitelny zavod, Ural Machine-building plant) is a heavy machine building plant located in Ekaterinburg, Russia. ...

During World War II, many government technical institutions and whole factories were relocated to Yekaterinburg away from the war-affected areas (mostly Moscow), with many of them staying in Ekaterinburg after the victory. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

In the 1960s, in the days of Khruschev's government, a number of lookalike five-story apartment blocks have sprung all over the city. Most of them still remain today in Kirovsky, Chkalovsky, and other residential areas of Yekaterinburg. Nikita Khrushchev in 1962 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (Russian: Ники́та Серге́евич Хрущёв) (nih-KEE-tah khroo-SHCHYOFF) (April 17, 1894 – September 11, 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. ... A tower block, block of flats or apartment block is a high_rise apartment building. ... A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is residential. ...

On May 1, 1960 an American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers while under the employ of the CIA, was shot down over Sverdlovsk Oblast. The pilot was captured, put on trial, and found guilty of espionage. He was sentenced to seven years of hard labour, though he served only about a year before being exchanged for Rudolph Abel, a high-ranking KGB spy, who had been apprehended in the United States in 1957. The two spies were exchanged at the Glienicke Bridge in Potsdam, Germany, on February 10, 1962. Since the end of World War II, the Glienicke Bridge was the most popular captive-trading place when the west and the east felt it necessary to negotiate. is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed Dragon Lady, is a single-engine, high-altitude aircraft flown by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency. ... Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 - August 1, 1977) was the American pilot whose U-2 plane was shot down while over the Soviet Union, thus causing the U-2 Crisis of 1960. ... CIA redirects here. ... Spy and Secret agent redirect here. ... Slavery is any of a number of related conditions involving control of a person against his or her will, enforced by violence or other clear forms of coercion. ... Col. ... This article is about the KGB of the Soviet Union. ... The famous Glienicke bridge in Berlin, used for exchange of spies during the Cold War View from Potsdam through Jungfernsee The Glienicke bridge is a bridge in Berlin which spans the Havel River to connect the cities of Berlin and Potsdam. ... Potsdam is the capital city of the federal state of Brandenburg in Germany. ... is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Occident redirects here. ... A map of the Eastern Bloc 1948-1989. ...

Statue of the city founders – Vasily Tatishchev and Georg Wilhelm de Gennin

There was an anthrax outbreak in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) in April and May 1979, which was attributed by Soviet officials to the locals eating contaminated meat. However, American agencies believe that the locals inhaled spores accidentally released from an aerosol of pathogen at a military microbiology facility. Dr. Kanatjan Alibekov's account of the Sverdlovsk anthrax leak in his book Biohazard agrees with the American agencies' view. In 1994, a team of independent American researchers lead by Matthew Meselson concluded based on a number of sources of evidence that it was conclusive that the illnesses were a result of an anthrax release from the Sverdlovsk-19 military facility.^[1] Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (1686-1750) was a prominent Russian statesman, historian and ethnographer. ... Anthrax bacteria. ... Virus outbreaks occur when a virus bypasses infection control measures and a relatively high number of infections are observed where no cases or sporadic cases occurred in the past. ... For other uses, see Meat (disambiguation). ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Particulates, alternatively referred to as particulate matter (PM), aerosols or fine particles, are tiny particles of solid or liquid suspended in a gas. ... A pathogen (from Greek pathos, suffering/emotion, and gene, to give birth to), infectious agent, or more commonly germ, is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host. ... An agar plate streaked with microorganisms Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic organisms. ... Dr. Kanatjan Alibekov (or Americanized Ken Alibek) was born in Kazakhstan. ... Spores of anthrax were accidentally released from a military facility in the city of Sverdlovsk (formerly, and now again, Yekaterinburg) 900 miles East of Moscow on April 2, 1979. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Dr. Matthew Stanley Meselson (born 1930) is an American geneticist and molecular biologist whose research was important in showing how DNA replicates, recombines and is repaired in cells. ...

