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Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of the Russian Federation Russia

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, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast

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. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range Ural Mountains

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, at , it is the main industrial Industry

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 and cultural Culture

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 center of the Urals Federal District Urals Federal District

Urals Federal District is one of the seven federal districts of Russia [i]. ... 

. Its population of 1,293,537 makes it Russia's fifth largest city. Between 1924 and 1991, the city was known as Sverdlovsk , after the Bolshevik Bolshevik

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 leader Yakov Sverdlov Yakov Sverdlov

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.

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1918   July 17 — By order of the Bolshevik Party Bolshevik

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 and carried out by Cheka Cheka

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, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II of Russia

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, his immediate family, and retainers were murdered at the Ipatiev House Ipatiev House

Ipatiev House [i] was a merchant's house in Yekaterinburg [i] where the former Emperor Nicholas II of Russia [i] ... 

 in Ekaterinburg, Russia Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of the Russian Federation [i], the administrative cen ... 

.

1992   Two skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg are identified as Czar Nicholas II Nicholas II of Russia

Nicholas II of Russia was the last Emperor of Russia [i], King of Poland [i], and Grand Duke of Finland [i] ... 

 and Tsarina Alexandra.



Encyclopedia

Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of the Russian Federation Russia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ... 

, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject [i] of Russia [i] located in Urals Federal District [i] ... 

. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range Ural Mountains

The Ural Mountains also known simply as the Urals and as the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity [i] ... 

, at , it is the main industrial Industry

An industry is generally any grouping of business [i]es that share a common method of generating profit [i] ... 

 and cultural Culture

The word culture, from the Latin [i] colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generall ... 

 center of the Urals Federal District Urals Federal District

Urals Federal District is one of the seven federal districts of Russia [i]. ... 

. Its population of 1,293,537 makes it Russia's fifth largest city. Between 1924 and 1991, the city was known as Sverdlovsk , after the Bolshevik Bolshevik

Bolsheviks were members of the Bolshevik faction of the Marxist [i] Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party [i]... 

 leader Yakov Sverdlov Yakov Sverdlov

Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov, born Yankel Movshevich Sverdlov; known under pseudonyms "Andrey", "Mikhaly... 

.

History

The city was founded in 1723 by Vasily Tatischev Vasily Tatishchev

Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a prominent Russia [i]n statesman, and ethnographer [i], best remembered ... 

 and named after Saint Catherine Catherine of Alexandria

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint... 

, the namesake of tsar Tsar

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 Peter the Great Peter I of Russia

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's wife Empress Catherine I Catherine I of Russia

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 . It was renamed Sverdlovsk after the Bolshevik Bolshevik

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 party leader and Soviet Soviet Union

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 official Yakov Sverdlov Yakov Sverdlov

Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov, born Yankel Movshevich Sverdlov; known under pseudonyms "Andrey", "Mikhaly... 

 from 1924 to 1991.

Soon after the Russian Revolution Russian Revolution of 1917

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, on July 17, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II Nicholas II of Russia

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, his wife, Alexandra Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse

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, and their children Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaievna of Russia Tanya, Tatya or Tanushka was the second... 

, Maria Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, also known as Marie or Mashka was the third daught... 

, Anastasia Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia, sometimes nicknamed Nastya, Nastas, or Nastenka... 

, and Tsarevich Alexei Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia

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 were executed by Bolshevik Bolshevik

Bolsheviks were members of the Bolshevik faction of the Marxist [i] Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party [i]... 

s at the Ipatiev House Ipatiev House

Ipatiev House [i] was a merchant's house in Yekaterinburg [i] where the former Emperor Nicholas II of Russia [i]... 

 in this city.

In the 1920s 1920s

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 Yekaterinburg became a large industrial center of Russia. The heavy machinery factory Uralmash Uralmash

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, the biggest in Europe Europe

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, was built.

During World War II World War II

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, many government technical institutions and whole factories were evacuated to Yekaterinburg from the war War

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-affected areas and many remained in Yekaterinburg after the war was over.

