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
Yekaterinburg – Travel guide at Wikivoyage Yekaterinburg (Russian: Екатеринбу́рг yee-kuh-tee-reen-BOORG) is the capital of Sverdlovsk Oblast of Russia A city of over 1 3 million inhabitants, it is a center of industry and culture in the broader Urals region, and the 4th largest city in the country after Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk
Yekaterinburg - discoverrussia. travel In Yekaterinburg, you can walk through labyrinths of history: trace the last steps of Russia’s Emperor Nicholas II and dive into the legacy of Russia’s first president, Boris Yeltsin
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