Yekaterinburg (from October 14, 1924 to September
23, 1991 - Sverdlovsk) is a metropolis in Russia, the administrative
center of the Ural Federal District and the Sverdlovsk Region. Forms
the municipality "city of Yekaterinburg" with the status of an urban
district. It is the largest economic, administrative, cultural,
scientific and educational center of the Urals. The area of the city
is 1111.702 km².
It is located on the eastern slope of the
Middle Urals, along the banks of the Iset River, in its upper
reaches.
It was founded on November 7 (November 18), 1723 as
an ironworks. The name of the city was given in honor of Empress
Catherine I. In 1781, Catherine II granted Yekaterinburg the status
of a county town in the Perm province.
At the end of the 19th
- beginning of the 20th century, the city was one of the centers of
the revolutionary movement in the Urals. In Yekaterinburg, on the
night of July 16-17, 1918, members of the family of the last Russian
Emperor Nicholas II were shot. During the Soviet years, the city
turned into a major industrial and administrative center of the
country.
Ekaterinburg ranks third in the country in terms of
economic volume, after Moscow and St. Petersburg. This is one of the
country's largest centers of trade, finance, tourism,
telecommunications and information technology, the most important
transport and logistics hub (an international airport, the
Trans-Siberian Railway and 6 federal highways pass through the city)
and an industrial center (opto-mechanical industry, instrument
making and heavy engineering). , metallurgy, printing industry,
light and food industry, military-industrial complex).
Yekaterinburg is also an important administrative center. The
headquarters of the Central Military District, the Presidium of the
Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the representative
office of the President of Russia in the Urals Federal District and
35 territorial federal authorities are located here. It is often
unofficially called the "capital of the Urals". In addition, the
city is included in the number of contenders for the informal title
of the "Third Capital of Russia".
The city, along with
several other Russian cities, became the venue for matches of the
2018 FIFA World Cup.
Yekaterinburg is famous for its
constructivist architecture, world-famous musicians from the
Sverdlovsk rock club, and is also considered the "Russian capital of
street art."
Yekaterinburg is divided into 7 administrative
districts, which diverge radially from the historical center, cut in
half by the Iset River. In the city center, the streets still retain the
linear layout set by the master plan of the early 19th century; three
concentric transport rings are clearly distinguished: Vostochnaya,
Furmanova, Moskovskaya and Chelyuskintsev streets, outlining the center,
Shefskaya, Bazovy per., Deryabina, Tokarey and Bebel, between which the
main part of the city is placed, and the Ring Road, which is still under
construction, which is sometimes used even by taxis to move between city
districts during rush hours. Most of the sights, theaters, museums and
entertainment centers are concentrated inside the first transport ring,
between the first and second there are already mainly factory and
sleeping areas. The latter can be either new construction, clean and
safe for walking (Academic, Botanica), or late Soviet, unremarkable and
by no means so calm (concrete goods, Blue Stones, Uralmash), and some
areas are quite notorious (Kompressorny, Vtorchermet, Sorting).
The main industrial districts of the city, adjacent to large factories,
are located in the south (Khimmash district), in the north (Elmash and
Uralmash districts) and in the west along the Verkh-Isetsky pond (VIZ
district). In these areas, one can feel the scope of the grandiose
construction projects of the middle of the last century: in addition to
huge production sites, each factory district has its own main square,
its own palace of culture, its own parks and alleys, and its own solemn
entrance as the center of life. In fact, it is a city within a city. The
most interesting, perhaps, will be the VIZ-Steel enterprise, whose
workshops are clearly visible from bridges and highways, and at night
the factory cooling towers stand out with spectacular illumination.
Verkh-Isetsky pond is the largest body of water in the city in terms of
area, in summer sailboats glide along it and jet skis noisily cut
through the waves, a lively beach is open. One of the oldest and most
remarkable tram lines of the city runs along the pond - a single track
to the stop. "Green Island" with an exotic siding for trams.
The
urban agglomeration also includes the cities of Verkhnyaya Pyshma,
Sredneuralsk, Berezovsky and Aramil. Administratively, they still defend
their independent status, but in fact they have already grown together
with Yekaterinburg, because. have a common urban transport network and
adjacent residential areas. In addition, Yekaterinburg has nearby
satellite towns Pervouralsk, Revda, Polevskoy, which gradually
transformed into remote sleeping areas.
Information and tourist
service of Yekaterinburg, 8 Marta st., 21. Mon-Fri 10–19; Sat, Sun 10
am–5 pm.
The center of Yekaterinburg contains all the most famous sights of
the city: Plotinka, the Church on the Blood and many (but by no means
all) constructivist buildings. Here, Soviet architecture is bizarrely
intertwined with pre-revolutionary and modern architecture, creating
what has now become the face of the city, although, perhaps, it is not
its essence. All museums, cafes are located in the center, and here you
will probably spend the most time, and maybe not leave the area at all.
Verkh-Isetsky Zavod (VIZ) is located to the west of the city center.
Once it was a couple to Yekaterinburg located on Plotinka, and now it
has become one of the colorful industrial outskirts. Many factory
buildings have survived from the 19th century, while the area around the
factory with a single-track tram line and rickety wooden houses has
preserved the atmosphere of a factory suburb, complemented by brightly
illuminated cooling towers at night. VIZ is the area where the
industrial Yekaterinburg of the end of the century before last has been
preserved in places, and the breath of the metropolis is not felt at
all.
Vtuzgorodok adjoins the center from the east. Most of this area
is occupied by the complex of the Ural Federal University and research
institutes, which are not very interesting from the outside, but give
the area an intellectual flavor, complemented by solid Stalinist
architecture in the vicinity of Lenin Avenue, the city's central
thoroughfare. The main attraction in the east of Yekaterinburg is the
Shartash stone tents: these are rock outcrops located on the very
outskirts of the city, allowing you to feel that Yekaterinburg is still
located in the Urals. Here is one of the city lakes - Shartash.
Uralmash and Elmash are districts in the northern part of the city,
separated from the center by a huge industrial zone. This is the most
impressive of the Yekaterinburg outskirts, where iconic monuments of
Soviet architecture are located: the complex of administrative buildings
of the Uralmash plant, the Madrid Hotel and the White Tower. In addition
to them, you can enjoy the authentic pre- and post-war buildings
stretching for kilometers, combining multi-storey residential buildings
with wooden barracks. The road to Ganina Yama, the burial place of the
royal family shot in Yekaterinburg, passes through Uralmash.
The
south of Yekaterinburg is the least interesting part of the city for
tourists, consisting mainly of residential areas. Here are the southern
bus station and Uktus Park with beautiful rock outcrops. On the very
outskirts is the Khimmash district, which grew out of another
metallurgical plant, but now, if something remarkable, then the massive
residential development of the 1970s. From here it is not difficult to
get to the suburbs, such as the Mountain Shield and Aramil.
By plane
Yekaterinburg is the main airport of the Ural region. The
local airline Ural Airlines is based here, which actively operates
flights within Russia and offers, for example, connections via
Yekaterinburg in the direction of Siberia and the Far East.
Planes from Moscow fly 1-2 times per hour, from St. Petersburg - 3-4
times a day, from Novosibirsk - at least 2 times a day. There is also a
good, although changing from year to year, flight network in the
European part of Russia, and the already mentioned flights of Ural
Airlines beyond the Urals.
International flights: Ural Airlines
fly directly to some cities in Europe, but not every day. All these
flights are designed to connect with Beijing and carry mainly Chinese,
and flying in such a company for 4-5 hours is below average pleasure. Of
the major international airlines, only Turkish Airlines (Istanbul) flies
to Yekaterinburg, but not every day. Air Astana flights are operated
more regularly, allowing you to get to the city from Kazakhstan or pick
up a connection in the direction of Central Asia.
Koltsovo
Airport (IATA: SVX). ☎ 8 (800) 1000-333, +7 (343) 226-85-82. The airport
has two terminals (domestic and international), which are under the same
roof: when viewed from the station square, terminal A (domestic) is on
the right, and terminal B (international) is on the left. There are five
restaurants and cafes in the registration area, the cheapest of which is
the Kroshka-Kartoshka fast food on the ground floor. In the clean zone
of domestic flights, there are a couple of good cafes with hot food, in
the clean zone of international flights - only Shokoladnitsa with a very
limited choice. Prices are higher than city prices, but 20-30% lower
than at Moscow airports. Also in the check-in area and in the departure
area of domestic flights there are shops with Ural stone and such local
souvenirs that you will not find in any other airport: for example, the
Uralvagonzavod branded kiosk with models of tanks and military-style
clothing. There is free Wi-Fi throughout the terminal. A 24-hour storage
room is located in the basement: 350 rubles for the first calendar day
and 100 rubles for each subsequent day. There is a capsule hotel at the
airport (the second floor of the check-in area, 350 rubles per hour); on
the station square there is an expensive four-star hotel Angelo (from
7000 rubles), and on the other side there is a slightly cheaper Liner
Hotel: a 12-hour rate for 3400 rubles (common amenities per block). If
you have a late arrival or early departure, it is cheaper to find a
hotel in the city and take a taxi.
How to get there: city bus
number 1 from the railway station runs to the airport. During the day,
it runs at intervals of 15-20 minutes, but it takes more than an hour to
the center by vegetable gardens, so if you value time, choose minibus
number 1, which runs every half an hour and follows non-stop, 45 minutes
on the way, travel: 100 rubles and more 20 rubles for luggage (2020). A
taxi to the center costs from 400 rubles when ordered via the Internet,
and at the official counter in the arrivals area, prices can reach
700-800 rubles. The train goes to the airport only twice a day, and you
are unlikely to be able to adjust your plans for it. The Koltsovo
station of the Kamensk-Uralsky direction is located half an hour's walk
or two bus stops from the airport, it makes sense for those traveling in
the direction of Kamensk-Uralsky and Kurgan. If you wish, you can also
get to Yekaterinburg in this way (electric trains every 1-2 hours, 35
minutes on the way), although this is hardly faster than a city bus.
Uktus Airport, formerly the base of local airlines in the Sverdlovsk
region, is closed forever.
By train
Station
"Yekaterinburg-Passenger" is one of the largest railway junctions in the
region. The building has all the services from a left-luggage office to
a children's playground and rest rooms. If you arrived by train, then
you can exit the city from the platform either through the station with
baggage inspection, or bypassing the building on the left (there is also
a left-luggage office) or on the right (if you need to take the metro or
to the Northern Bus Station).
Railway station st.
Ekaterinburg-Passenger, Vokzalnaya, 22.
By car
You can enter
the city along the Serovsky, Novo-Moskovsky, Polevskoy, Chelyabinsk,
Siberian highways, an alternate of the Siberian highway.
By bus
The city has two bus stations with a rather unsystematic organization of
routes. One would think that buses to the north leave from the Northern
bus station, and buses to the south from the south, and this is true,
but only in part: for example, some buses leave from one bus station and
stop at another. Interregional buses can depart with equal success from
any of the bus stations.
Northern bus station, Vokzalnaya st. 15a
(Subway: Uralskaya, next to the railway station).
South bus station,
st. March 8, 145 (Subway: Chkalovskaya). ☎ +7 (343) 257-12-60. There is
increased vigilance at this bus station. Before getting on the bus, you
will have to go through security twice - first at the entrance to the
building, and then at the exit to the platforms. The building itself has
changed little since Soviet times and is filled with chaotic trade.
Inside there is a small cafeteria, and for a hot meal it is better to go
to the platforms, where (even before the security check point) there is
something like a 24-hour canteen, which looks unattractive from the
outside, but offers good food and Tatar-type pies. Luggage storage is
also located near the platforms (7:00–21:00, 90 rubles). Look for all
other infrastructure in the nearby Megapolis shopping center, where
there is a grocery supermarket and a cafe for every taste.
