Location: Yekaterinburg
Urals District, Russia
Coat of arms: Flag
City Day: 3rd Saturday of August
Administrative status (as of 2011)Country: Russia
Federal subject: Sverdlovsk Oblast
Administratively subordinated to: City of Yekaterinburg
Administrative center of: Sverdlovsk Oblast, City of Yekaterinburg
Municipal status (as of June 2009)Urban okrug: Yekaterinburg Urban Okrug
Administrative center of: Yekaterinburg Urban Okrug
Head: Yevgeny Roizman
Representative body: City Duma
StatisticsArea: 495 km (191 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census): 1,349,772 inhabitants
- Rank in 2010: 4th
Population (2017 est.): 1,488,791 inhabitants
Density: 2,727/km (7,060/sq mi)
Time zone: YEKT (UTC+05:00)
Founded: November 18, 1723
City status since: 1796
Previous names: Yekaterinburg (until 1924),
Sverdlovsk (until 1991)
Postal code(s): 620000
Dialing code(s): +7 343
Website: www.ekburg.ru
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December 8, 2021 Jasper Kershner
Yekaterinburg is the thinking tourist's city, jam-packed with libraries, theaters and museums, plus seemingly out of place monuments that pay homage to entities like Michael Jackson and a keyboard. The beautiful Yekaterinburg Circus building is an intricate lace dome that arches over seating for 2600 spectators.
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