Ekaterinburg. The city - millionaire

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1. The 4th
2. The city-millionaire
3. 1 500 000 people

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• Ekaterinburg is the fourth largest city in terms of
number of inhabitants, one of eleven citiesmillionaires of Russia. The population of the city
is more than 1 500 000 people. Ekaterinburg is
the capital of the Urals. It is built along the banks
of the tributary of the Tobol, namely the Iset
River
• Ekaterinburg is not only a major industrial and
commercial center, but also a cultural,
educational and scientific.
• It is located near the border of Europe and Asia.

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• In 1721, Peter I the Great issued a decree on
the basis of which Tatishchev Vasily Nikitich
began the construction of metallurgical plant
on the Iset River. In 1723 completed
construction. Ekaterinburg was named in
honor of Empress Catherine I Alekseevna wife
of Peter I.

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• The dam of the city pond is the very first
urban structure, from which the construction
of Yekaterinburg began in 1723. It was this
structure that helped the main plants. Russian
name of the plant
• "plant" comes from its direct location,
specifically behind the water

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• The temple on the blood in the place of
Ipatiev's house, where the royal family and
the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II were shot in
1918. this is a fragment of the monument

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• It is believed that the right bank of the
shopping center, and the left - the church. This
division has survived nowadays. On the right
bank in the “Катере", is the Administration,
the authorities, the police. And on the left in
the «Бург" - the University, the Philharmonic,
theaters.

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• Zero kilometer is the geographical center of
the city of Yekaterinburg. From this point
count the distance to the main cities of Russia,
for example, Moscow.

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• Opera House - has been working since 1912.
In Yekaterinburg, the famous singers of the
Bolshoi Theater I. Kozlovsky, S. Lemeshev, I.
Arkhipov began their creative career. The
theater carefully preserves its best traditions.

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• Opened on February 1, 1980. the building is
considered one of the best in Europe and is
adapted for the most complex productions,
and its interior is decorated with a Ural stone.
The previous building of the circus was built in
1933, but only wooden. An important and
bright feature of the circus is its dome, made
in the form of openwork latticed arches. its
height is 50 m.

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• The Church of the Ascension in Yekaterinburg
has its history from the end of the eighteenth
century. This temple is the only church
building in the city, built in the late Baroque
style. Once on the site of the temple there
was a country house of one of the builders of
the city Tatishchev