Yekaterinburg is a very compact city with an
impressive population of 1.5 million inhabitants. Without traffic jams
from one border of the city to another can be reached in 30 minutes. The
fare is 32 rubles in ground transport and on the metro (2022). If you
come to the city for a couple of days, it is most convenient to pay for
each trip, i.e. buy tokens at metro ticket offices or single tickets
from the conductor with a bank card. In the 2010s, EKart was used, which
is sold at metro ticket offices and Rospechat kiosks, but in 2020 there
are no ads about it. In e-wallet mode, this card does not make much
sense, since you will pay the same 32 rubles for the metro and 30 rubles
for land transport. It is also possible to use the card in transfer
ticket mode for 32 rubles for 30 minutes or 62 rubles for 60 minutes,
but you need to choose in advance which of these options you need, and
the card allows you to ride the metro in this mode only with a ticket
for 60 minutes. Passes are only for a month and usually contain
restrictions on the number of trips, while providing only a small
benefit compared to single tickets.
Buses and trolleybuses - the
transport network covers the entire city. However, during peak hours,
the idea of taking a bus or trolleybus will not be the most successful
- you will spend an hour or two in traffic jams. Most office workers in
Yekaterinburg work from 9.00 to 18.00, so peak hours are from 8.00 to
9.30 and from 17.00 to 19.00. It should also be taken into account that
public transport in Yekaterinburg stops working early. At 23.00 it is
already difficult to leave somewhere, except by taxi.
Tram - a
good network of tram tracks makes this mode of transport one of the most
important. It is not uncommon for a tram to bypass a traffic jam,
although the opposite situation will also not be uncommon - in the event
of an accident on the tram tracks (listen to the announcements of the
car driver - in such situations, trams try to change the route). Old
Tatra wagons run around the city, which gives a slight Prague flavor.
Car - for a tourist from a big city, a car trip will not be
something extraordinary. However, it is better for an unprepared driver
not to drive into the city. Heavy traffic and the problem of parking in
narrow streets will make you sweat and worry. During rush hours
(especially during heavy snowfall), cars are simply abandoned on the
street, desperate to get anywhere. There is also an acute shortage of
paid parking lots in the center. Another problem is theft. The most
dangerous parking spots are near shopping malls. Most of the hijackings
in the city occur from the parking lot of the MEGA shopping center.
Bicycle - cyclists have to move around the city exclusively on the
sidewalks, since the only area with special bike paths is Akademichesky
(a new-build sleeping district on the outskirts of the city). On the
other hand, due to the compactness of Yekaterinburg on a bicycle, you
can quickly move around the city. Bicycle thefts are rare (but they do
happen!), and many shopping malls have bike racks (make sure you have a
bike lock). Bicycles can also be rented.
Metropolitan. There is
only one metro line in Yekaterinburg (from north to south, 9 stations),
it operates from 6-00 to 00-00. It runs through the city center and
connects the Chkalovsky district of the city (the Botanika
microdistrict) with Ordzhonikidzevsky, a large industrial area in the
north of the city, which includes the Uralmash and Elmash
microdistricts. Each metro station, according to tradition, is decorated
in a unique style that echoes its name. From that, these stations
themselves are in some way sights, like in any other Russian city with a
metro.
With the help of the subway, you can quickly get from the
Northern bus station to the South. During rush hours, the metro is not
just the best way to get around the center, but sometimes the only
reasonable one (unless you like to walk). Yekaterinburg metro stations:
Cosmonaut Avenue.
Uralmash. (cinema "Zarya", buses to Verkhnyaya
Pyshma)
Machine builders.
Ural. (Northern bus station, railway
station, Yekaterinburg-Passenger station, Sverdlov st.)
Dynamo.
(sports complex "Dynamo", embankment of the city pond, 10 minutes to:
Youth Theater, Church on the Blood, Literary Quarter)
Square in 1905.
(city center, Weiner st., Variety Theatre)
Geological. (circus,
arboretum)
Chkalovskaya. (Southern bus station, 20 minutes to Central
Park of Culture and Culture)
Botanical. (shopping center "Airship")
Railway. Do not underestimate the rail transport when moving around
the city. At hours when the city is choking with traffic jams, the
electric train will guarantee delivery on time, although the location of
the stops is not convenient. In the summer, it is time for unpredictable
repairs on the railway, so it’s better to play it safe anyway. A city
electric train runs in the city (the fare is 28 rubles (2018), a ticket
is purchased directly on the train). From the railway station to
Koltsovo airport can be reached by express train "Koltsovo" (fare - 44
rubles). In addition, suburban electric trains stop within the city at
the following stops:
OP Pervomaiskaya. (this way you can get to the
main building of UrFU)
Art. Shartash. (Shartash market area)
OP
VIZ. (equipped with turnstiles)
Art. Yekaterinburg-sorting.
OP
Lesotechnicheskaya.
OP Botanical.
OP Airport "Koltsovo". Do not
confuse with Koltsovo OP, from which it is still a decent walk to the
airport. Only 2 express trains per day go to the OP Koltsovo Airport.
etc. Basically, these are sleeping areas and outskirts. You can only
get off at these stops if you really understand what you are doing. For
all suburban trains (except for the city electric train), tickets are
purchased at the box office and terminals (green) at stopping points and
at the station. Traveling without a ticket is fraught with unpleasant
consequences, since ticket control is carried out often. You can plan a
trip on the website, train cancellations are recorded accurately.
Taxis are easy to order online. All Russian applications operate in
Yekaterinburg: Lucky (rutaxi), Maxim, Gett, Yandex; the latter is
somewhat more expensive than the others. A trip around the city should
cost 100-200 rubles, it is better not to use the services of private
traders. You can also order by phone:
Auto Lady - (343) 219-55-15 -
only women drive
LUCKY - (343) 38-000-00
Bullet - (343) 272-72-72
3 tens - (343) 310-10-10
Maxim - (343) 2222-888
Kopeyka - (343)
310-10-00
Nika - (343) 300-01-01
Economy - (343) 222-32-23
TopTaxi - (343) 222-30-30
Yandex GO - (343) 266-66-66
There are over 600 monuments of history and culture in
Yekaterinburg, 43 of them are objects of federal significance.
Streets and squares
Ploshchad 1905 — the main square of the city;
Weiner Street is a pedestrian street, a kind of "Yekaterinburg Arbat".
On both sides are countless shops, both "branded" and ordinary. There
are a lot of small sculptural compositions on the street, with which not
only tourists, but also local residents like to be photographed.
The
dam and the city pond are a place for the townspeople to walk. There is
a museum of industry, architecture and nature of the Urals, a monument
to the founders of the city Tatishchev and de Gennin.
The area of the
1st five-year plan is the main square of the Uralmash district;
Buildings and constructions
According to experts, Yekaterinburg has
irretrievably lost its historical appearance. To be precise, it had
about five historical appearances: a factory-fortress, provincial
classicism, provincial eclecticism (from that moment on, the building
became chaotic), constructivism, and steelianism. And yes, he managed to
lose all these appearances - in the sense that there are no areas in
Yekaterinburg that have preserved intact historical buildings, where you
can feel the journey through time, see the street the way the architect
saw it. Since the 2000s old buildings (sometimes including architectural
monuments) are being actively demolished, because the status of a
business metropolis capriciously requires more shopping and
entertainment centers, high-rise office buildings and federal
residences. Nevertheless, there are still a lot of individual
architectural sights in the city, some of them are objects of cultural
heritage of federal significance.
Only a few buildings from the
time of his youth (XVIII century) have been preserved in the city,
however, none of them has retained its original appearance, because. in
the 19th century, many buildings were actively rebuilt. In the full
sense of the building of the XVIII century. only the dam of the city
pond remains on the site where the Yekaterinburg plant-fortress was. But
it is hidden deep under a layer of modern concrete.
The heyday of
urban architecture falls on the first half of the 19th century. - the
rapid growth of the city, active building in the style of classicism,
the emergence of expensive estates in the city and its environs (now
they are already in the city center). Monuments of architecture of the
Classicism era are located in the historical center of the city - on the
bank of the city pond, in the area of Sq. 1905, on the street. March 8,
st. Weiner, st. Malysheva, st. Kuibyshev and st. Chapaev. The ensemble
of the estate of Kharitonov-Rastorguev on K. Liebknecht Street can
rightly be called a symbol of the provincial classicism of
Yekaterinburg.
However, already in the second half of the XIX
century. the class stratification of Yekaterinburg, the loss of a master
plan in construction and banal waste have led to a rather chaotic
development of the city, as they say, whoever is in what much. The
period is marked by the transition from classicism to eclecticism,
pretentious architecture, neo-Gothic fashion, baroque "excesses". In the
spirit of eclecticism, some early houses were also rebuilt. Samples of
such architecture can be found in the same historical center, mixed with
classical ones. Eclecticism overcame classicism also on the street.
Roses Luxembourg, st. Sacco and Vanzetti. In the city, among the stone
estates and government houses, there are also many wooden mansions built
at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. (and also with whimsical
elements of eclecticism). A significant part of these houses is
concentrated in the area between the streets of Malysheva, Rosa
Luxembourg, Mamin-Sibiryak and Karl Marx, as well as in the "literary
quarter" between Tolmacheva and Proletarskaya streets. The most famous
example of eclecticism in Yekaterinburg is the Sevastyanov House, now
the residence of the President of the Russian Federation in
Yekaterinburg. An example of Art Nouveau is the building of the Opera
and Ballet Theater (1912).
In the 1920-1930s. Yekaterinburg is
undergoing an architectural transformation. Wooden houses in the center
of the city are being demolished, and in their place pretentious capital
construction is unfolding in the style of constructivism that has come
into vogue. Today, buildings of this era, as a Russian exclusive,
attract foreign architecture lovers, and Yekaterinburg has something to
boast of. The greatest concentration of such buildings is in the center
along Lenin Ave. A striking example of such buildings is the residential
complex "Town of Chekists" with the hotel "Iset". Another interesting
example of constructivism - "White Tower" - is located far from the
center, in the Uralmash area.
The construction boom that engulfed
Yekaterinburg in the 1930s-1950s was associated with the emergence of
giant factories and the growth of the city in width. Neoclassicism of
the 1930s and 50s, of course, is also found in the city center, but it
is better to see the neoclassical quarters that were not touched by a
bulldozer in the factory districts that appeared at that time - Uralmash
and Khimmash. Several large buildings were built in the city center,
which still retained the features of constructivism, but elements of
neoclassicism already prevailed in the design. Such, for example, is the
building of the District House of Officers.
Pompous buildings
continued to be built in the city in the late Soviet years and in the
90s. Of interest are the building of the KKT "Cosmos", the Yekaterinburg
circus with a suspended dome of a rare design, the building of the
Regional Committee of the CPSU and the Regional Executive Committee (now
the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region). Next to the circus stood the
Yekaterinburg-style Babylon Tower: a huge unfinished building, an
ambitious project of the 1980s, which was supposed to surpass all the TV
towers of the Soviet Union in height (361 m, 0.5 m higher than the
Ostankino TV tower excluding the spire), but in 1991, at a height of 219
m, the tower was abandoned. The unfinished TV tower was blown up on
March 24, 2018.
A new construction boom began in the early 2000s
and continues to this day. The term "brusselization" as a characteristic
of this period in architecture would be very accurate. High-rise and not
very high-rise buildings made of glass and concrete are growing like
mushrooms in the historical center. Religious buildings are being
actively erected. An ambitious project of a complex of skyscrapers and
large business centers of Yekaterinburg City is being implemented on the
shore of the city pond, the plan of which can be viewed at the virtual
exposition of the Museum of the History of Yekaterinburg. The project is
stalling due to financial shocks and is constantly being revised, but
the Hyatt hotel, the President business center and the Legislative
Assembly building are already ready, the Demidov Plaza center is almost
completed, and the Iset tower is under construction. These buildings
have not yet passed the test of time and do not yet claim the status of
architectural monuments. However, even now some of them can be called
city sights.
