RIA Novosti is inviting its readers to take a tour of the capital of the Urals, the city of Yekaterinburg.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabankYekaterinburg is the fourth largest city in Russia after Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk. Photo: New apartment buildings seen from one of the city ponds in Yekaterinburg.
Yekaterinburg is the fourth largest city in Russia after Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk. Photo: New apartment buildings seen from one of the city ponds in Yekaterinburg.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabankYekaterinburg is often called the capital of the Urals. Photo: The Vysotsky skyscraper in Yekaterinburg.
Yekaterinburg is often called the capital of the Urals. Photo: The Vysotsky skyscraper in Yekaterinburg.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabankThe monument to Vasily Tatischev and Wilhelm de Genin, who founded the city in 1723 when an order from Peter the Great launched the construction of Russia’s biggest steel factory on the banks of the Iset River.
The monument to Vasily Tatischev and Wilhelm de Genin, who founded the city in 1723 when an order from Peter the Great launched the construction of Russia’s biggest steel factory on the banks of the Iset River.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabankThe Church on Blood in Honor of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land in Yekaterinburg.
The Church on Blood in Honor of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land in Yekaterinburg.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabankThe Church on Blood in Yekaterinburg was built on the site of the former Ipatiev House, where the Russian Emperor Nikolai II and his family were executed in July of 1918.
The Church on Blood in Yekaterinburg was built on the site of the former Ipatiev House, where the Russian Emperor Nikolai II and his family were executed in July of 1918.
One of the city ponds in Yekaterinburg.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabankA rotunda by one of the city ponds in Yekaterinburg.
A rotunda by one of the city ponds in Yekaterinburg.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabankThe Sevastyanov House – a jewel of the urban development architectural ensemble (1860-1866, by architect Alexander Paduchev).
The Sevastyanov House – a jewel of the urban development architectural ensemble (1860-1866, by architect Alexander Paduchev).
The pedestrian Weiner Street in Yekaterinburg.
The pedestrian Weiner Street in Yekaterinburg.
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabankA view of the Filatov Yekaterinburg State Circus.
A view of the Filatov Yekaterinburg State Circus.