In the 1960s 1960s

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, during the Khruschev Nikita Khrushchev

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 government, many similar five-storey apartment block Tower block

A tower block, block of flats, or apartment block, is a multi-unit high-rise [i] apartment building [i] ... 

s were built around Yekaterinburg. Most of them still remain today in Kirovsky, Chkalovsky, and other residential area Residential area

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s of Yekaterinburg.

On May 1, 1960, an American United States

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a... 

 U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers Gary Powers

Francis Gary Powers Capt.... 

 while under the employ of the CIA Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is an intelligence agency [i] of the United States Government [i]. ... 

, 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 Slavery

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, though he served only about a year before being exchanged for Rudolph Abel Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher

("Willie") Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher,, was a noted Soviet [i] intelligence officer [i]. ... 

, a high-ranking KGB KGB

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... 

 spy, who had been apprehended in the United States United States

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 in 1957. The two spies were exchanged via the Glienicke Bridge Glienicke bridge

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 in Potsdam Potsdam

[i] in [[Germany]... 

, 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 Western world

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 and the east Eastern bloc

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 felt it necessary to negotiate.


There was an anthrax Anthrax

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 outbreak in Yekaterinburg in April and May 1979, which was attributed by Soviet officials to the locals eating contaminated meat Meat

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. However, American agencies believe that the locals inhaled spore Spore

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s accidentally released from an aerosol Particulate

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 of pathogen at a military microbiology Microbiology

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 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.

Geography and climate

Yekaterinburg is situated 1,667 km east of Moscow Moscow

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, on the east side of the Ural mountains Ural Mountains

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 on the Iset Iset River

Iset River is a river [i] in Sverdlovsk [i], Kurgan [i], and Tyumen Oblast [i]... 

 river. It is surrounded by forests, mainly taiga Taiga

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, and small lakes. The winter lasts for about 5 months - from November until the middle of April and the temperature may fall to minus 35-40 degress Celsius . The summer on the Urals is short and lasts an average of 65-70 days with an average temperature of 20 degrees Celsius . Due to the city's location and different winds the weather is very unstable from day to day and from year to year.

Economy



The city produces heavy machinery, steel Steel

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, chemical Chemical substance

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s, tire Tire

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s, and petroleum Petroleum

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. Gem cutting is a well-developed light industry.

Education

Urals Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences

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  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 , Yekaterinburg is considered the leading educational and scientific center of the Urals. Urals A.M. Gorky State University Ural State University

Ural State University is situated in Yekaterinburg [i], Russian Federation [i]. ... 

, Ural State Technical University Ural State Technical University

The Ural State Technical University, is a higher education [i] institute [i] in Yekaterinburg [i] ... 

, 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.

Transportation and accommodation

Yekaterinburg, still called by its Soviet name Sverdlovsk in rail timetables, is an important railway junction on Trans-Siberian Railway Trans-Siberian Railway

The Trans-Siberian Railway or Trans-Siberian Railroad is a network of railway [i]s connecting Moscow [i]... 

, with lines radiating to all parts of the Urals and the rest of Russia. As the economic slump subsided, several Europe Europe

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an airlines started or resumed flying to the city's Koltsovo International Airport . These include Lufthansa Lufthansa

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, British Airways British Airways

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, Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines

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, Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines

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 and Czech Airlines Czech Airlines

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.

Yekaterinburg's public transit network includes the Yekaterinburg Metro Yekaterinburg Metro

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 which was opened in 1991, and many streetcar Tram

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, bus Bus

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, tram Tram

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 and trolleybus Trolleybus

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 routes.

Culture


The city has several dozens of libraries including the V. G. Belinsky Scientific Library, the largest public library in the Urals. Yekaterinburg is famous for its theaters among which tere are some very popular theater companies: Yekaterinburg Academic Ballet and Opera Company, Sverdlovsk Academic Theater of Musical Comedy , Yekaterinburg Academic Dramatic Theater, Yekaterinburg Theater for Young Spectators, Volkhonka , Kolyada Theater .