Embankment of the city pond
Estate of
Zotov-Tarasov, st. Gorky, 21. Built in the middle of the XIX century.
Although the estate was touched by eclecticism, nevertheless, unlike
Sevastyanov's house, it retained a common classical motif. The two
outbuildings and gates of the estate that have survived to this day are
part of the architectural complex of the residence of the governor of
the Sverdlovsk region. An ordinary tourist will not be able to get close
to it, of course.
House of the merchant Pshenichnikov, emb. Working
Youth, 2. House with a mezzanine (1830) on the bank of the city pond.
Architect M. Malakhov.
Sports Palace "Uralochka" - built by an
Austrian contractor in 2001-2003. Accommodates 5000 spectators.
The
building of the Administration of the Sverdlovsk Railway, st.
Chelyuskintsev, 11. Arch. K. T. Babykin, 1925-1928 Monumental Soviet
neoclassicism, exacerbated by imperial fountains and gardens, which the
current management of the Sverdlovsk railway broke under their windows.
Prospekt Lenina
The central street of Yekaterinburg, starting
from the complex of buildings of USTU-UPI, now part of UrFU, and ending
with Kommunarov Square, where it is divided into three diverging beams -
st. Repin, st. Tatishchev and Verkh-Isetsky Boulevard. The entire
architectural history of the city is collected here. At night, the
section of the avenue in the historic center remains well lit. This
street has two younger sisters - Malysheva and Kuibysheva - cutting
Ekaterinburg with her like a cake - with decisive, parallel features.
The main building of USU (now UrFU) (Building of the former Economic
Council), Lenin Ave., 51. Architect A.P. Tuff, built in 1957. An example
of neoclassicism.
The building of the District House of Officers, st.
Pervomayskaya, 27. The building in the manner of volumetric-spatial
constructivism, completed exactly in 1941, on the main military square
of the city - Sq. Soviet army. There are already characteristic features
of Soviet neoclassicism - decorative elements, columns, a spire. Nearby
is a military history museum with samples of military equipment produced
in the Urals.
Opera and Ballet Theatre, Lenin Ave., 46a. The building
was built in 1912 by the Pyatigorsk architect V.N. Semyonov with
Viennese baroque motifs, to some extent imitating the Odessa Opera and
Ballet Theater. Erected on the site of the city circus.
Pharmacy of
the Mining Department, 37 Lenin Ave. Two-story building designed by M.
Malakhov (1821). Now it houses a museum of the history of stone-cutting
and jewelry art. Despite the official purpose, the house was built as a
city estate with a garden. An architectural monument of federal
significance.
John the Baptist Cathedral, st. Repin, 6b. Stone church
built in 1860, gradually expanded to a cathedral. By the 1940s remained
the only functioning church in Yekaterinburg, since 1943. The Cathedral,
the main temple of the Urals, was actively rebuilt in the 1950s,
acquiring a modern look.
Ensemble of the hospital of the
Verkh-Isetsky plant, Verkh-Isetsky Boulevard, 15. A curious hospital
ensemble of 1826, designed by the same M. Malakhov. Unfortunately, this
complex is now in poor condition, in addition, dense buildings and tram
tracks in the neighborhood interfere with the view.
Central Stadium,
st. Repina, 5. The largest city stadium 1953-1957. buildings with two
large stands - East and West. A vivid example of Stalinist
neoclassicism, decorated with sculptural groups in the style of
socialist realism. On the site of the old Central Stadium, a huge new
stadium was built for the 2018 FIFA World Cup - Yekaterinburg-Arena, but
the old "classic" facades of the 1950s have been preserved.
One of the central arteries of the city, connecting
the railway station and the Botanichesky microdistrict, is the streets
of Sverdlov, Karl Liebknecht, Belinsky, passing into each other. She is
another direction of distribution of city attractions. Parallel to this
line are two other large streets on the left bank of the Iset -
Lunacharsky and Vostochnaya (forming the inner transport ring of the
center with Furmanova, Moskovskaya and Chelyuskintsev streets).
House of the sportsman "Dynamo" (1934), st. Eremina, 12. The
constructivist house-ship with round porthole windows on the arrow of
the city pond is a wonderful monument to the romantic era of the
development of physical culture in the 1930s.
Business center
"Vysotsky", st. Malysheva, 51.500 rubles, cash only. Completed at the
end of 2011. It is grandiloquently called a skyscraper, in any case, a
54-storey building with a height of 188.3 m, the second tallest (after
the Iset Tower, also located in Yekaterinburg) in the Urals, in Siberia
and throughout Central Asia, really draws on skyscraper. The building
has practically no load-bearing walls, the whole structure rests on
columns. The skyscraper houses offices and a museum of Vladimir Vysotsky
(his hotel room has been recreated and his personal Mercedes has been
exhibited); on the 52nd floor there is an observation deck with
breathtaking views of the city.
Ryazanov's estate. ☎ Kuibyshev 40 and
Kuibyshev 63. Large and small estates of the Ryazanovs. Malaya - on the
odd side of Kuibyshev - relatively recently restored from ruins (with
the exception of the courtyard and courtyard buildings) and willingly
pleases the eye. The big one - on the even side - is deeply sunk in the
soil, thickets and oblivion. Now it is a residential building (communal
apartments) with a crumbling facade, but still preserved columns, stucco
and forging elements.
Manor Zheleznova, st. Rosa Luxembourg, 56.
Built in 1895. A stone house made of red brick, giving the impression of
a carved, wooden, made in the style of a tower in the pseudo-Russian
style. The house has kept its courtyard within the historical boundaries
- with a garden, a fountain, wrought iron gates and a cast iron fence.
Estate of E.F. Filitz, st. Mamin-Sibiryak, 187. A protected monument of
wooden architecture by architect Yu.O. Dyutelya, semi-stone house in the
"Russian" style.
Mansion Semenova (1912), st. Karl Marx, 22a. One of
the most interesting wooden houses in the area: a massive mezzanine in
the pseudo-Russian style and a turret typical of the Art Nouveau style.
Manor of the architect Malakhov, st. Lunacharsky, 173a. A copy of the
estate of the famous Yekaterinburg architect who built all the main
buildings of the city in the first half of the 19th century. It was
erected according to his own project in a pine forest on the outskirts
of the city. Alas, the original wooden manor of the architect was
completely dilapidated by the 1970s. It was demolished, and in the back
of the courtyard - away from Lunacharsky Street, an exact copy was
built, but already in stone.
The main right-bank highway - st. March 8, starting as
st. Yeltsin along the city pond and going far to the south, to Khimmash.
Manor of the Agafurovs, st. Sacco and Vanzetti, 24. Architects
Yu.O.Dyutel, V.V.Konovalov, 1892 One of the two estates of the merchants
Agafurovs, a wealthy Tatar family, who played a prominent role in
Yekaterinburg in the late XIX - early 1892, survived in the city. XX
centuries Oriental motifs and Muslim symbols stand out in the
architectural design of the estate. Now the representative office of the
Republic of Tatarstan is located in this building.
Manor of the
Agafurovs, st. Sacco and Vanzetti, 28. Another estate of Tatar
merchants, this time made of wood. This building also houses a museum of
ancient life.
House Lebedev, st. Sacco and Vanzetti, 25. One of the
best examples of Russian wooden architecture in the city. The house
looks especially advantageous in contrast with the Tatar estate of the
Agafurovs located directly opposite.
House of Mishins, st. February
Revolution, 9a. ☎ (343) 371-73-4. A wooden one-story mansion in the Art
Nouveau style of unusual architecture, now it houses the so-called.
"cafe-museum" "Demidov". As a cafe - not very, but as a museum -
according to reviews, interesting. Kolchak himself lodged in the house
in 1919.
The building of the Second House of Soviets, st. March 8, 2.
The residential complex built in 1932 is also a mixture of outgoing
constructivism and neoclassicism replacing it. Built in the form of a
sickle (only square).
Manor of Poklevsky-Kozell, st. Malysheva 46. A
large estate with a mezzanine, owned by the Poklevsky-Kozell family -
millionaires, magnates, nobles. Close to the house later the city
council was attached. Now the combined buildings are occupied by the
Ministry of Culture of the Sverdlovsk Region and the Regional Museum of
Local Lore.
House of Kalashnikova, March 8, 34. An example of late
classicism in 1840. Classical decor elements such as a mezzanine and
columns are gone, a house with a relatively small facade goes deep into
the block (to save expensive land). There is also a purely Ural flavor -
a forged iron grate that even adorns the roof. And also L.I. managed to
work in this building at one time. Brezhnev
Circus (1980, for 3000
spectators), st. March 8, 43. With a unique hanging roof under an
openwork load-bearing dome (a similar dome by the architect Niemeyer can
only be seen in Brazil)
Manor of E.M. Pervushin, st. March 8, 28.
Built in 1906 according to the design of the capital architect P.A.
Zarutsky. Baroque stucco and Art Nouveau features are whimsically mixed
in the building. A memorial plaque proudly flaunts on the estate stating
that it was in this building that Y. Levitan read the reports of the
Soviet Information Bureau, although this issue, it seems, is still
debatable.
House of Yarinskaya, st. March 8, 20. Mansion second
floor. 19th century - a classical building, but with the indispensable
elements of neo-Gothic.
The estate of the merchant Oshurkov, Chapaev
st., 3. The Oshurkov estate is a whole architectural ensemble with the
neighboring estates of Nurov, Balandin and the Davydovs, a rare piece of
dense building of classicism, preserved in Yekaterinburg almost in its
original form. Made in the spirit of classicism, but with some baroque
"excesses" in the form of stucco.
Monument to Lenin (on the square of 1905).
Monument
to Kirov. It is located in front of the entrance to the GUK (Main
Educational Building) of the Ural Polytechnic Institute (UPI). (Now Ural
Federal University).
Monument to Pushkin.
Monument to Popov (near
the building of the Main Post Office).
Memorial complex "Black
Tulip". dedicated to the soldiers who died in Afghanistan and Chechnya.
Monument to Sverdlov. located near the opera house
Monument to
G.K. Zhukov. A large statue at the headquarters of the district,
depicting a marshal on horseback.
Monument to the soldiers of the
Ural Volunteer Tank Corps (near the railway station). The meeting point
at the station, popularly referred to as "under the mitten."
Eternal
flame. Yekaterinburg version of the eternal flame, located in the park
near the square. Kommunarov.
Monument to the Uralians who forged
victory. A symbolic statue by the sculptor Gevorkyan, installed in 2005.
Monument to the Decembrists. Opened for the 175th anniversary of the
uprising on Senate Square (in 2000). The monument was erected in
Yekaterinburg by no means by chance - the exiled Decembrists followed
through the city on their way to Irkutsk.
A replacement for the
resort monkeys - for tourists who are in dire need of photographs - are
funny bronze doodles, generously placed around the city by the
administration. The artistic value of the sculptures remained outside
the scope of the project. The main places of their accumulation - st.
Weiner, Greenwich shopping center, the square in front of the old
railway station building, Tagansky Park on Sortirovka. Single sculptures
are found at the beginning of the Siberian tract (plumber), in the
courtyards near Lenin Ave. (three artists, a janitor), on the street.
Belinsky (Ostap and Kisa, a monument to the Invisible Man). A monument
to V. Vysotsky and M. Vladi was erected near the Antey shopping center,
there is a monument to "The Beatles" on the Iset embankment.
Routes
The Red Line is a 6.5 km long walking tour
through the historical center of the city. The route is closed, i.e.
without beginning or end, marked with a red line drawn directly on the
sidewalk. Following this route, you will visit: the Church on the Blood,
the Literary Quarter, the embankment of the City Pond, Sevastyanov's
house, the dam, Sq. 1905, city administration building, st. Weiner, an
arboretum, a monument to the keyboard, the Vysotsky business center
(54-storey skyscraper with an observation deck), an opera and ballet
theater, a musical comedy theater, a museum of the history of
Yekaterinburg, a Metenkov photography museum, a philharmonic society,
the Kharitonov-Rastorguev estate and the Youth Theater.
