Ekaterinoburg
| Yekaterinburg Екатеринбург (Russian) Sverdlovsk (1924-91) |
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 Clockwise: City Administrative Building, Ural State College, Yekaterinburg City, Sevastyanov's House, Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, Church of All Saints |
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| City Day | 3rd Saturday of August |
| Administrative status (as of 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | City of Yekaterinburg |
| Administrative center of | Sverdlovsk Oblast, City of Yekaterinburg |
| Municipal status (as of June 2009) | |
| Urban okrug | Yekaterinburg Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Yekaterinburg Urban Okrug |
| Head | Yevgeny Roizman |
| Representative body | City Duma |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 495 km2 (191 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 1,349,772 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 4th |
| Population (2017 est.) | 1,488,791 inhabitants |
| Density | 2,727/km2 (7,060/sq mi) |
| Time zone | YEKT (UTC+05:00) |
| Founded | November 18, 1723 |
| City status since | 1796 |
| Previous names |
Yekaterinburg (until 1924), Sverdlovsk (until 1991) |
| Postal code(s) | 620000 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 343 |
| Website | www |
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Yekaterinburg (Russian: Екатеринбу́рг, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk]), alternatively romanized Ekaterinburg, is the fourth-largest city in Russia and the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, located on the Iset River east of the Ural Mountains, in the middle of the Eurasian continent, on the border of Europe and Asia. It is the main cultural and industrial center of the oblast. At the 2010 Census, it had a population of 1,349,772. The Yekaterinburg agglomeration is the fourth largest urban agglomeration in Russia, as well as one of the three most developed post-industrial agglomerations of the country. Yekaterinburg is also the headquarters of the Central Military District.
Yekaterinburg was founded in November 18, 1723, named after Russian emperor Peter the Great's wife, Yekaterina, who later became Catherine I after Peter's death, serving as the mining capital of the Russian Empire as well as a strategic connection between Europe and Asia at the time. In 1781, Catherine II "the Great" gave Yekaterinburg the status of a district town of Perm Province, and built the main road of the Empire, the Siberian Route, through the city. Yekaterinburg became a key city to Siberia, which had a rich amount of resources, and was known as the "window to Asia", a reference to Saint Petersburg as a "window to Europe". In the late 19th century, Yekaterinburg became one of the centers of revolutionary movements in the Urals. In 1924, after Russia became a socialist state, the city was named Sverdlovsk (Russian: Свердло́вск) after the Communist party leader Yakov Sverdlov. During the Soviet Era, Sverdlovsk was turned into an industrial and administrative powerhouse that played a part in the Soviet Union's economy. In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the city changed its name back to its historical name of Yekaterinburg.
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