Yekaterinburg

4th largest city in Russia, administrative center of Ural Federal District
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Yekaterinburg (formerly named Sverdlovsk) is a big city in the Ural mountains in the Asian part of Russia. It is the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. It has a population of 1,483,119 people. The city was started in 1723 by Vasily Tatischev and named after empress Catherine I who was the Peter the Great’s wife.

Yekaterinburg
Екатеринбург
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Yekaterinburg is located in Russia
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Location of Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is located in Sverdlovsk Oblast
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Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 56°50′N 60°35′E / 56.833°N 60.583°E / 56.833; 60.583
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSverdlovsk Oblast
Founded18 November 1723
City status since1796
Government
 • BodyCity Duma[1]
 • Head[2]Alexander Vysokinskiy[2]
Area
 • Total495 km2 (191 sq mi)
Elevation
237 m (778 ft)
Population
 • Total1,349,772
 • Estimate 
(2017)[5]
1,488,791
 • Rank4th in 2010
 • Density2,700/km2 (7,100/sq mi)
 • Subordinated toCity of Yekaterinburg
 • Capital ofSverdlovsk Oblast, City of Yekaterinburg
 • Urban okrugYekaterinburg Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofYekaterinburg Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
620000
Dialing code(s)+7 343[7]
OKTMO ID65701000001
City Day3rd Saturday of August
Twin townsSan Jose, Ferentino, Plovdiv, Wuppertal, Plzeň, Genoa, Guangzhou, Incheon, Gothenburg, Bishkek, Birmingham, Turin, Ho Chi Minh CityEdit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.ekburg.ru

Twin cities

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The city duma building with the Lenin statue.

Yekaterinburg is a sister city of

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References

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  1. Charter of Yekaterinburg, Article 24.1
  2. 2.0 2.1 Official website of Yekaterinburg. Alexander Edmundovich Yakob, Head of Administration of the City of Yekaterinburg Archived 2015-07-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  3. "Стратегический план развития Екатеринбурга до 2015 года. Раздел II. Исходные конкурентные возможности Екатеринбурга. Внутренние факторы развития города". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  4. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. "Federal State Statistic Service". Government of Russia. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Ekaterinburg.com. General Information Archived 2013-01-21 at Archive.today