Geography and climate

Yekaterinburg is situated in Asia, 1,667 km (1,036 miles) east of Moscow, on the eastern side of the Ural mountains on the Iset river. It is surrounded by forests, mainly taiga, and small lakes. The winter lasts for about 5 months - from November until the middle of April and the temperature may fall to minus 40 degrees (but rarely less than minus 25 degrees). The summer on the Urals is short and lasts an average of 65-70 days with an average temperature of 20 degrees Celsius (70 degrees Fahrenheit). Summer snow is not an unusual occurrence, giving birth to the local saying "short, little-snowy summer in the Urals" (Russian: недолгое малоснежное Уральское лето) Due to the city's location and different winds the weather is very unstable from day to day and from year to year. For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Map of the Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains (Russian: , Uralskiye gory) (also known as the Urals, the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity, and known as the Stone Belt) are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. ... Iset River (Russian: ) is a river in Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia. ... For other uses, see Taiga (disambiguation). ...

Economy and education

Ural State Technical University

The main branches of the regional industry are: machinery, metal processing, ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy The Ural State Technical University (formerly Ural Polytechnic Institute) is a higher education institute in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. ... A machine is any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of tasks. ... Ferrous in chemistry is a term used for the iron with an oxidation number +2. ...

Urals Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (UB RAS) and numerous scientific research institutes and establishments are situated in Yekaterinburg. With its 16 state-owned universities and educational academies, as well as a number of private higher education institutions (2005), Yekaterinburg is considered the leading educational and scientific center of the Urals. Urals A.M. Gorky State University, Ural State Technical University, Urals State Pedagogical University,Urals State University of Forestry, Urals State University of Mines, Urals State University of the Railways, Russian State Vocational Pedagogics University, Urals State University of Economics, Military Institute of Artillery, Urals State Conservatory, Urals State Agricultural Academy, Urals State Academy of Law, Urals State Academy of Medicine, Urals State Academy of Performing Arts, Urals Academy of Public Service, and Urals Academy of Architecture are among them. Russian Academy of Sciences: main building Russian Academy of Sciences (Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к) is the national academy of Russia. ... University is situated in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. ... The Ural State Technical University (formerly Ural Polytechnic Institute) is a higher education institute in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. ... Urals State University of Mines (Russian: Уральский государственный горный университет) is situated in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. ...

Transport and accommodation

Old railway station.

Yekaterinburg, still called by its Soviet name Sverdlovsk in rail timetables, is an important railway junction on the Trans-Siberian Railway, with lines radiating to all parts of the Urals and the rest of Russia. As the economy grew stronger after the slump of the 1990s, several European airlines started or resumed flying to the city's Koltsovo International Airport (SVX). These include Lufthansa, British Midland, Malév, Austrian Airlines and Czech Airlines. For the Fabergé egg, see Trans-Siberian Railway (Fabergé egg). ... Koltsovo International Airport (IATA: SVX, ICAO: USSS) is an airport near Koltsovo, Yekaterinburg, Russia. ... Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ISIN: DE0008232125) (pronounced ) is the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried (second is Air France - KLM), and the flag carrier of Germany. ... bmi Airbus A320 bmi Airbus A321 in an old, but still frequently seen, colour scheme bmi, (Airline Code: BD) formerly known as British Midland, is the second largest airline in the United Kingdom. ... Malév Hungarian Airlines, a translation of the Hungarian Magyar Légiközlekedési Vállalat, is the national airline of Hungary. ... Austrian Airlines AG is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Vienna. ... CSA Czech Airlines (in Czech: ÄŒeské aerolinie (abbreviation: ÄŒSA) is the Czech national airline company, and former national carrier of Czechoslovakia based at RuzynÄ› International Airport, Prague. ...

Yekaterinburg is also served by the smaller Yekaterinburg Aramil Airport. Yekaterinburg Aramil (also Sverdlovsk, Yekaterinburg Uktus, or Uktus) (ICAO: USSK) is an airport in Russia located 20 km southeast of Yekaterinburg. ...

Yekaterinburg's public transit network includes the Yekaterinburg Metro which was opened in 1991, and many streetcar (tram), bus, and trolleybus routes. Yekaterinburg Metro (Russian: ) is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia. ... a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ... This article refers to public transport vehicles running on rails. ... Autobus redirects here. ... A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram or simply trolley) is an electric bus powered by two overhead wires, from which it draws electricity using two trolley poles. ...

Culture

The city has several dozens of libraries including the V. G. Belinsky Scientific Library, the largest public library in Sverdlovsk Oblast. Flag of Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russian: , Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in the Urals Federal District. ...

