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  Yekaterinburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yekaterinburg's "Church on the Blood" built on the spot where the Tsar and his family were executed.
Yekaterinburg is an important railway junction, with lines radiating to all parts of the Urals and the rest of Russia.
Yekaterinburg is a sister city of San Jose, California, U.S.A., and Pilsen, Czech Republic.
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 RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: Y :: Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is one of the largest cities of the Urals, an air and rail junction (a western terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway) and a leading industrial, scientific, and cultural centre.
Yekaterinburg is among Russia's leading producers of turbines and ball bearings.
The first ironworks were established in 1726, and the city developed steadily as an administrative centre for the mining towns of the Urals and Siberia.
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 Yekaterinburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Yekaterinburg's "Church on the Blood," built on the spot where the Tsar and his family were murdered.
Yekaterinburg (also transliterated as Ekaterinburg or Jekaterinburg) (Russian: Екатеринбу́рг;) is a major city in central Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast.
Yekaterinburg is situated 1,667 km east of Moscow.
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 Yekaterinburg - Wikitravel
Yekaterinburg is the 5th largest city in Russia and the capital of the Urals region.
It was founded in 1723 by Peter I as the metallurgical factory and by the XX century it had become one of the largest and the most important financial, industrial and cultural centres.
Yekaterinburg has an international airport called Koltsovo and a number of direct international flights from Frankfurt, Munich, London, Dubai, Tashkent and several seasonal international charter flights, mostly to Turkey and Spain.
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 Yekaterinburg Hotels.
Yekaterinburg can be easily found on the geographical map of the vast Euro-Asian Continent: it is in the middle of the Ural mountains, which separate Europe and Asia.
Thus, Yekaterinburg lies at the crossroads of 2 continents and it determines its political, economic and cultural peculiarities.
Forty kilometers (25 miles) to the west of Yekaterinburg, to the right of Moscow highway there is a high obelisk with a sign "Europe" on one side and "Asia" on the other.
www.hotels-russia.info /ekaterinburg.htm   (293 words)

  
 Russian Defense Business Directory - May 1995
Founded in 1723, Yekaterinburg (formerly known as Sverdlovsk) is one of the largest cities in Russia with a population of about 1.4 million, and is located in the south Urals on the river Iset, some 900 miles east of Moscow, 25 miles inside Asia--156 miles short of Siberia.
Yekaterinburg is the city where Yeltsin began his political career, so he has consistently received strong support from both government officials and the general public.
In fact, a facility in Yekaterinburg was involved in biological warfare research where, in the late 1970s, the accidental release of a bacteriological agent may have caused an anthrax outbreak.
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 Search Results for "Yekaterinburg"
Yekaterinburg, or Ekaterinburg (both: yika´tiremboork´) (KEY), formerly Sverdlovsk (svyirdlofsk´) (KEY), city (1989 pop.
Founded in 1736 as a Russian frontier outpost, it is a major metallurgical and industrial center.
Founded in the 17th century, it is a trade center in a rich agricultural area.
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 AllRefer.com - Yekaterinburg (CIS And Baltic Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Yekaterinburg or Ekaterinburg[both: yikA´´tirEmboork´] Pronunciation Key, formerly Sverdlovsk[svyirdlOfsk´] Pronunciation Key, city (1989 pop.
One of the largest cities of the Urals, it is an air and rail junction (a western terminus of the Trans-Siberian RR) and a leading industrial, scientific, and cultural center.
In 1723 the city was named Yekaterinburg in honor of Peter I's wife, who became Empress Catherine I. The first ironworks were established in 1726, and the city developed steadily as an administrative center for the mining towns of the Urals and Siberia.
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 Sokol Tours: Tours: History: Yekaterinburg's Identity
Sadly and ironically, in 1918, Yekaterinburg became a grave to the last Russian Emperor Nicolas II and in 1991, the birthplace of the first President of the post Soviet Russia - Boris Yeltsin.
Main features of this part of the city are the 300-year-old water damn (Plotinka) and the 9-foot monument to the founders of Yekaterinburg city erected right at the spot where they built their first iron mill in 1723.
Yekaterinburg is one the few cities in Russia where one can find monuments for solders who died in “unclaimed” ideological wars.
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 Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural, Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Yekaterinburg is marked in all tourist guide-books of the world as the city where the last Russian tsar Nicholas the 2nd and his family were executed in 1918, and after the city has been opened for foreign tourists it has become the object of tourist pilgrimage.
You may also visit a historical place in the wood not far from Yekaterinburg where the remains of The Tsar and his family were found and where a new monastery with several temples made of wood (in the old Russian style) have been erected.
Yekaterinburg is one of a few Russian cities which has The US Consulate General and The British Consulate General which render consular services for American, British, and Russian citizens.
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 Yekaterinburg, Russia, Pictures
Yekaterinburg, formerly Sverdlovsk, city, administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, on the Iset River.
Located on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains in a mineral-rich region, Yekaterinburg is a major industrial center and a station on the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
Yekaterinburg's educational institutes include the Urals A. Gorky State University (1920) and the Yekaterinburg State Medical Institute (1931).
www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Russia/Yekaterinburg_formerly_Sverdlovsk_city.html   (212 words)

  
 Sverdlovsk-44
Yekaterinburg, with a population of about 1.5 million people, is the capital of the Sverdlosk Region [Oblast].
Yekaterinburg is the heir to an industrial tradition that originated in the early 1700s and continues today.
Yekaterinburg was a closed city until December 1991.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/russia/sverdlovsk-44_nuc.htm   (1051 words)