On the
square in front of the railway station, guests of the city are invited
to take bus tours. Two directions are in the lead - an overview of the
city and to Ganina Yama. The organizers are guided by passengers who
find themselves in the city passing through, so a city tour takes only
an hour. It should be noted that during peak hours this hour may take a
journey along the street. Sverdlov and back, and you won’t be able to
see much (at best, they will show the Temple on the Blood). If you did
not come to the city by passing through, then it is better to refrain
from such excursions - it is easier to walk around the city, you can
find cheaper excursions to Ganina Yama.
City events
City Day -
celebrated on the third Saturday of August. The festivities continue
into the next day.
Old New Rock - the largest rock festival in
Yekaterinburg. Since 2005, it has been held twice a year - on January 13
(on the Old New Year) and in the middle of summer (Old New Rock on the
Wave).
The May Walk is a massive physical culture event that takes
place annually on the third Sunday of May. For a walk, there are several
hiking and cycling routes laid through the city and its environs, with
various distances, up to marathons. In fact, a kind of out-of-town trip
for the whole day with badges at the finish line.
Every year, mass
festive events are held on national holidays, for example. Maslenitsa
(in March) and Sabantuy (in June) - as a rule, in the TsPKiO.
Ural's
Music Night.
Museums
There are really a lot of museums - for
every taste and color. As in any large city, in addition to traditional
museums and a large number of art galleries, each more or less large
enterprise has its own museum (as a rule, with an exposition located in
a closed area and inaccessible to ordinary visitors), as well as a
number of commercial "museums" - shops, eg. - Museum of Erotica. Every
year in Yekaterinburg, the "Night of Museums" is quite actively held; on
this night, their own expositions also appear at institutions not
related to museums (for example, at the Yekaterinburg Circus, at the
zoo, etc.).
Museum of the Development History of EMUP "ETTU",
Stepan Razin, 51. ☎ (343) 257-23-41. It is located on the territory of
the tram depot. The open-air exhibition features several tramcars from
different eras.
Sverdlovsk Film Studio, Lenin Ave., 50Zh. In the
building of the film studio there is an amusement park of wonders
"Galileo" and a museum of cinema and cartoons.
Wonderland Park
"Galileo". ☎ (343) 206-06-07. Mon-Sun from 10-00 to 20-00. Adult ticket
- 400 rubles, children's ticket - 300 rubles. Interactive exhibition of
optical illusions and "cine" tricks.
Museum of Film and Animation. ☎
(343) 350-91-98. Mon-Sat 10:00-18:00. Museum with an exposition
dedicated to the history of the creation of films by the Sverdlovsk Film
Studio.
Metal shop, st. Gorky, 4 (at the dam, in the building of
the water tower). Wed–Sun 15:30–19:00. Collection of metal tools and
household utensils of the 18th-19th centuries. Pay attention to
extremely strange opening hours, and in winter the shop is completely
closed due to lack of heating.
Theaters
Yekaterinburg is one
of the most theatrical cities in Russia. There are about three dozen
theaters. The most significant and located close to the city center:
Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Lenin Ave.,
46a. One of the architectural sights is a baroque building from the
beginning of the 20th century. High-budget productions of opera and
ballet, a worthy troupe. It is popular with the locals, so it is better
to buy tickets in advance.
Sverdlovsk State Academic Theater of
Musical Comedy, 47 Lenin Ave. The most popular theater in Yekaterinburg
is located in the center, the repertoire (musicals and operettas) is
aimed at a wide audience. It is also advisable to get tickets in
advance.
Yekaterinburg theater for young spectators, st. Karl
Liebknecht, 48. Large and small scenes. There are many performances for
adults in the repertoire, in addition, theater troupes from Moscow and
Europe often come on tour.
Sverdlovsk State Academic Drama Theatre,
Oktyabrskaya square, 2 (embankment of the city pond, near the building
of the regional government). Traditional drama theatre.
Kolyada
Theatre, 97 Lenin Ave. The private theater of the eminent Ural
playwright Nikolai Kolyada, now located in the building of a former
cinema. The productions involve professional artists, the repertoire
consists of classics and modern dramaturgy, in particular, Ural authors.
Two stages, large and small. For connoisseurs of non-traditional
directions in the theater.
Yekaterinburg Municipal Puppet Theatre,
st. Mamin-Sibiryak, 143. Puppet theater, which also has performances for
adults.
Chamber Theatre, st. Proletarskaya, 18 (in the Literary
Quarter, near the Church on the Blood). A small theater with a classical
repertoire. Eminent actors from theatrical troupes of other theaters of
the city are involved in the performances.
Yekaterinburg Theater
"Volkhonka" ("Volkhonka"), st. Malysheva, 21/1. A small theater with a
diverse repertoire, accepts visiting troupes.
Ural State Variety
Theatre, st. March 8, 15. Musical performances (mainly for children),
but jazz concerts and variety shows dominate.
Center for Contemporary
Drama, st. Malysheva, d. 145A, lit.F. A platform for experiments by
young playwrights, directors and actors. Performances, readings of newly
written plays, KinoLook projects, Street faces, rock band concerts.
Cinemas
Kinomax-Coliseum, 43 Lenin Ave. ☎ (343) 371-02-13.
Located in a historic building - the first city theater built in 1847.
However, it has only 1.5 halls, so only blockbusters have time to show.
KKT Kosmos, Dzerzhinsky, 2. ☎ (343) 253-88-27. The largest screen in the
city is here. 3 halls (including IMAX), stereo films are shown.
Salyut, Tolmacheva, 12. ☎ (343) 310-00-70. Five small halls at once in
addition to one large one - this determined the specifics of the cinema:
in addition to the mainstream, here you can watch everything that does
not reach the rental of multiplexes. At the box office festival,
documentary films, works of Asian and European filmmakers.
KinoDom,
Lunacharsky, 137. ☎ (343) 350-06-93. 2 halls.
Cinema Park, Malysheva,
5 (TRK "Alatyr"). ☎ (800) 700-01-11. High-quality multiplex, there is an
IMAX hall. There are 9 halls in total.
Cinema center "RolikS",
understudy of the Siberian tract, 2 (TRK "KomsoMALL"). ☎ (343)
253-85-63. 8 halls.
Titanic-Cinema (SEC "Greenwich", 3rd floor). ☎
(343) 295-10-00. One of the most popular cinemas located in the
Greenwich shopping center. Large, spacious halls (only 10 pieces),
high-quality equipment, 3D sessions, a varied repertoire.
Kinomax-3D
Megapolis, March 8, 149 (near the Southern bus station). ☎ (343)
385-05-13. 9 cinema halls.
Dawn, Bauman, 2. ☎ (343) 331-22-22.
Traditional cinema at Uralmash with two halls. The only feature -
located next to the subway
Kinoplex in the mall "Park House",
Sulimova, 50. ☎ (343) 270-00-60. 8 cinema halls.
Concerts
Along with the two Russian capitals, Ekaterinburg is often visited by
world music stars of all directions. In addition, Yekaterinburg is the
home city of the Chaif rock group and the Ural Pelmeni KVN team, their
concerts are held regularly. Tickets for any concerts can be purchased
at the city box office of the shopping center "Greenwich" or on the
website kassir.ru, but it will cost a little more than directly at the
box office of concert venues. The main concert venues of the city:
Sverdlovsk State Academic Philharmonic, st. K. Liebknecht, 38a. The main
platform for high music in Yekaterinburg. The Philharmonic has several
of its own orchestras, in addition, metropolitan and foreign stars of
classical music regularly come. A separate source of pride is the German
organ. In addition, concerts of popular music in orchestral arrangements
are regularly given to the public in a simpler way.
Cosmos,
Dzerzhinsky, 2. ☎ (343) 253-88-27. A platform for solid stars. The
bohemia of pop music and pensioners of foreign rock usually come here.
Palace of Youth, Lenin Ave., 1. ☎ (343) 371-15-68. A guest platform for
KVN teams, capital theater troupes that are not satisfied with the
smaller stages of Yekaterinburg theaters, and rock groups.
Tele-Club,
Career, 16th century ☎ 8-912-609-44-44. Stars of rock, hip-hop,
electronic music come here.
In addition, large concerts are held on
sports grounds - in the Palace of team sports and in the cultural and
entertainment complex "Uralets".
Water parks
Aquapark Limpopo,
st. Shcherbakova, 2. 10:00–22:00 (weekends 9:00–22:00). You can get to
the water park by bus (stop Samoletnaya), or by city electric train
(station Botanicheskaya).
Zoos
Ekaterinburg Zoo,
Mamin-Sibiryak, 189. More than 300 species of animals, including white
tigers, elephants, bears, etc. edit
Butterfly Park, Lenin Ave., 49
(next to the opera house). ☎ (343) 221-29-15. 10.00 to 20.00. 200 rubles
(2013). A greenhouse with a decent collection of butterflies.
Minizoo
in TsPKiO im. Mayakovsky. Small but nice zoo in the main park of the
city. It consists of two parts (a petting zoo with pets and a
traditional one with wild ones), a ticket to each of them is purchased
separately. There are no large predators in the zoo, the set of animals
is the most common: moose, deer, camel, raccoons, ostriches, rabbits.
Bathing
In general, every year swimming in half of the
surrounding lakes is prohibited by sanitary and epidemiological
supervision, and in the other half by the Ministry of Emergencies. Some
citizens, at their own peril and risk, flee from the heat in the lake.
Shartash, on the Verkh-Isetsky pond, or at some distance from the city -
on the lakes Baltym, Peschanoe, Chusovskoye. However, in terms of
cleanliness and comfort, the lakes near Yekaterinburg are far from those
in the South Urals.
Lake Shartash. Located in the eastern part of
the city. There are deep places where you can drown.
Circus
Yekaterinburg State Circus. V.I.Filatov, st. March 8, d.43. ☎ (343)
257-27-83. In addition to its own troupe, the circus often hosts touring
circus artists from Russia and abroad, it hosts international circus
festivals.
You can escape from the bustle of the city and car
gases in parks. In addition to many small green "islands" there are
several large park areas:
Central Park of Culture and Leisure.
Mayakovsky, st. Michurina, d. 230 ( tm.TsPKiO). ☎ (343) 254-244-2.
06:00-23:00, attractions: in winter, Wed-Sun 11:00-20:00, in summer
Tue-Sun 10:00-22:00. Entrance to the park on a day off - 50 rubles, free
on weekdays. The park is located far from the center, the best way to
get to it is by tram. The park has many attractions, regular
entertainment events are held, paintball, karting, cafes and barbecues
are at the service of visitors, a ski base and a skating rink are open
in winter. In summer, the park has a children's railway and "Mowgli
Park" - obstacle courses for outdoor enthusiasts. There is also a
petting zoo and petting zoo. Approximately half of the park has remained
undeveloped - this is a semi-wild forest area with quiet paths, where
you can often find squirrels begging nuts from visitors.
Kharitonovsky park, st. Karl Liebknecht, 44. from 08:00 to 22:00. Free
admission. A picturesque corner in the historical center of the city is
the park at the Kharitonov-Rastorguev estate (now the Palace of
Creativity for Children and Youth). In the center of the park there is a
pond with a rotunda, a favorite place for photo shoots. In addition,
there is an educational corner for young children.
Dendrological park
on the street. Pervomaiskaya, the intersection of Pervomaiskaya and Mira
streets (near the main building of UrFU). Free admission. More than 300
species of acclimatized plants from Eurasia and North America are
represented in the park, there are two ponds with ducks.
Dendrological park on the street. March 8, st. March 8, 37a,
intersection of March 8 and Kuibyshev streets (near the circus,
Geological). ☎ (343) 376-486-2. from 08:00 to 22:00. Free admission.
Another large dendrological park in the city center with a decent
collection of plants. The park has a rose garden, a large fountain, one
side of the park overlooks the river. Iset.
Botanical Garden, st.