A Neo-Palladian palace (built 1794-1820).

Yekaterinburg is famous for its theaters among which there are some very popular theater companies: Yekaterinburg Academic Ballet and Opera Company, Sverdlovsk Academic Theater of Musical Comedy (legendary company known in Russia and in ex-soviet republics as Свердловская музкомедия - Sverdlovskaya muzkomedia), Yekaterinburg Academic Dramatic Theater, Yekaterinburg Theater for Young Spectators, Volkhonka (popular chamber theater), Kolyada Theater (chamber theater founded by Russian playwright, producer and actor Nikolai Kolyada). Yekaterinburg is the center of New Drama - movement of contemporary Russian playwrights: Nikolai Kolyada, Vasily Sigarev, Konstantin Kostenko, Presnyakov brothers, Oleg Bogayev. Yekaterinburg is also often called capital of contemporary dance for a number of famous contemporary dance companies residing in the city: Kipling, Provincial Dances, Tantstrest with a special department of contemporary dance at the Yekaterinburg University of Humanities. A villa with a superimposed portico, from Book IV of Palladios I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura, in a modestly priced English translation published in London, 1736. ...

A number of popular Russian rock bands, such as Urfin Dzhyus, Chayf, Chicherina, Nautilus Pompilius, Nastya, Trek, Agata Kristi and Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii, were originally formed in Yekaterinburg (Ural Rock is often considered as a particular variety of the rock music, Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg are considered to be the main centers of rock music in Russia). Besides some famous opera singers - Boris Shtokolov, Yury Gulyayev, Vera Bayeva - graduated from the Urals State Conservatory. The Ural Philharmonic Orchestra (current conductor - Dmitry Liss) founded by Mark Paverman and located in Yekaterinburg is also very popular in Russia and in Europe as well as the Ural Academic Popular Chorus - famous folklore singing and dance ensemble. Nautilus Pompilius (Russian: ), sometimes abbreviated as Nau (Russian: ), was a prominent Russian rock band formed in Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) and active between 1983 and 1997. ... In South African history, the Great Trek was an eastward and north-eastward migration of the Boers, descendants primarily of immigrants from western mainland Europe. ... Agata Kristi (Cyrillic: Агата Кристи) is a Russian rock group that was established in Sverdlovsk in 1988. ... Boris Shtokolov (Russian: Борис Тимофеевич Штоколов) (March 19, 1930 - January 6, 2005) was a famous Soviet and Russian singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century. ... Ural Philharmonic Orchestra (UPO, in russian Уральский академический филармонический оркестр, УАФО) is a full orchestra based in Yekaterinburg (former Sverdlovsk, Russia) and considered to be one of the major and best orchestras in Russia and in Europe. ... Dmitry Liss (b. ...

In Yekaterinburg there are more than 30 museums, among which: several museums of ural minerals and jewellery, some art galleries, one of the largest collections of Kasli mouldings (traditional kind of cast-iron sculpture in the Urals), the famous Shigirskaya Kladovaya (Шигирская кладовая) - Shigir Collection including the oldest wood sculpture in the world - the Shigir Idol found near Nevyansk and estimated to be made about 9,000 years ago). Neoclassical cathedral in Nevyansk. ...

Yekaterinburg has also a circus building.

In Yekaterinburg, there is one of the tallest incomplete architectural structures in the world, the Yekaterinburg TV Tower. Yekaterinburg TV Tower is one of the tallest incomplete structures on earth. ...

International relations

The largest city in the Urals and one of the top five in Russia, Yekaterinburg has a number of consulates of major countries. For people wishing to make a visa application and needing to attend interview, this can easily take a half-week off the travelling time to get to the interview (in the event that there are internal flights to Yekaterinburg, they may only be once per week). Entry visa valid in Schengen treaty countries. ...

