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