March 8, 202 ( Botanicheskaya, Chkalovskaya, tm. auth. Schwartz). ☎
(343) 260–82–58. 08:00–18:00. This place is no longer for walking, but
for excursions. The garden occupies a large area (50 hectares) with more
than 10,000 plants.
Shartash forest park ( tm. auth. Stone tents).
Free admission. Large forest park on the shore of the lake. Shartash is
a good place for walking on weekends (during daylight hours). At the
entrance to the park there is a natural monument - "Stone tents". These
remains - compensation for those who do not have the opportunity to get
to the larger natural monuments of the Middle Urals - "Devil's
Settlement" or "Seven Brothers", are located near the tram stop. In
summer, you can rent a bike (rental point at the Rossiya KOSK on
Vysotsky 14 - almost opposite the entrance to the park) and go around
Shartash Lake - in about an hour and a half.
Meteogorka, st. Bazhova,
193 (Shartash market area). Free admission. Natural elevation on which
the city's weather station is located. At the foot of the hill there is
a small park, in the immediate vicinity there is another large park -
the garden to them. Pavlik Morozov (at the VGTRK TV tower). There is an
observation platform on the weather hill, which offers a good view of
the city (especially at night). Not as good as from the Vysotsky
skyscraper, but free.
Green Grove. The failed location of the
Sverdlovsk Zoo, one of the oldest parks in the city, the former
territory of the Novo-Tikhvin Monastery, now operating again, but no
longer claiming to be a park zone.
Yekaterinburg-EXPO, International Exhibition Center,
Expo Boulevard, 2. ☎ (343) 215-79-98. The center has become a permanent
venue for major industrial and agricultural exhibitions, the organizers
hope that someday they will host the World Exhibition.
Sports
arenas
KRK "Uralets", st. Bolshakova, 90. ☎ (343) 214-86-14. Home
arena of the hockey club Avtomobilist
Palace of team sports, st.
Eremina, 10 ( Dynamo). ☎ (343) 359-37-96. Arena of futsal team "Sinara"
and women's basketball team "UMMC"
Central Stadium, st. Repina, 5. ☎
(343) 311-05-05. FC Ural Stadium
Ski base "Lokomotiv", Reshetskaya, 63. > sports
entertainment center ✉ ☎ 8-908-927-927-3. Large forest ski track,
children's slide, snowscooter and ski rental. A good place for an active
family holiday on a weekend. You can get by train to the station.
Yekaterinburg-Sorting or aut. 13 from the station to the stop.
Angarskaya
Uktus, sports entertainment center, Zimnyaya, 27. ☎ (343)
256-75-75. Cross-country ski and tubing rental. The only ski resort in
the city. 3 ski slopes, with a total length of 800m. Passionate lovers
of skiing rarely visit Uktus.
Sports complex Yunost, Kuibysheva, 32a
( Geological). ✉ ☎ (343) 257-21-89. The largest and most popular ice
rink in the city. The complex also has a swimming pool.
Sports
complex Dynamo, Eremina, 12B ( Dynamo). ☎ (343) 388-30-67. The ice
sometimes leaves much to be desired, not the entire stadium is poured
under the rink, but only the running track. The complex has a swimming
pool.
Ice skating rink in TsPKiO (central alley from the main
entrance of TsPKiO). In winter, the central alley of the park is filled
with ice, and a skate rental pavilion opens. In addition, cross-country
ski rental is available in the park.
Sports and entertainment center Ramada, Koltsovsky
tract 10 km, 15. ✉ ☎ 8-912-205-40-05. Sports complex at a five-star
hotel outside the city. Situated on the bank of a small pond. The
profile of the complex is a cable wakeboard (water skiing with electric
traction).
Sailing, Kirova, 40. Rental of sailboats and yachts.
Yekaterinburg has a large selection of shopping and
entertainment centers - large complexes filled with branded boutiques,
jewelry, shoe, haberdashery, book, audio / video, perfume, children's
and souvenir shops, restaurants, coffee shops and other fast food
establishments. As a rule, each mall has a large gastronomic supermarket
and a chain store of household appliances. Of the "entertainment", small
video attractions prevail, competing with each other in the number of
"dimensions" (4D, 5D, 7D), and children's rooms. Nevertheless, in the
largest shopping malls there are serious multiplex cinemas with a large
number of halls.
The largest universal shopping and shopping and
entertainment centers of the city:
1 Mega shopping center (in a
complex with IKEA shopping center, Auchan supermarket and OBI shopping
center), Metallurgov, 87. ☎ (343) 356-71-32. The largest shopping center
in Yekaterinburg, located at the exit to the Novomoskovsky tract. There
is a special bus from the metro station "Geological"
2 TC "METRO
Cash & Carry", understudy of the Siberian tract, 21. ☎ (343) 379-28-71.
Well-known German network of small wholesale and wholesale trade. There
are three METRO shopping centers in the city, all traditionally on exits
- in the east (on the understudy of the Siberian Highway), in the north
(at the intersection of Kosmonavtov Ave. and Shefskaya St., extreme
Uralmash) and in the west (near the Mega shopping center). Wealthy
gourmets love to shop here, because. there are few other places where
you can find such rare delicacies as black caviar. But shopping at METRO
is only possible with a special store card issued to legal entities
based on a set of supporting documents.
3 SEC "Karnaval" (with a
supermarket "Auchan City"), Khalturina, 55. ☎ (343) 310-01-00. A large
shopping and entertainment center in the Verkh-Isetsky district. Near
the shopping center there is also a large gardening and construction
supermarket OBI.
4 SEC "Greenwich" (with a supermarket "Kupets"),
March 8, 46 ( Geological). Perhaps the main mall in the city (though
not the largest) - due to its central location. There is a fairly large
car park. In addition to the standard set of branded stores of all
stripes, it is equipped with one of the largest cinemas in the city -
Titanic Cinema.
5 Shopping Center "Uspensky", Weiner, 10 ( Ploschad
1905 Goda). ☎ (343) 371-10-86. Located in the very center, in a former
building. Drama Theater (the neighboring street is still called
Teatralnaya). The trading area is not so big, but all the necessary set
is available. There are also city ticket offices where you can buy
tickets for almost any concerts, performances and entertainment events.
6 SEC "Rainbow Park" (with a supermarket "OK"), Repina, 94. ☎ (343)
311-18-88. Another mall in the opposite (from the "Karnaval") part of
the Verkh-Isetsky district. There is a KARO-FILM cinema in the mall.
7 SEC "Park House", Sulimova, 50. ☎ (343) 264-00-00. SEC 1.5 km from
the railway station - in the Pioneer microdistrict. Nearby is a large
Osnovinsky park and an amusement park. The mall has a gastronomic
hypermarket "Karusel" and a cinema "Kinoplex".
8 SEC "Alatyr",
Malysheva, 5 (Central Stadium area). ☎ (343) 253-58-55. A large shopping
and entertainment center near the center with a gastronomic hypermarket
"Karusel" and a cinema complex with IMAX "Cinema Park".
9 SEC
"Megapolis", st. March 8, 149 (near the Southern bus station). ☎ (343)
385-10-00. Shops are no longer so fashionable, they take in quantity. In
the shopping mall there is a grocery supermarket "Monetka", a cinema
complex "Kinomax 3D".
10 SEC "KomsoMall", understudy of the Sibirsky
Trakt, 2. ☎ (343) 311-01-01. Relatively new mall on the outskirts of
Tyumen. It houses a large cinema center "RolikS".
11 TC "Airship",
Academician Schwartz, 17 (microdistrict "Botany", Botanicheskaya). ☎
(343) 218-95-95. 10:00-22:00. Another large shopping center with a by no
means accidental name: it is located exactly on the site of the runway
of the former Uktus airport (until 1987), 300 meters from it still
huddles, squeezed by high-rise buildings, an old airport terminal, and
10 kilometers to the south in the 30s. even tried to build an airship.
In winter, one of the city's largest Christmas tree markets opens in the
shopping center.
12 TSUM, Bankovsky per., 3 (near 1905 square). ☎
(343) 371-13-57. 10:00-21:00. Relatively small shopping center, one of
the oldest in the city. A couple of dozen small boutiques, the main
product is clothing. But there is a wide selection of souvenirs. You can
also buy Nizhny Tagil trays with lacquer painting if you are not going
to visit this city.
13 Shartashsky market, Vostochnaya, 15a. ☎ (343)
254-40-85. The largest agricultural retail market that has preserved the
traditional flavor of collective farm markets. Vegetables, fruits and
meat at affordable prices, meat is cheaper on weekday evenings. They
will certainly give weight, but isn't that why we love markets?
14
House of Books, 12 Anton Valeka St. (near 1905 Goda Square). ✉ ☎ (343)
253-50-10. 10:00-20:00. The largest bookstore in the city. Here you can
find souvenir publications about the city and the region.
15 SC
"BOOM", Vayner St., 19. 10:00-20:00, Sun 10:00-19:00. A rather mediocre
shopping center, however, there is a large selection of designer
souvenirs and handicrafts (mainly clothing items - scarves, sundresses,
felt boots, etc.). Here you can buy, including the Orenburg downy shawl.
16 Souvenir alley ( Geological). Semi-spontaneous handicraft vendor,
souvenirs and items of boulevard art.
In Yekaterinburg, there is no pronounced local
cuisine, but they do well, for example, dumplings, and there are even
themed establishments offering exotic things like dumplings with
venison, pike or muksun. Recently, there has been a tendency to make
their own cheeses according to European technologies: for example, the
UMMC industrial corporation from Verkhnyaya Pyshma became a goat cheese
producer, and in the neighboring town of Rezh they began to produce
moldy cheeses. All this is still weakly penetrating into public
catering, but it can be found in stores.
Prices are 20-30% higher
than in ordinary regional centers, and by the same amount lower in
comparison with, for example, St. Petersburg. The cheapest way to eat is
in canteens (the Vilka Spoon network) and culinary shops (the Cosmos
network). Cute and relatively inexpensive places for coffee, tea and
breakfast are Paul Bakery bakeries (choose those where there is no
service), there are also inexpensive coffee shops, although chain ones
are more noticeable (Travellers Coffee, Simple Coffee, Shokoladnitsa),
which are more boring and expensive.
Cheap
If it's really
cheap, then you can eat in canteens at universities and enterprises -
with the usual distribution and menu without pretensions. The cost of
lunch will be in the range of 150-200 rubles. In addition, there are
network establishments without waiters:
1 Subway, Malysheva,
98. Average bill 200 rubles. Popular bourgeois network. You can eat here
complex sandwiches and salads.
2 Pizza Mia, March 8, 43a (
Geological). ☎ (343) 344-34-24. around the clock. The average check is
240 rubles (2013). Chain of inexpensive pizzerias.
3 Pier, March 8,
46 (Greenwich shopping center, 4th floor). The average check is 150
rubles (2013). so-called food court - a set of distributions of national
cuisine for every taste.
Average cost
4 Donna Olivia Macaroni
Grill, March 8, 41. ☎ (343) 222-19-00. The average check is 900 rubles
(2013). Italian restaurant, suitable for a trip with the whole family or
with friends.
5 Own Company, Lenina avenue, 49. ☎ (343)384-84-48.
12:00-2:00. The average check is 580 rubles (2013). A good chain
restaurant, 8 branches in the city.
6 Nigora, Kuibysheva, 55. ☎ (343)
295-14-17. 12:00-24:00. The average check is 500 rubles (2013). Chain of
cafes of Central Asian cuisine. Delivery is working.
7 Ural
dumplings, Lenina avenue, 69/1. ☎ (343) 350-71-50. 11:00-24:00. The
average check is 500 rubles (2013). Large restaurant of European,
Russian and Uzbek cuisine.
8 Bukowski, Karl Liebknecht, 32. ☎ (343)
222-19-01. around the clock. The average check is 1000 rubles (2013).
