Yekaterinburg - Wikipedia Yekaterinburg was founded on 18 November 1723 and named after the Orthodox name of Catherine I (born Marta Helena Skowrońska), the wife of Russian Emperor Peter the Great The city served as the mining capital of the Russian Empire as well as a strategic connection between Europe and Asia
Yekaterinburg | Russia, Map, Pronunciation History | Britannica Yekaterinburg, city and administrative center of Sverdlovsk region, west-central Russia The city lies along the Iset River, which is a tributary of the Tobol River, and on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains, slightly east of the border between Europe and Asia
What to Do in Yekaterinburg in 1 or 2 Days (2026) - Russiable Yekaterinburg sits right in the centre of Russia, straddling the Ural Mountains, the natural border between Europe and Asia It’s the country’s fourth-largest city by population (around 1 5 million people), behind Moscow —1,667 km away—, Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk
Yekaterinburg-City - Wikipedia Named after the Iset River which goes through central Yekaterinburg Iset is currently the tallest building of Yekaterinburg, the second tallest building in Russia outside of the capital city of Moscow, and the 16th tallest building in Russia
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