The music scene in Yekaterinburg is not exceptionally large or prolific, though a number of popular Russian rock bands, such as Urfin Dzhyus, , Chicherina, Nautilus Pompilius, Nastya, Trek, Agata Kristi and Smyslovye Gallucinacii, were originally formed there . Besides some famouse opera singers - Boris Shtokolov, Yury Gulyayev, Vera Bayeva - graduated from the Urals State Conservatory. The Ural Philharmonic Orchestra  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 folklor singigng and dance ensemble.

In Yekaterinburg there are more than 30 museums, among which: several museums of ural minerlas and jewelleries, some art galleries, one of the largest collections of Kasli mouldings , the famous Shigirskaya Kladovaya - Shigir Collection including the oldest wood sculpture in the world - the Shigir Idol which is estimated to be made about 9,000 years ago and found near Nevyansk Nevyansk

Nevyansk is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast [i], Russia [i], located on the Neyva River [i] on the eastern s ... 

).

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 .

Consulates

  • United States United States

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     Consulate—15 Gogolya Street; the first consulate with a visa section in the Urals, established in 1994.
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom

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     Consulate—established 1997 as a full consulate with a visa section, on 15a Gogolya Street.
  • German Germany

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     Consulate—a full consulate with a visa section, on 44 Kuybysheva St.
  • Czech Republic Czech Republic

    The Czech Republic , a member state of the European Union [i] , is a landlocked [i] country in Central Europe [i] ... 

     Consulate— general consulate with a visa section, on 15 Gogolya Street;
  • Kirghizia Kyrgyzstan

    Kyrgyzstan, formerly the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia [i]. ... 

     Consulate— general consulate on 105 Bolshakova Street;
  • Bulgaria Bulgaria

    Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in Southeastern Europe [i].... 

     Consulate— general consulate on 74 Lunacharskogo Street;
  • China China

    China is a cultural region [i] and ancient civilization [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

     Consulate— general consulate.

Twin cities

Yekaterinburg is a sister city Town twinning

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 of

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, Czech Republic Czech Republic

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  • - San Jose San Jose, California

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    , California California

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    , U.S.A. United States

    The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a... 

    , since 1992
  • - Guangzhou Guangzhou

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    , China China

    China is a cultural region [i] and ancient civilization [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

    , since July 10, 2002

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 National Hockey League

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.
  • Grigory Aleksandrov, film director
  • Grigory Bakhchivandzhy, test pilot
  • Aleksei Balabanov, film director
  • Pavel Bazhov, author
  • Sergei Chepikov, biathlon competitor, olympic champion
  • Oksana Cherkasova, cartoonist
  • Chiang Ching-kuo Chiang Ching-kuo

    Chiang Ching-kuo , Kuomintang [i] politician and leader, was the son of Chiang Kai-shek [i] and held ... 

    , president of the Republic of China Republic of China

    The Republic of China is a country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

     from 1978 to 1988. From 1932 to 1937, Chiang Ching-kuo Chiang Ching-kuo

    Chiang Ching-kuo , Kuomintang [i] politician and leader, was the son of Chiang Kai-shek [i] and held ... 

     worked in Ekaterinburg at Ural Heavy Machinery Plant . In Ekaterinburg he met his wife Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva Chiang Fang-liang

    Faina Chiang Fang-liang was the wife of President Chiang Ching-kuo [i] and served as First Lady [i] of t ... 

    .
  • Pavel Datsyuk, ice hockey player
  • Aleksandr Demyanenko, actor
  • Irina Denezhkina Irina Denezhkina

    Irina Denezhkina is a Russia [i]n controversial writer, notable for a vulgar style of her works, which i ... 

    , author
  • Bella Dizhur, children's poet, mother of Ernst Neizvestny Ernst Neizvestny

    Ernst Iosifovich Neizvestny is probably the most famous Russia [i]n sculptor [i] of the second half of t ... 

