Yekaterinburg

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Yekaterinburg

Total population

1,548,187

Coordinates56.84°, 60.60°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Yekaterinburg, alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk (1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Yekaterinburg is the fourth most populous city in Russia, the largest city in the Ural Federal District, and one of Russia's main cultural and industrial centres. Yekaterinburg has been dubbed the "third capital of Russia", as it is ranked third by the size of its economy, culture, transportation and tourism, behind Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Alexei Korzukhin

Russian artist (1835-1894)

Peter Ermakov

Russian revolutionary (1884–1952)

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Vladimir Zubkov

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Halyna Kyrylova

Ukrainian ballet dancer (1916-1986)

Valery Semyonovich Kichin

Soviet journalist

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Yury Klepikov

Russian futsal player

Modest Cler

Russian geologist (1879–1966)

Andrei Klishas

Russian politician

Nikolay Kovmir

Russian ballet dancer (1947-2000)

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Lev Kogan

Soviet sociologist (1923-1997)

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Aleksandr Kodanev

Russian actor

Nadezhda Kozhushanaya

Soviet actor (1952-1997)

Mikhail Kozyrev

Russian journalist

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Viktor Komarov

Russian musician

Oleg Komarov

Russian actor

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Vladimir Konovalov

Soviet film director (1935–2020)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Yekaterinburg, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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