9 Pan Smetan, Vostochnaya, 82. ☎ (343) 271-41-00. 12:00-2:00. The
average check is 1000 rubles (2013). Popular Czech restaurant.
10
Wasabi, Malysheva, 74. ☎ (343) 350-06-60. 12:00-1:00. The average check
is 600 rubles (2013). Japanese restaurant chain
11 Arjuna, Kirov, 40a
(on the bank of the Verkh-Iset reservoir). ☎ (343) 286-04-40. The
average check is 950 rubles. Indian cuisine restaurant, vegetarian menu
12 SeaZone, Malysheva, 74. ☎ (343)380-66-00. 12:00-1:00. The average
check is 1000 rubles (2013). Mediterranean Restaurant
13 Restaurant
Del Mare, st. Eastern, 7 years old ☎ (343) 229-42-29. The average check
is 1000 rubles. (2013).
12 Sunflowers. A piece of cake - 40-140
rubles. Small, cramped, but popular cafe (may not be empty on weekends).
Large selection of delicious pies and pies baked on site, including pies
in a pot and with unusual toppings. There are also standard hot dishes.
WiFi.
14 st. Mamin-Sibiryak, 140.
Expensive
15 Troekurov,
Malysheva, 137. ☎ (343) 378-81-18. 12:00-1:00. The average check is 3500
rubles (2013). A status institution, claims to be the most luxurious
restaurant in the city.
16 Courchevel 1850, Lenina avenue, 5/1. ☎
(343) 377-19-58. 12:00-2:00. The average check is 1500 rubles (2013).
17 Port Stanley, Gorky, 10a. ☎ (343) 355-19-55. 12:00-24:00. The average
check is 3000 rubles (2013). Mediterranean restaurant, completely
Serbian staff.
18 Armenia, Strelochnikov, 35 (near the railway
station). ☎ (343) 370-18-88. 12:00-1:00. The average check is 1750
rubles (2013). Caucasian cuisine restaurant
Cafes, coffee houses
and cafeterias
19 Coffee house "Express", st. March 8, 8b ( Ploschad
1905 Goda) (in the city administration building). 9:00-21:00. The
average check is 250 rubles. (2013).
20 "Traveler's coffee", st.
March 8, 8d (Mytny Dvor shopping center). ☎ 8-922-177-02-01. The average
check is 480 rubles (2013). good coffee and desserts, choice of main
dishes is weak. You can have a hearty meal for 300-500 rubles.
21 Coffee House, Malysheva, 60. Average bill 350 rubles (2013).
22
Chocolate girl, Malysheva, 36.
23 Shoko, French coffee house,
Malysheva, 74. ☎ (343) 350-06-60. 8:00-2:00. The average check is 350
rubles (2013). It is difficult to find a place in the center where you
can have breakfast as early as here. Good desserts.
24 Parisianka,
Belinsky, 12 (entrance from Engels street). 10:00-23:00. The average
check is 500 rubles (2013).
25 Cinnabon, Weiner, 19. Average check
250 rubles (2013). Cafe-bakery offering a selection of cinnamon rolls.
26 Paul Bakery, Malysheva, 36. ☎ (343) 379-33-55. 8:00-22:00. The
average check is 300 rubles (2013). One of the most popular and numerous
coffee shops in the city belongs to a local restaurant chain.
27
Mamma`s Big House, Lenina Prospekt, 26 ( Ploshchad 1905 Goda). ☎ (343)
222-19-05. The average check is 550 rubles (2013).
28 Kakao-Kakao,
coffee house, Sverdlova, 4. ☎ 8-922-216-20-11. 10:00-22:00. The average
check is 400 rubles (2013).
Cafe "Bazhov's Tales", Bolshakova Street
(traffic stop Bazhov Museum). The object is not far from the museum
building itself. Good menu, small space. Everything is clean and
comfortable.
Beer restaurants and pubs
A separate type of
establishments and perhaps the most popular are beer restaurants and
pubs. In these establishments you can eat like in restaurants, but they
are not intended for visitors with children, as a rule they do not have
separate rooms for smokers and non-smokers, the menu focuses on beer and
other alcoholic beverages. They are noisy, sporting events are regularly
broadcast. Pubs are more expensive and are best suited for foreign
tourists as they offer menus in both Russian and English.
29
Hans, beer restaurant, Malysheva, 63. ☎ (343) 350-90-67. 9:00-2:00. The
average check is 1000 rubles (2013). expensive German beer restaurant. A
huge selection of delicious beer, large portions (it is possible to
order half a serving). Friendly staff, good customer reviews.
30
Khmel, Chelyuskintsev, 2. ☎ (343) 377-78-91. 10:00-2:00. The average
check is 1500 rubles (2013).
31 Doctor Scotch, pub, Malysheva,
56. Average check 1000 rub. (2013). One of the most popular pubs,
popular with foreign tourists. Nice ambience but limited menu. Nov 2019
32 Dublin, Irish pub, Khokhryakova, 23. Average bill 1000 rub.
33 The Rosy Jane, English pub, Lenina prospekt, 34. Average bill 1500
rub. Small pub in the heart of the city
34 Wallen pub, Dutch pub,
Lenina prospect, 37a. 🕑 11:00-2:00. The average check is 500 rubles
(2013).
35 Globus, pub, Lunacharsky, 134. ☎ (343) 358-93-21. The
average check is 1200 rubles (2013).
Bars
A huge number of young people idly wandering
around in the evenings creates a demand for an equally large number of
bars - for every taste and color. Bars range from cheaper, informal,
cramped, smoky and dimly lit, usually located on basement floors, to
respectable ones with live music, dancers, expensive drinks, strict
dress code and face control at the entrance. These establishments are
usually open all night long.
1 PODZEMKA, March 8, 43a (
Geological). ☎ (343) 286-28-32. The average check is 500 rubles (2013).
2. Headquarters Bar, Malysheva, 39. Average bill 450 rubles. (2013).
Small brasserie-restaurant on the ground floor
3 Coffee bar Whisper
of roofs, Belinsky, 34. ☎ (343) 378-60-98. The average check is 300
rubles. (2013).
4 ALIBI, Malysheva, 74. ☎ (343) 350-06-90. The
average check is 1000 rubles (2013). Respectable bar with live music.
5 Coyote Ugly, Malysheva, 51. ☎ (343) 378-43-83. Expensive big bar,
there is a menu in English
Night clubs
6 Eldorado,
Dzerzhinsky, 2. ☎ (343) 371-38-38. 🕑 22:00-6:00. One of the cheapest
nightclubs in Yekaterinburg, chosen by students.
7 Za lighter, March
8, 120B. ☎ (343) 295-15-16.
8 SunDali Beach Complex, Peski Village,
13/a. ☎ (343) 206-88-08. Summer nightclub open-air on the shore of the
lake. Shartash
9 Chili, Malysheva, 53 - 6th floor (SEC Antey). ☎
(343) 379-57-77.
Book accommodation using online services, there are
options for every taste and budget.
Cheap
1 Domino Hotel,
Chelyuskintsev, 60. ☎ +7 (922) 181-54-60. 6-bed and 2-bed rooms, the
cost of accommodation is from 600 rubles per day Free wi-fi, free tea
and coffee, iron, refrigerator, hairdryer, stove, dishes, microwave.
Fresh renovation. 15 minutes walk from the railway station, 7 minutes
walk from the Temple on Blood.
2 Biathlon, Moskovsky Trakt 12 km. ✉
☎ (343) 231-18-93. 400-1200 rubles (2013). Small hotel at the sports
base. The low price is due to the location frankly on the outskirts and
the lack of the Internet.
3 Liberty Apartments, Melkovskaya, 9. ☎
(343)319-14-52. 1100-1300 rubles (2013). A network of apartment
mini-hotels, in fact, the same daily rent of apartments. You can pick up
rooms in any area of the city.
4 A ELITE, Elektrikov, 15 (not far
from Mashinostroiteley). ✉ ☎ (343) 271-66-83. 1100-4900 rubles (2013). 2
stars
5 Bolshoi Ural, Krasnoarmeiskaya, 1 (near the Opera and Ballet
Theatre). ✉ ☎ (343) 350-68-96. 1050-4500 rub. (2013). Large hotel of the
Soviet type. The cheapest option in the city center.
6 URAL-SLAVYANKA, Michurina, 57. ✉ ☎ (343) 350-27-58. 1500-4300 rub.
(2013).
7 Protex-Hotel, March 8, 70. ✉ ☎ (343) 217-45-00. 1900-3000
rub. (2013).
Average cost
8 Voznesensky Hotel 4*,
Mamin-Sibiryaka, 52. ☎ +7 (343) 380-90-90, fax: +7 (343) 380-90-91.
4000-8500 rub. (2013). 4* hotel in the quiet city center. Each room has
a large comfortable bed with an orthopedic mattress, air conditioning,
mini-bar, telephone with long-distance and international communication,
free Wi-Fi, safe, satellite TV. The room rate includes breakfast, access
to the gym.
9 Hotel ATLAZA City Residence 4*, st. East, 176a. ☎
+7-(343)-379-07-07. 3500-5500 rub. (2013). The modern building of the
hotel with a spacious secure parking is located in the central area of
Yekaterinburg, not far from the business and administrative center.
10 Business Hotel "Senator", Khomyakova, 14. ✉ ☎ +7-343-228-38-38.
Detached 6-storey building in a quiet center with its own free parking,
free high-speed Internet (wi-fi).
11 Ekaterinburg-Central, Malysheva,
74. Fax: (343) 350-10-04. 3600-7000 rub. (2013).
12. Green Park
Hotel, Narodnaya Volya, 24. ✉ ☎ (343) 222-00-24. 3800-6500 rub. (2013).
3-star hotel near Zelenaya Roshcha park
13 Moscow Hill, Sheinkman,
110a (entrance from Moskovskaya street). ✉ ☎ (343) 310-00-30. 4300-6200
rub. (2013).
14 Emerald, Sacco and Vanzetti, 38. ✉ ☎ (343)
253-07-97. 3000-6000 rub. (2013).
15 Grand Avenue, Lenin Avenue,
40. ✉ Fax: (343) 378-34-34. 3900-9000 rub. (2013). Large hotel in the
heart of the city.
16 UralHotel, Khomyakova, 23. ✉ (343) 371-13-33.
3000-6500 rubles (2013). 4 stars.
17 Vis-a-vis, Tatishcheva, 86. ✉
fax: (343) 381-50-27. 3600-6200 rubles (2013).
18 Liner Airport
Hotel, Bakhchivandzhi Square, 3 (near the airport). ✉ ☎ (343) 226-86-06.
2000-4500 rubles (2013).
19 Atlantic Plaza, Shcherbakova, 2. ✉ ☎
(343)389-21-21. 3200-6500 rubles (2013). Hotel on "Botanika" - a
residential area of Yekaterinburg, 1 km from Botanicheskaya. Nearby is
also the railway station "Botanicheskaya". The hotel is located in the
same building with the water park "Limpopo", nearby - TRC
"Ekaterininsky".
Expensive
20 Park Inn, Mamin-Sibiryak, 98. ✉
☎ (343) 21-66-000. 4000-7550 rub. (2013).
21 Novotel Yekaterinburg
Center, Engels, 7. ✉ ☎ (343) 253-53-83. 4500-14000 rub. (2013).
22
Onegin, Rosa Luxembourg, 49 (BC Onegin Plaza). ✉ ☎ 8-800-100-10-38 (for
calls within Russia) 310-38-38 (for calls within Yekaterinburg).
4800-12000 rubles (2013). 4-star hotel with 140 rooms in a modern
building, but with retro-style rooms. Each room has air conditioning,
safe, mini-bar, cable TV, free Internet access.
23 Atrium Palace
Hotel, Kuibyshev, 44. ✉ ☎ (343) 359-60-00. 5300-80000 rub. (2013).
5-star hotel, a place of deployment of visiting stars of the Russian
scale.
24 Hyatt, Boris Yeltsin, 8. ✉ ☎ (343) 253-12-34. 10000-18000
rub. (2013).