Consulates

• United States Consulate—15 Gogol Street; the first consulate with a visa section in the Urals, established in 1994.
• United Kingdom Consulate—established 1997 as a full consulate with a visa section, on 15a Gogol Street.
• The Federal Republic of Germany Consulate—a full consulate with a visa section, on 44 Kuybysheva St.
• Czech Republic Consulate— general consulate with a visa section, on 15 Gogol Street.
• Kyrgyzstan Consulate— general consulate on 105 Bolshakova Street.
• Bulgaria Consulate— general consulate on 74 Lunacharskogo Street.
• The People's Republic of China Consulate— general consulate.
• The Republic of Hungary Consulate— a full consulate with a visa section, on 15a Gogol Street.
• The Republic of Austria Consulate— honorary consular representation on 16 Turgeneva Street / 13 Pervomayskya Street.
• The Republic of Armenia Consulate— honorary consular representation.
• The Italian Republic Consulate— honorary consular representation on 28 Kirova Street.
• The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Consulate— general consulate on 22 Karl Libknehta Street.
• The French Republic Consulate— a full consulate with a visa section on 22 Karl Libknehta Street.
• Spain Visa Application Center, 36 Gogol Street.

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Twin cities

The city duma building with the Lenin statue.

Yekaterinburg is a sister city of It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with State Duma. ... This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...

• - Pilsen, Czech Republic
• - San Jose, California, U.S.A., since 1992
• - Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China, since July 10, 2002
• - Genoa, Italy
• - Ferentino, Italy

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Notable citizens

The following people were either born in Yekaterinburg or made names for themselves while residing there. Note that many of the ice hockey players listed play in North America's National Hockey League. NHL redirects here. ...

• Aleksei Balabanov, film director
• Pavel Bazhov, author
• Sergei Chepikov, biathlon competitor, Olympic champion
• Chiang Ching-kuo, president of the Republic of China from 1978 to 1988. From 1932 to 1937, Chiang Ching-kuo worked in Ekaterinburg at Ural Heavy Machinery Plant (Uralmash). In Ekaterinburg he met his wife Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva.
  

  

