Yekaterinburg | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:18 1 History
00:00:27 1.1 Prehistory
00:00:46 1.2 Imperial era
00:01:04 1.3 Soviet era
00:01:22 1.4 Contemporary era
00:01:41 2 Geography and climate
00:01:50 2.1 Location
00:02:09 2.2 Time
00:02:27 2.3 Climate
00:02:45 3 Demographics
00:02:55 3.1 Population
00:03:13 3.2 Religion
00:03:31 4 Government
00:03:50 4.1 Administrative districts
00:04:08 4.2 Administration
00:04:18 4.2.1 Urban
00:04:36 4.2.2 Oblast
00:04:54 4.2.3 Federal
00:05:13 4.3 Politics
00:05:31 5 Economy
00:05:40 5.1 Overview
00:05:59 5.2 Living costs and the labor market
00:06:17 5.3 Finance and business
00:06:36 5.4 Industry
00:06:54 5.5 Retail and services
00:07:13 5.6 Tourism
00:07:31 6 Infrastructure
00:07:40 6.1 Transportation
00:07:59 6.1.1 Roads
00:08:17 6.1.2 Public transit
00:08:36 6.1.3 Rail
00:08:54 6.1.4 Air
00:09:12 6.2 Health
00:09:31 7 Education
00:09:59 8 Media and telecommunications
00:10:17 9 Life and culture
00:10:26 9.1 Overview
00:10:54 9.2 Architecture
00:11:21 9.3 Sports
00:11:40 9.3.1 Sport clubs
00:11:58 9.3.2 2018 FIFA World Cup
00:12:17 10 International relations
00:12:26 10.1 Consulates
00:12:44 10.2 BRIC summit
00:13:03 10.3 World Expo
00:13:21 10.4 Twin towns and sister cities
00:13:31 11 Notable people
00:13:40 12 Others
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Yekaterinburg ( yih-KAT-ər-in-burg; Russian: Екатеринбу́рг, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk]), alternatively romanized Ekaterinburg, is the fourth-largest city in Russia and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast, located on the Iset River east of the Ural Mountains, in the middle of the Eurasian continent, on the Asian side of the boundary between Asia and Europe. It is the main cultural and industrial centre of the oblast. In 2018, it had an estimated population of 1,501,652. Yekaterinburg has been dubbed the third capital of Russia, as it is ranked third by the size of economy, culture, transportation and tourism. It is located about 1,420 kilometres (880 mi) to the east of Moscow.
The region was settled and developed by Novgorodians already in the 11th century.
Yekaterinburg was founded on 18 November 1723 and named after the Russian emperor Peter the Great's wife, who after his death became Catherine I, Yekaterina being the Russian form of her name. The city served as the mining capital of the Russian Empire as well as a strategic connection between Europe and Asia at the time. In 1781, Catherine the Great gave Yekaterinburg the status of a district town of Perm Province, and built the main road of the Empire, the Siberian Route, through the city. Yekaterinburg became a key city to Siberia, which had rich resources, and was known as the window to Asia, a reference to Saint Petersburg as a window to Europe. In the late 19th century, Yekaterinburg became one of the centres of revolutionary movements in the Urals. In 1924, after Russia became a socialist state, the city was named Sverdlovsk (Russian: Свердло́вск) after the Bolshevik leader Yakov Sverdlov. During the Soviet era, Sverdlovsk was turned into an industrial and administrative powerhouse. In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the city returned to its historical name.
Yekaterinburg is one of the most important economic centres in Russia, and the city had experienced economic and population growth recently. Some of the tallest buildings in Russia are located in the city.