  
 Sokol Tours: Tours: Things To Do: Yekaterinburg the City
Far enough from political intrigues of the capital, Yekaterinburg managed to keep intact many original “footprints” of its turbulent history and can be rightfully called a “life museum” of the Russian Empire, USSR and modern Russia.
It is called the “Ural in the 18th century” and features wax mannequins of the bearded Czar Nicholas, Empress Alexandra, their sickly heir Alexei and their four beautiful daughters are all portrayed in a pleasant family pose.
By all means this is the central Avenue of Yekaterinburg and home to an interesting mixture of past and present.
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 Renseignements internationaux - Yekaterinburg Restaurant and Catering Market   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
CS Yekaterinburg has identified the restaurant and catering market as attractive investment opportunities for interested U.S. companies, especially U.S. franchisors, restaurant equipment and supply manufacturers.
Yekaterinburg, a city with population of 1.3 million people, has approximately 1500 restaurants, including bars, canteens, fast food restaurants, cafes, etc. Most of these restaurants provide poor service and low quality food, in part due to out of date equipment and utensils, lack of training in food preparation and presentation.
Other fast food restaurants located in Yekaterinburg are the internationally known franchise Subway (one opened in 2001, another is currently under construction), and local brands Freeday (2 sites in Yekaterinburg, opened in 2002, 1 site in Tyumen), and Kyoto (which opened in 2003).
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 The city of Yekaterinburg. District of the Yekaterinburg Evangelical-Lutheran Consistory.
In the geographical provision of Yekaterinburg is found at the center of Russia in the Ural mountains.
Nearby to Yekaterinburg is the place where the boarder between Asia and Europe passes.
At present, Yekaterinburg is one of Russia's biggest industrial centers.
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 Czar Remains, Russian Orthodox, Yekaterinburg - JRL 7-18-03
The church is still ready to reconsider the authenticity of the "Yekaterinburg remains" in case of further studies, he stressed.
The remains were buried in the Czarist burial vault of the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg on July 17, 1998, in the presence of Russia's first president Boris Yeltsin, statesmen and descendants of the Romanovs.
Results of the tests were compared with DNA from the Yekaterinburg remains and failed to match its genetic characteristics.
www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/7254-6.cfm   (365 words)

  
 Yekaterinburg - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Yekaterinburg (Russian: Екатеринбу́рг, also transliterated Ekaterinburg or Jekaterinburg) is a major city in central Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast.
Image:Sverdlovsk.jpg Yekaterinburg is situated 1,667 km east of Moscow.
With its 16 state-owned universities and educational academies, as well as a number of private higher education institutions (2005), Yekaterinburg is considered the leading educational and scientific center of the Urals.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Ekaterinburg   (669 words)

  
 Yekaterinburg Hotels. Airline Tickets Yekaterinburg.
Yekaterinburg (or Ekaterinburg), lying at the crossroads of two continents - Europe and Asia, is a capital of the Sverdlovsk region and the administrative center of the Ural district.
Nowadays Yekaterinburg is not only one of the biggest industrial centers in Russia but a very beautiful city with a lot of monuments of great historical and cultural value.
If you are going to visit Yekaterinburg we will be pleased to reserve a hotel in this city for you, according to your preferences and budget.
www.visitrussia.com /citiesguide/ekaterinburg/ekaterinburg.htm   (232 words)

  
 FJC | Communities | Yekaterinburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Yekaterinburg is a capital of Ural, and is located in the center of Russia.
YEKATERINBURG, Russia – The Jewish community of Yekaterinburg hosted a visit by a delegation representing the Jewish community of Novouralsk.
YEKATERINBURG, Russia – The Chairman of the Jewish community of Yekaterinburg, Yakov Soskin, and an active community member, Anatoly Wolfson, participated in an Internet radio project dedicated specifically to inter-religious relations in Russia.
www.fjc.ru /communities?AID=84456   (164 words)

  
 Business America: American Business Center-Yekaterinburg brings U.S. and Russian firms together for joint venture - ...
The Yekaterinburg ABC is one of 14 ABCs located across Russia and the NIS.
Yekaterinburg is enjoying a tremendous influx of business as U.S. companies, already successfully operating in Moscow and St. Petersburg, now look East to expand their presence throughout Russia and the NIS.
"Yekaterinburg is a relatively prosperous city and many U.S. companies are quietly poised to enter the local market in a big way," says Lambrou.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1052/is_n7_v116/ai_17271480   (848 words)

  
 Flowers Yekaterinburg - Florist
We use FTD Yekaterinburg florists and Interflora Yekaterinburg florists, so we can guarantee the freshness of your floral gifts.
All the flower deliveries in Yekaterinburg are designed by professional Yekaterinburg local florist, that are part of our own network since 1992.
Yekaterinburg is one of the biggest Russian cultural centers and have many museums, theatres and cinemas.
www.sufloreria.com /continents/asia/russia/yekaterinburg.htm   (182 words)

  
 Daily News Bulletin: Yekaterinburg. Yekaterinburg Orthodox Believers To Protest Against Unconventional   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
July 8 (Interfax) - On Saturday, Orthodox believers in Yekaterinburg are expected to hold a rally protesting against the activities of unconventional religious organizations.
Father Vladimir [Zaitsev], head of the Yekaterinburg diocese's missionary department, told Interfax that Orthodox believers intend to picket the Kosmos movie theater, where scientologists will celebrate the birthday of the organization's founder Ron Hubbard.
He noted that in Yekaterinburg, scientologists act under the guise of a number of organizations, including the Urals Dianetics center, the Studen school, a public youth union and the Narkonon rehabilitation center for drug addicts.
www.holysmoke.org /narconon/russia-narconon-dangerous.htm   (176 words)

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