  Yekaterinburg's Church on the Blood, built on the spot where the Ipatyev House once stood
• Pavel Datsyuk, ice hockey player
• Aleksandr Demyanenko, actor
• Irina Denezhkina, author
• Bella Dizhur, children's poet, mother of Ernst Neizvestny
• Alexander Dolsky, poet
• Aleksei Fedorchenko, film director, winner of the 62 Mostra for First on the Moon
• Stanislav Govorukhin, film director
• Aleksei Haritidi, cartoonist, Palme d'Or Court Métrage winner at the Cannes International Film Festival for Gagarin
• Nikolai Khabibulin, ice hockey goaltender
• Ilya Kormiltsev, poet, translator
• Olga Kotlyarova, runner
• Vladimir Krasnopolsky, film director
• Vladislav Krapivin, children's author
• Nikolai Krasovsky, prominent mathematician
• Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov, partisan and hero of World War II
• Yaropolk Lapshin, film director
• Yury Levitan, radio speaker during World War II
• Dmitry Liss, conductor of the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
• Lyudmila Lyadova, composer
• Vladimir Malakhov, ice hockey player
• Dmitry Mamin-Siberyak, author
• Georgi Misharin, ice hockey player
• Vladimir Motyl, film director and scenarist
• Ernst Neizvestny, sculptor
• Nikolai Nikonov, author
• Yury Osipov, mathematician and president of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Gleb Panfilov, film director
• Mark Paverman, conductor, founder of the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
• Ivan Polzunov, inventor
• Alexander Stepanovich Popov, physicist who was the first to demonstrate the practical application of electromagnetic waves (radio)
• Alexander Popov, swimmer, full member of the International Olympic Committee
• Oleg and Vladimir Presnyakov, playwrights
• Ivan Pyriev, film director
• Evgeniy Rodygin, composer
• Fyodor Reshetnikov, author
• Eduard Rossel, politician, governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Boris Ryzhy, poet
• Nikolai Semikhatov, mechanic, constructor of ballistic missiles control systems
• Vera Sessina, gymnast
• Ivan Shadr, sculptor
• Ivan Konontsev, software engineer, responsible for Merlin application
• Boris Shtokolov, opera singer
• Vasily Sigarev, playwright
• Anatoly Solonitsyn, actor, winner of the Berlin International Film Festival prize for best actor
• Lev Sorokin, author, poet
• Boris Stenin, speed skater
• Pyotr Tayozhny, sculptor
• Vladimir Uskov, film director
• Sergei Vonsovsky, prominent physicist
• Alexei Yashin, ice hockey player
• Boris Yeltsin, first Russian president
• Rimma Zhukova, speed skater
• Irina Lashko, silver winner (diving) at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Stanislav Govorukhin (Russian: Говорухин, Станислав Сергеевич) (b. ... Nikolai Ivanovich Khabibulin (Russian: , Nikolaj Ivanovič Chabibulin; born January 13, 1973 in Sverdlovsk, USSR, now Yekaterinburg, Russia), nicknamed the Bulin Wall,[2] is an NHL goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks. ... Ilya Kormiltsev (Russian:Илья Кормильцев, born September 26, 1959, Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg, USSR (now Russia), died February 4, 2007) was a Russian poet, translator and publisher. ... Olga Kotlyarova (born April 12, 1976 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian runner. ... Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin - Russian writer, the author of the books about the children and for the children. ... Nikolai Nikolaevich Krasovsky (Russian: Николай Николаевич Красовский, born in 1924) is a prominent Russian mathematician who works in the mathematical theory of control, the theory of dynamical systems and the theory of differential games. ... Nikolai Kuznetsov Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Николай Иванович Кузнецов) (July 27, 1911–March 9, 1944) (pseudonym - Grachev) was a Soviet intelligence agent and partisan who operated in occupied Ukraine during World War II. Born in a peasant family in Yekaterinburg region. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Dmitry Liss (b. ... Ural Philharmonic Orchestra (UPO, in russian Уральский академический филармонический оркестр, УАФО) is a full orchestra based in Yekaterinburg (former Sverdlovsk, Russia) and considered to be one of the major and best orchestras in Russia and in Europe. ... Vladimir Malakhov (Russian: Владимир Малахов, Vladimir Malachov; born August 30, 1968 in Yekaterinburg, Russia) is a retired professional ice hockey player. ... Georgi Misharin (born 5-11-1985 in Yekaterinaberg, Russia) is an ice hockey player. ... Vladimir Yakovlevich Motyl (Владимир Яковлевич Мотыль) (b. ... Khrushchevs tomb at the Novodevichy Cemetery was sculpted by Neizvestny. ... Yury Sergeevich Osipov (Russian: Юрий Сергевич Осипов, born in 1936) is a prominent Soviet and Russian mathematician, full member and the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences. ... Russian Academy of Sciences: main building Russian Academy of Sciences (Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к) is the national academy of Russia. ... 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Sergei Vasilyevich Vonsovsky (also spelled as Vonsovskii or Vonsovskiy, Russian: Сергей Васильевич Вонсовский; 1910-1998) was a prominent Soviet and Russian physicist. ... Alexei Valeryevich Yashin (Алексей Валерьевич Яшин, Aleksej Valerjevič JaÅ¡in, born in Sverdlovsk, USSR, now Yekaterinburg, Russia, on November 5, 1973) is a professional hockey player who has signed on to play for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. ... “Yeltsin” redirects here. ... Rimma Mikhaylovna Zhukova (Russian: ) (born 14 March 1925 in Yekaterinburg, Russia – died 1999) was a speed skater. ...

Honorary citizens

Palace of the Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast in Yekaterinburg

This is a short list of the most notable honorary citizens of Yekaterinburg (title conferred every year on the Day of the City):

• Arkady Chernetsky, mayor of Yekaterinburg
• Gennady Mesyats, vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, one of the founders of the contemporary Demidov Prize
• Vladimir Tretyakov, president of the Ural State University
• Eduard Rossel, governor of the Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Sergei Chepikov, biathlon competitor, Olympic champion
• Vera Bayeva, famous opera singer
• Vladislav Krapivin, children's author
• Nikolai Krasovsky, prominent mathematician
• Nikolai Karpol, coach of the national women volleyball team and the legendary Yekaterinburg women volleyball club Uralochka (Уралочка)
• Sergei Vonsovsky, prominent physicist
• Vladimir Kurochkin, musical comedy and opera producer

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Other

A ballistic missile submarine of the Project 667BDRM 'Delfin' class (NATO reporting name: Delta IV) has been named "Ekaterinburg" (K-84/'807') in honor of the city.

The asteroid 27736 Ekaterinburg was named in the city's honour on 1 June 2007. For other uses, see Asteroid (disambiguation). ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

See also

• Yekaterinburg-City
• Names of Asian cities in different languages

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Notes

is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...

External links and sources

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