25 Ramada Yekaterinburg, Koltsovsky tract 10 km, 15. ✉
☎ 8-800-555-50-99. 6500-50000 rubles (2013). Country 5-star hotel
Landline phones in Yekaterinburg have seven-digit
numbers like +7 (343) XXX-XX-XX.
All major Russian operators
operate in the city: Megafon, Beeline, MTS, Tele2, Yota.
Many residents of the city consider tap water
unsuitable for drinking in any form - even boiled. Hotels and apartments
usually have coolers or filters installed, but if you don't have both
nearby, buy bottled water.
Try to avoid sleeping areas and urban
outskirts, even during the daytime. The city center (within Malyshev and
Lenin streets) is well lit and generally safe around the clock.
1 Upper Pyshma. The satellite city of Yekaterinburg,
primarily interesting to travelers with the largest museum of military
and automotive equipment in Russia. Here you can find almost everything:
from World War II aircraft and armored trains to models of launch
vehicles, real mining dump trucks and a huge four-story collection of
retro cars. If you are interested in such technology, even one whole day
may not be enough to view the exposition. The road from the center of
Yekaterinburg will take an hour. Feb 2023
2 Museum "Severskaya
Domna", Polevskoy, st. Vershinin, 7 (entrance from the side of the
pond). ☎ +7 (34350) 3-20-36. Mon–Fri 08:30–15:30. Formally, the museum
works by appointment, in fact, you just need to call and warn about the
visit. 100 rub. A unique monument of industrial architecture for Russia:
the only blast furnace of the 19th century that has survived without
significant changes at the Seversky Pipe Plant. The museum includes the
blast furnace itself with a smelting shop and the neighboring building
of a mechanical workshop, which houses a small exposition on the history
of Seversk metallurgy. However, it is not the volume of the exposition
that is of interest here, but the authentic mechanisms that are
completely in their place: on the territory of the operating plant. To
the right of the entrance to the museum, don't miss the Transfiguration
Chapel (1883), made entirely of metal.
How to get there: 1-2 buses
per hour from the Southern bus station in Yekaterinburg.
40 Railway
tunnel in Didino. An abandoned tunnel about 70 km from the city, built
in 1913, the length of the tunnel is 1110 meters (height 6 m, width 4-5
m). In winter, the recommended mode of transport is a cross-country
vehicle or railway transport to the station 1590 km.
41 Ganina Yama
(to the north of Yekaterinburg, 7 km along the Serov tract). Attraction
of religious tourism. This is an abandoned mine near Yekaterinburg,
where the remains of the executed family of Nicholas II were found. Now
there is a monastery. You can get there by an organized excursion
(excursions are booked in advance by phone +7-953-007-18-45), by private
car, in addition, a free monastery bus departs from the railway station
6 times a day.
Monuments of nature:
42 Severskaya petroglyph.
Rock mass near the village. Severka near Yekaterinburg. Fragments of
ancient rock paintings have been found on these rocks. edit
43 Chertovo gorodishche (6 km from the railway station Iset).
Rocks-outliers of a bizarre shape.
44 Rocks of Peter Gronsky
(Petrogrom) (3 km from the railway station Iset). Another rock outcrop
in the same area.
45 Mare's head (near the railway station Ayat). A
granite boulder in the form of a mare's head, on the back of which the
rock resembles a stone flower.
46 Kyrman rocks (near the railway
station Ayat). A rocky massif to the north of Yekaterinburg, during
excavations, traces of a sacrificial site and a metallurgical site of
the Bronze Age were found here.
47 Seven brothers (near the
Verkh-Neyvinsk railway station). Popular climbing cliffs for both
beginners and advanced climbers.
Several obelisks of the
Europe-Asia border, the most popular of which are:
48 Obelisk
"Europe-Asia". Near the village Kurganovo on the road to Polevskoy. The
easternmost obelisk and the easternmost border of Europe was erected in
1986 in honor of the 250th anniversary of V.N. Tatishchev, the border
between Europe and Asia. In fact, it is not too picturesque and is all
painted over by tourists with vandal inclinations.
49 Obelisk
"Europe-Asia" (settlement of Severka). At the Novo-Moskovsky tract, next
to the village of Severka. The most accessible obelisk, to which
weddings from Yekaterinburg ride.
50 Obelisk "Europe-Asia". At Mount
Berezovaya near Pervouralsk. It is more convenient to get to it through
the village of Novoalekseevskoye. This is the newest obelisk, installed
in 2008 in the place where obelisks were placed the earliest - since
1837.
51 Obelisk "Europe-Asia". Another obelisk near Pervouralsk is
one of the older ones. Perhaps your grandparents also took pictures with
him.
Several ski resorts in the vicinity of Yekaterinburg:
44
Ski resort Listvennaya, Berezovsky tract, 23 km. ☎ (343) 382-37-09.
Tue-Fri 17:00-22:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-22:00. 4 tracks
45 Ski resort
Stozhok, Nevyansky district, village Tavatuy, st. Sverdlov, 29. ☎ (343)
383-11-79. Tue-Fri 13:00-23:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-22:00. 2 illuminated
trails. One of the small GLC of local importance.
46 Ski center
"Medvezhka", pos. Severka. ☎ (343) 245-15-33. A small club ski complex
(transport engineering plant) with 2 tracks, with a total length of 700
m. Skiing must be coordinated by phone with the head of the club in
advance. Lifts operate on weekends and holidays.
47 Ski resort
Volchikha. ☎ 8-912-2-600-600. Tue-Fri from 12.00 to 23.00, Sat-Sun from
9.00 to 23.00. 4 tracks of varying difficulty, from 600 to 1200 m long.
Snow tubing. You can get there by train in the direction of Revda,
Druzhinino - to the Pionerskaya stop, from the station to the complex -
only 15 minutes.
48 Flux. ☎ (343) 2222-911. 🕑 Only weekends and
holidays from 10.00 to 18.00. A large number of slopes (more than 20, of
which 3 are illuminated), however, rather gentle, located in the ski
resorts "Fakel" and "Academy". You can get there by electric train on
Revda-Druzhinino to the station "Flus"
49 Ski resort Pilnaya. ✉ ☎
(3439) 630-341, (3439) 630-343. Mon-Fri 17:00-23:00, Sat-Sun 9:00-23:00.
One of the popular ski resorts in the region, 4 slopes.
50 Mountain
ski resort Teplaya, Bilimbay village. ✉ ☎ (343) 3-455-285. Tue-Fri
17:00-23:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-22:00. GLC for 3 tracks.
51 Ski park Iset
(mountain Motaikha), Sverdlovsk region, p. Iset. ✉ ☎ 8-904-98-17-460,
8-922-20-96-282. Poorly equipped ski complex with three small slopes.
The not very flat surface of the slopes attracts thrill-seeking
snowboarders.
Sanatoriums in the vicinity of Yekaterinburg:
Duzhonok, city Pervouralsk, st. Lenina, 31. ✉ ☎ (34392) 5-44-25. 60 km
from Yekaterinburg, 10 km from Pervouralsk, on the banks of the
Chusovaya River in a coniferous forest. You can get there by electric
train from Yekaterinburg to the station. Bilimbay
Green Cape, city of
Novouralsk, Zagorodnoe highway, 12. ✉ ☎ (34370) 4-55-19. Sanatorium 90
km north-west of Yekaterinburg, not far from Lake Tavatui, on the banks
of the Verkh-Neyvinsky pond in a forest area (get from Yekaterinburg by
electric train to Murzinka station)
The surroundings of the Iset River, which served as a convenient
transport route from the Ural Mountains deep into Siberia, have long
attracted settlers. The oldest of the currently discovered
settlements on the territory of modern Yekaterinburg was located
next to the rocky massif "Palkinsky stone tents" (near the village
of Palkino and Yekaterinburg) and dates back to the 6th millennium
BC. The rocky massif, located directly by the Iset River, probably
served as a natural fortification. On the territory of the
settlement were found the remains of dwellings, workshops for the
production of tools, sanctuary complexes, burials. From the 7th-3rd
centuries BC, ancient metallurgists who mastered the smelting of
copper lived on the Stone Tents. Copper figurines of birds, animals,
people, arrowheads, and various household items were found here.
Later they learned to make iron products.
All discovered
settlements died as a result of fires, possibly during the raids of
the conquerors. There were no urban settlements on this territory
until the colonization of the region by Russian settlers.
In
the spring of 1723, by decree of Emperor Peter I, on the banks of
the Iset River, the construction of the largest ironworks in Russia,
the Ekaterininsky plant, began. The date of birth of the city was
the day of November 7 (November 18), 1723, when a trial run of flash
hammers was carried out in the workshops. The construction of the
plant began on the initiative of V. N. Tatishchev, but later he ran
into opposition from the industrialist N. D. Demidov. Tatishchev was
supported by G.V. de Gennin, on whose initiative the fortress plant
was named Yekaterinburg in honor of Empress Catherine I, wife of
Peter I.
... a new fortress, which was built in the Ugric
province near the Iset River, and in it factories with various
factories and manufactories, was named in the name of Yekaterinburg,
for the memory of eternal childbirth and for the eternal glory of
Her Majesty, the Most Gracious Empress Empress; …
In the
first years of operation, the Yekaterinburg plant surpassed all
other metallurgical enterprises in the country in terms of
technological equipment.
Catherine II in 1781 granted
Ekaterinburg the status of a county town of the Perm province, which
is reflected in the historical coat of arms. During her reign, the
most important road of the Russian Empire, the Great Siberian
Highway, was laid through the young city. Thus, Yekaterinburg, among
other Permian cities, became the key city to boundless and rich
Siberia, a “window to Asia”, just as St. Petersburg was the Russian
“window to Europe”.
In 1806, Yekaterinburg received the
status of a "mountain city". After that, Yekaterinburg was not
actually subordinate to the authorities of the Perm province and was
under the direct control of the head of the Yekaterinburg factories,
the Minister of Finance and the emperor personally.
The
development of copper-smelting production in the Urals contributed
to the opening of the Yekaterinburg Mint in 1763, which produced
about 90% of all Russian coins by the 1790s. By 1876, about 80% of
the coins in circulation in the Russian Empire were produced at the
Yekaterinburg mint.
The discovery in the middle of the 18th
century in the vicinity of Yekaterinburg (now the city of
Berezovsky) of rich placer gold deposits also gave a powerful
impetus to the development of the city. In 1820-1845, 45% of the
world's gold was mined in Yekaterinburg. This was the world's first
"gold rush".
On October 26 (November 8), 1917, Soviet power
was established in the city. Former Russian Emperor Nicholas II and
his family were shot in the city in July 1918 in the Ipatiev House
(now the Church on the Blood is built on this site) a few days
before the city was occupied by the Czechoslovak corps and White
Guard troops on July 25, 1918. On August 13, the Ural Provisional
Government was formed in Yekaterinburg, which lasted until November
1918, when it recognized the supreme authority of the All-Russian
Government of Admiral A. V. Kolchak. In July 1919, the city was
taken by the Red Army.
Since 1918, Yekaterinburg has been the
center of the Yekaterinburg province (during the reign of the white
power, it was abolished and restored), in 1923-1934 - the Ural
region. On October 14, 1924, the Yekaterinburg City Council decided
to rename the city to Sverdlovsk in honor of Ya. M. Sverdlov, a
leader of the Communist Party and the Soviet state. This decision
was approved by the USSR law of November 14, 1924. And on January 9,
1925, the renaming of the Yekaterinburg District to Sverdlovsk,
Yekaterinburg I station to Sverdlovsk station and Yekaterinburg II
station to Shartash station was approved.
