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http://www.Ekaterinburg.TK What is Interesting in the city? There are a lot of places of interest in Ekaterinburg - it has a unique mixture of different architectural, historical, and cultural rarities, which may never be repeated. More than 60 monuments of history and culture are located in the city, and 43 of them are considered to be national monuments because of their special significance. That is why Ekaterinburg can claim the formal status as "Russia's most historical city". At present, Ekaterinburg is one of Russia's biggest industrial centres. It's enterprises produce industrial goods for heavy machinery and chemical plant construction, for transportation, and military purposes. Ekaterinburg is not very old, but over the course of its 280-year history, it has proven itself to be a special and even unique city - not only by it's geographical location, but also by a role as one of the founders of Russian industry. The heart of Ekaterinburg is its dam, which permitted the initial development of the city's industrial base. It was first erected in 1723 and has been reconstructed twice since - now it is recognized as an industrial monument of the 18th century. Unfortunately, very few buildings of the old factory area have been preserved. Those that do, house the Museum of History, Architecture, and Technology of the Urals, and the Natural Museum - both of which are located in the so-called "Historical Park". The oldest building of Ekaterinburg, which dates from 1764 and recently reconstructed, is also situated here. At present this is the Fine Arts Museum. Ekaterinburg of the 18th century was a wooden city, however, the city's first buildings of stone construction also appeared here during this period. At most these were administrative buildings - for example, the Main Board of the mining factories, where the Urals Conservatory is located now. http://www.Yekaterinburg.TK In the late 18th and the early 19th centuries a new architectural style - "classicism", influenced Ekaterinburg landscapes. The palace on Voznesenskaya Hill, with its luxurious park, is the most famous example of this style. Many churches and chapels made the city's panorama very beautiful and picturesque. In the beginning of the 20th century there were about 50 churches, of which only 6 still stand today. There are quite a few buildings in the "constructivist" style within the city - typical of this are such examples as the Main Post Office, the "Uralskij Rabochij" ("Ural Worker") printing house, the movie studio, the famous White Tower, the "Dinamo" recreational centre, etc. The Soviet period brought new trends to Ekaterinburg's architecture - luxury and rationalism, which reflected the influence both of ideology and asceticism. New tendencies in the development of world architecture have also affected the city. Some of the most well known structures of this time include the Military Headquarters, the Ural Great Polytechnic University, the Railroad Administrative Building, and the Philharmonic Theatre. The city's history is full of events -many expeditions to Siberia, Central Asia and the Far East passed through Ekaterinburg. The city was visited by many Russian tsars and members of their families. The first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin lived and worked here during the 1960s and 1970s. Among the many monuments in Ekaterinburg are the monuments to Bolshevik "Malyshev" and "The Black Tulip" - Russian soldiers during the Afghan campaign named the aeroplanes which delivered the coffins of their dead comrades back to Russia "The Black Tulips". There are so many remarkable places in the 280-year-old Ekaterinburg, that all cannot possibly be described in this small web site. This brief information is intended to provoke the interest of Ekaterinburg's inhabitants and guests of the Urals to the history of our remarkable city. http://WWW.EKATERINBURG.KAT.NU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ekaterinburg 2007 - Yekaterinburg, Russia, Ural, Екатеринбург, Россия, www.KAT.NU, Ekaterinburg Juli Yekaterinburg, Russia, Ural, Екатеринбург, Россия, Ekaterinburg, Yeka

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