Yekaterinburg (English) Екатеринбург (Russian) Sverdlovsk (1924–1991) | |
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- City - | |
Clockwise: City Administrative Building, Ural State College, Yekaterinburg City, Sevastyanov's House, Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, Church of All Saints | |
City Day | 3rd Saturday of August |
Administrative status | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
Administratively subordinated to | City of Yekaterinburg |
Municipal status | |
Urban okrug | Yekaterinburg Urban Okrug |
Head | Alexander Vysokinskiy |
Representative body | City Duma |
Statistics | |
Area | 495 km2 (191 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census, preliminary) | 1,349,772 inhabitants |
- Rank in 2010 | 4th |
Population (2017 est.) | 1,488,791 inhabitants |
Density | 2,727/km2 (7,063/sq mi) |
Time zone | YEKT (UTC+06:00) |
Founded | 18 November 1723 |
City status since | 1796 |
Postal code(s) | 620000 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 343 |
Official website |
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.
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