Things to see in Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a city in Russian Federation, with an urban population of about 1.3 million. Below are 20 notable places within about 9 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Ipatiev House History
Ipatiev House was a merchant's house in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk from 1924 to 1991) where the abdicated Nicholas II (1868–1918, reigned 1894–1917), all his immediate family, and other house members were executed in July 1918 following the October Revolution.
2Church of All Saints Place of worship
The Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land is a Russian Orthodox church in Yekaterinburg.
3Rastorguyev-Kharitonov Palace Landmark
The Rastorguyev–Kharitonov Palace is a palace in Yekaterinburg, Russia, an architectural monument of federal significance. This Neoclassical townhouse was commissioned in 1794 by Lev Rastorguyev, an Old Believer merchant and landowner.
4Trinity Cathedral Place of worship
Holy Trinity Cathedral, sometimes shortened to Trinity Cathedral, is an Orthodox church in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Built between 1818 and 1839, the building served in several roles throughout the history of Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and Russian Federation.
5Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center Museum
Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, also known simply as the Yeltsin Center, is a social, cultural and educational center, which opened in Yekaterinburg in 2015.
6St. Anne's Church, Yekaterinburg Place of worship
St. Anne's Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Yekaterinburg, in the Diocese of Novosibirsk in Russia, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow.
7Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts Museum
The Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, established in 1986, is the largest art museum of the Urals region of Russia. It is based in Voevodina Street on the banks of the Iset River in the city of Yekaterinburg.
8Great Zlatoust Church Place of worship
The Bolshoi Zlatoust is a 77-metre (253 ft)-high bell tower that used to dominate the skyline of Yekaterinburg before the Russian Revolution.
9Sverdlovsk Regional Natural History Museum Museum
The Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore is a museum in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. The museum is one of the oldest in Yekaterinburg, having been founded in 1870.
10Kirov Square, Yekaterinburg Neighbourhood
Kirov Square is a square in Yekaterinburg, Russia at the eastern end of Prospekt Lenina.
11Monument to Boris Yeltsin in Yekaterinburg History
The Monument to Boris Yeltsin in Yekaterinburg is a monument to Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, Soviet party, Russian political and state leader, one of the founders of postsoviet Russia, in Yekaterinburg, the oblast center of his native region where he lived and worked for a long time.
121905 Square History
1905 Square, also translated as the Square of 1905, is a square in Yekaterinburg, Russia. It is the oldest square in Yekaterinburg.
13Catherine's Cathedral, Yekaterinburg Place of worship
The Catherine Cathedral was a former Orthodox church in Yekaterinburg, initially built as an adobe church during the founding of the fortress and plant in 1723.
14Monument to credit card History
The monument to a credit card was opened on August 5, 2011 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The monument was erected on the corner of Bankovski alley and Malyshev street and is a bas-relief of a hand that holds a credit card, embedded into the side of a building.
15Old Train Station in Yekaterinburg Landmark
The old station building is an edifice in the Zheleznodorozhny District of Yekaterinburg, Russia. The house is located at 14 Vokzalnaya Street It was a main station building between 1878 and 1914.
16White Tower History
The White Tower is a constructivist monument and a former water tower of the Uralmash plant in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The tower was built in 1929–1931 by the architect Moisei Reisher and became one of the first reinforced concrete structures in the city.
17Museum of Sverdlovsk Railway Museum
The Museum of Sverdlovsk Railway is a railway museum in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, which opened in the 1970s.
18Merchant Pshenichnikov's house Landmark
Merchant Pshenichnikov's House is located in the historical center of Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia.
19Church of the Transfiguration, Yekaterinburg Place of worship
The Church of the Transfiguration is one of the oldest Orthodox churches in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Construction work on the church took place from 1808 to 1830.
20Nevyansk Icon Museum Museum
The Nevyansk Icon Museum in Yekaterinburg, Russia, is a private museum of icons in Russia. More than 300 Nevyansk icons of the 18th to the 20th centuries are on display there.
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