Important City Yekaterinburg
It was nearly three hundred years ago when this town was founded on the eastern slopes of the Urals Mountains on the banks of the beautiful Iset River. It was given the name of Ekaterinburg, to honor the memory of the martyr Saint Catherine, after whose name the Emperor Peter the Great’s wife was baptized.
Today Ekaterinburg is a city with the population of a million and a half and a powerful industrial and research centre. Its heavy transport and chemical engineering plants, non-ferrous metallurgical works and military industrial enterprises occupy a leading place in the national economy. The city has about 15 institutions of higher education; it is the seat of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Yekaterinburg offers plenty of cross-country skiing, with trails stretching for miles. There are some downhill skiing resorts as well. It will take you approximately 25 minutes to get to the nearest of them from the center of the city.
The dynamics of contemporary life does have its effect on the city. However, good care of its cultural heritage helps to maintain the historical continuity of times and confirms the right of Ekaterinburg to the status of a historical city.Error processing request
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