  • Alexander Dolsky, poet
  • Aleksei Fedorchenko, film director, winner of the 62 Mostra for First on the Moon
  • Valentin Filatov, soviet circus artist
  • Albert Filozov, actor
  • Stanislav Govorukhin, film director
  • Aleksei Haritidi, cartoonist, Palm d'Or Court Métrage winner at the Cannes International Film Festival for Gagarin
  • Nikolai Khabibulin, ice hockey goaltender
  • Vladimir Khotenenko, film director
  • Evgeniy Kolobov, conductor
  • Nikolai Kolyada, playwright
  • Olga Kotlyarova, runner
  • Vladimir Krasnopolsky, film director
  • Vladislav Krapivin, children's author
  • Nikolai Krasovsky, prominent mathematician
  • Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov

    Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov was a Soviet [i] intelligence agent [i] and partisan [i] ... 

    , partisan and hero of World War II World War II

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  • Yaropolk Lapshin, film director
  • Yury Levitan, radio speaker during World War II World War II

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  • 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 Ernst Neizvestny

    Ernst Iosifovich Neizvestny is probably the most famous Russia [i]n sculptor [i] of the second half of t ... 

    , sculptor
  • Nikolai Nikonov, author
  • Yury Osipov, mathematician and president of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences

    Russian Academy of Sciences is the national academy [i] of Russia [i]. ... 

  • Gleb Panfilov, film director
  • Mark Paverman, conductor, founder of the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Ivan Polzunov Ivan Polzunov

    Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov was a Russia [i]n inventor [i]. ... 

    , inventor
  • Alexander Stepanovich Popov Alexander Stepanovich Popov

    Alexander Stepanovich Popov was a Russia [i]n physicist [i] who was the first to demonstrate the practic ... 

    , physicist who was the first to demonstrate the practical application of electromagnetic waves
  • Alexander Vladimirovich Popov, swimmer, full member of the International Olympic Committee
  • Oleg and Vladimir Presnyakov, playwrights
  • Ivan Pyriev, film director
  • Evgeniy Rodygin, composer
  • Fedor 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 Ivan Shadr

    Ivan Shadr was a Russia [i]n/Soviet [i] sculptor [i] who took his pseudonym after his hometown ... 

    , sculptor
  • Boris Shtokolov, opera singer
  • Stanislav Shvarts, prominent zoologist
  • Vasily Sigarev, playwright
  • Anatoly Solonitsyn Anatoly Solonitsyn

    Anatoly Solonitsyn was a famous Soviet [i] actor. ... 

    , actor, winner of the Berlin International Film Festival prize for best actor
  • Boris Stenin, speed scater
  • Pyotr Tayozhny Pyotr Tayozhny

    Pyotr Tayozhny, Russia [i]n sculptor [i]. ... 

    , sculptor
  • Vladimir Uskov, film director
  • Sergei Vonsovsky, prominent physicist
  • Alexei Yashin, ice hockey player
  • Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin

    Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of Russia [i] from 1991 to 1999. ... 

    , first Russian president
  • Rimma Zhukova, speed skater
  • Irina Lashko, silver winner at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  • Tatiana Uskashova, delegate to the J8 Summit in 2006, met with Putin and other world leaders

Honorary citizens

This is a short list of the most notable honorary citizens of Yekaterinburg :
  • Arkadiy Tchernetskiy, mayor of Yekaterinburg
  • Gennady Mesyats, vice-president of the Ural Academy of Sciences, one of the founders of the contemporary Demidov Prize
  • Vladimir Tretyakov, rector of the Ural State University Ural State University

    Ural State University is situated in Yekaterinburg [i], Russian Federation [i]. ... 

  • Eduard Rossel, governor of the Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast

    Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject [i] of Russia [i] located in Urals Federal District [i] ... 

  • 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
  • Sergei Vonsovsky, prominent physicist
  • Vladimir Kurochkin, musical comedy and opera producer

See also

  • Names of Asian cities in different languages

Notes


External links and sources

  • All information about Ekaterinburg.
  • - Website dedicated to Yekaterinburg. Numerous photogalleries.