During the years of
the first five-year plans, the city turned from a provincial
district town of the Perm province into a powerful industrial center
of the country. Among the Soviet Russian cities, he was one of the
five, and according to a number of indicators, the top three most
developed, acquired a water supply system and a public transport
system. In the 1930s, large-scale construction of giant
machine-building plants began, including the Ural Heavy
Machine-Building Plant (UZTM), the Ural Power Engineering Plant, the
V. Vorovsky Machine-Building Plant and others, as well as the
largest railway junction (Sverdlovsk-Sortirovochny) . To provide
industry with personnel in the eastern part of the city
(Vtuzgorodok), an extensive complex of the Ural Industrial Institute
(now the Ural Federal University) was built, and the Ural Branch of
the USSR Academy of Sciences was created.
The city made a
huge contribution to the victory in the Great Patriotic War: the
22nd and 70th armies, several divisions, a number of other units and
formations, including units of the legendary Ural Volunteer Tank
Corps, were formed in Sverdlovsk. The Ural Heavy Machinery Plant
during the war years was one of the largest Soviet manufacturers of
armored vehicles.
In the post-war years, new industrial and
agricultural enterprises were put into operation, mass housing
construction began, the heat and gas supply system was radically
changing, and in 1980 the construction of the metro began. In the
spring of 1979, an anthrax epidemic broke out in the city. On
October 4, 1988, there was an explosion at the
Sverdlovsk-Sortirovochny station.
On September 23, 1991, the
historical name Yekaterinburg was returned to the city. Perestroika
and the transition to a market economy in the late 1980s and early
1990s had a negative impact on many areas of the city's life:
organized crime flourished in the city. In the 1990s, three major
criminal groups operated in the city: Center, Blue, and Uralmash.
In the 2000s, intensive growth of trade, business, and tourism
began in Yekaterinburg. In 2003, negotiations were held between
President of Russia V.V. Putin and German Chancellor G. Schroeder.
From June 15 to 17, 2009, the SCO and BRIC (constituent) summits
were held, which seriously affected the economic, cultural and
tourist situation in the city. On July 13-16, 2010, a meeting was
held between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor
Angela Merkel. After the crisis of 2014, the growth of the city's
economy slowed down.
On April 3, 2018, the Legislative
Assembly of the Sverdlovsk Region amended the law “On the Election
of Local Self-Government Bodies”, which abolished the “two-headed”
system of power in the city, which divided the powers and functions
of the head of the city (“mayor”) and the head of the city
administration (“city manager”) . The executive duties of the latter
passed to the head of the city. At the same time, the procedure for
direct election of the head of Yekaterinburg was replaced by the
procedure for election by deputies of the city duma on the basis of
candidates who passed a competitive selection.
From May 13 to
May 16, 2019, protests were held in Yekaterinburg by residents of
the city for the preservation of the square near Oktyabrskaya
Square, on the site of which they wanted to place a church inspired
by the Cathedral of St. Catherine the Great Martyr. The protests
were crowned with success and it was decided to move the temple
construction site by city vote. At the suggestion of the Russian
journalist Vladimir Solovyov, who called the protest Yekaterinburg
the "City of Demons", this expression became a meme and provoked the
installation of an unauthorized sign at the entrance to the city.
Yekaterinburg is located in the Asian territory of Russia, near its
border with Europe, 1667 km east of Moscow. Geographical coordinates:
56°50' north latitude, 60°35' east longitude, 270 m above sea level. It
is located on the eastern slope of the Middle Urals, the eastern
foothills of which meet with the Trans-Ural folded upland, along the
banks of the Iset River.
At the latitude of the city, the strip
of foothills is low, but long ridges elongated from north to south,
which alternate with wide depressions. Their height ranges from 280 to
300 m. The depressions are often occupied by swamps. The valley of the
Iset River in Yekaterinburg is quite wide. It has floodplain terraces:
low and high.
The relief is determined by the alternation of low
mountains and hilly plains. The macro- and mesorelief is characterized
by a hilly-rolling plain with elevations of 200-380 m. The Ural
Mountains in this place form, as it were, a saddle, they are flattened
and low. The passes are located at an altitude of no more than 410 m
above sea level. This part of the Urals serves as a natural gateway from
the central regions of Russia to Siberia.
Since the Urals are
very ancient mountains, formed during the era of the Hercynian folding
about 300 million years ago, there are no significant hills with a
strong slope within the city. Mountain slopes are partially destroyed,
flattened. This area is characterized by moderately and strongly
weathered granite outcrops to the surface in the form of rocks or “stone
tents”. Among the most famous are: rocks Shartashsky stone tents, rocks
Snake Hill (Shabrovsky tents), rocks Seversky, rocks Devil's settlement,
rocks on top of Mount Pshenichnaya.
The geographical position of
Yekaterinburg is extremely advantageous and, over the course of history,
has favorably influenced the development of the city. Yekaterinburg is
located in the Middle Urals, where the mountains are of low height,
which served as a favorable condition for the construction of the main
transport routes from Central Russia to Siberia through it (the Great
Siberian Highway and the Trans-Siberian Railway). As a result, the city
was formed as one of the strategically important centers of Russia,
which to this day provides a connection between the European and Asian
parts of the country.
Yekaterinburg is in the MSK+2 time zone. The offset of the applicable
time from UTC is +5:00. In accordance with the applied time and
geographic longitude, the average solar noon in Yekaterinburg occurs at
12:58.
Hydrography
The main watercourse on the territory of
Yekaterinburg is the Iset River, a major tributary of the Tobol. The
main source of food: runoff from precipitation and snowmelt. The average
long-term flow rate is 5.5 m³/s. The average heights of the river valley
are: on the right bank 280–300 m, on the left bank 250–270 m. All ponds
are located within the city: Verkh-Isetsky, Gorodskoy, Parkovy (the pond
was located at the southern border of the Mayakovsky Park, was finally
liquidated in 2016) and Nizhne-Isetsky.
The second most important
river of the city is Patrushikha, which flows into the Iset in the area
of the Nizhne-Isetsky reservoir, forms 2 ponds in the UNC microdistrict,
2 ponds in the Elizavet microdistrict, and the Spartak pond in the Uktus
microdistrict, next to the mountain of the same name. Also, the rivers
Reshetka (the right tributary of the Iset, the mouth is located in the
vicinity of the Palkino railway station in the Zheleznodorozhny
district) and the Istok (the left tributary, flows in the eastern part
of the city) are also classified as large tributaries. Several small
tributaries of the Iset are currently completely hidden in underground
collectors, including the Melkovka, Osinovka, Olkhovka, Akulinka,
Monastyrka, Cheremshanka, Bannaya and Chernaya rivers.
The Pyshma
River flows through the northern territories of the urban district,
flows into the Tura River. The Kalinovka River flows into the Kamyshenka
River, which is formed by wastewater from the northern treatment
facilities of MUE Vodokanal. In peat bogs, 2 km from Lake Shartash,
there are the sources of the Berezovka River. Within the boundaries of
Yekaterinburg there are several large reservoirs. Among the lakes: in
the east Shartash and Maly Shartash, in the northwest Shuvakish, in the
west Zdohnya, as well as lakes Chusovoye and Sandy. Among the
reservoirs: Volchikhinsky and Verkhne-Makarovskoye.
Yekaterinburg is located in the zone of the border between the
temperate continental climate and the continental one. It is
characterized by a sharp variability of weather conditions with
well-defined seasons of the year. The Ural Mountains, despite their
insignificant height, block the way for air masses coming from the west,
from the European part of Russia. As a result, the Middle Urals turns
out to be open to the invasion of cold Arctic air and the strongly
chilled continental air of the West Siberian Plain, while at the same
time, warm air masses of the Caspian Sea and the deserts of Central Asia
can freely penetrate here from the south. Therefore, the city is
characterized by sharp temperature fluctuations and the formation of
weather anomalies: in winter from severe frosts to thaws and rains, in
summer from heat above +35 °C to frost.
Located in a zone of
sufficient moisture. The distribution of precipitation is determined by
the circulation of air masses, relief, and air temperature. The main
part of the precipitation is brought by cyclones with western transfer
of air masses, that is, from the European part of Russia, while their
average annual amount is 601 mm. The maximum falls on the warm season,
during which about 60-70% of the annual amount falls. The winter period
is characterized by snow cover with an average thickness of 40-50 cm.
The moisture coefficient is -1.
The average January temperature is
−12.6 °C. The absolute minimum temperature is −44.6 °C (December 31,
1978);
The average July temperature is +18.9 °C. The absolute maximum
temperature is +39.1 °C (July 16, 2020);
Average annual temperature
+3.3 °C;
Average annual wind speed: 2.9 m/s;
Average annual air
humidity: 75%;
Average annual rainfall: 535 mm;
According to the landscape zoning, Yekaterinburg is located within
the southern taiga forest zone, close to its border with the mixed
forest subzone. The vegetation cover is represented by indigenous
southern taiga aspen-birch-pine forests, secondary (grown on the site of
clearings) aspen-birch forests, floodplain meadows, tree and shrub
thickets (floodplains of the Iset, Chusovaya, Patrushikha rivers),
vegetation along the banks of transitional sedge-sphagnum swamps (peat
bogs on the outskirts of the city). In the northwest, in the area of
Severka, there are dark coniferous fir-spruce forests.
There are
861 species of higher vascular plants in the flora. In general, urban
vegetation is distinguished by high floristic richness. On the territory
of the Shartash forest park grow pines, duckweed, wolfia, canadian
elodea, broad-leaved cattail, marsh cinquefoil, common chastuha,
blueberry, male thyroid gland, Carthusian thyroid gland, chemist's
kupena, phegopteris binding, brittle vesicle, common golokuchnik, pines
in the Uktus mountains, birches, rare and relic Elbian woodsia, Krylov's
gill, Bashkir smolyovka.
On the territory of Yekaterinburg there
is a botanical reserve for the protection of rare species of orchids. 27
species of plants growing on the territory of the urban district are
listed in the Red Book of the Sverdlovsk Region, three - in the Red Book
of Russia. Among them are forked windbreaker, shield-leaved bog,
medicinal asparagus, alpine aster, green grass, speckled lady's slipper,
large-flowered foxglove, creeping gudayera, Ural thyme and others.
About 50 nesting species of birds live in the city, among them:
chaffinch, fieldfare, garden warbler, green warbler, garden warbler,
great tit, blackbird, common oriole, common pika, common bunting, common
lentil, wigeon, black-headed gull, peregrine falcon , Hobbies,
Sparrowhawk, Ural Owl, Zhelna and others. There are 11 species of owls
in the vicinity of Yekaterinburg: Snowy Owl, Eagle Owl, Long-eared Owl,
Short-eared Owl, Scops Owl, Rough-legged Owl, Pygmy Owl, Hawk Owl, Tawny
Owl, Ural Tawny Owl, Great Gray Owl.
Since the city is located in
the Trans-Ural foothill province, it is characterized by the presence of
typical species of forest fauna. The existence of such species is
possible only in preserved park and forest park areas. Two types of
reptiles are found in the city limits: the viviparous lizard and the
common viper. Of the amphibians, the grass frog, the common toad, the
common newt, and the lake frog are noted.
Mammals are represented
by six orders. Of the bats, three species can be found: the pond bat,
the northern leather bat, and the bicolor leather bat. The carnivore
order is represented by the canine, mustelid and feline families. In the
city, you can meet the common fox, weasel and ermine. From the order of
the lagomorphs - the white hare. Elk can sometimes be found in forest
parks. From the most numerous detachment of rodents, you can see the
common squirrel, forest mouse, muskrat, 10 species of voles and mice.
From insectivores - a mole, a hedgehog and an ordinary water cutter.
The city has a rather tense environmental situation due to air
pollution. According to the environmental rating of 200 Russian cities
for 2021, Yekaterinburg takes only 117th place. Emissions from cars
account for 92.3% of all pollution.
The city's main river, the
Iset, is polluted by industrial discharges along its entire course. On
the territory of the city, the water of the river is not even suitable
for swimming. The quality of water, the state of which is classified as
“extremely dirty”, was recorded in two sections of the Iset River: 7 km
and 19 km below Yekaterinburg.