Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg (also

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transliterated as Ekaterinburg or Jekaterinburg) ({{lang-ru|?????????????}}) is a major city in central Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the Asian side of the Ural mountain range, at {{coor dm|56|51|N|60|36|E|region:RU_type:city(1,300,000)}} It is the main industrial and cultural center of the Ural region. Its population of 1,300,000 (2002) makes it Russia's fifth largest city. Between 1924 and 1991, the city was known as Sverdlovsk (???????????), after the Bolshevik leader Yakov Sverdlov.

Related Topics:
Transliterated - Russia - Sverdlovsk Oblast - Asia - Ural mountain range - Industrial - Cultural - 2002 - 1924 - 1991 - Bolshevik - Yakov Sverdlov

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