Презентация по теме "Екатеринбург "

This is modern coat of arms of Yekaterinburg. It was officially accepted in the Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation in 1995.

Ekaterinburg is one of the largest cities of the Russian Federation. It is an administrative capital of the Sverdlovsk Region and the Ural Federal District. Nowadays the city is an important centre of industry, transport, finance, science and culture.

It is the fourth-largest city in Russia. Its population is almost 1.5 million.

It is one of the largest financial and business centers in Russia. It is located on the eastern slope of the Ural mountains .The city was named after the wife of Peter I, Yekaterina I .In the 1924-1991 period the name of the city was Sverdlovsk.

Yekaterinburg is a modern city. There are skyscrapers, excentres and malls here. Many buildings have amazing night illumination. The tallest building in Yekaterinburg is Iset Tower with a record height of 212.8 meters. It has 52 stories.

There are many historic buildings, churches and temples. Yekaterinburg is famous for a large number of theatres and museums.

Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts is famous all over the world.
It is the Ural’s largest art museum. The Opera and Ballet Theatre having been opened in 1912, is among the oldest theatres in Russia.

In 2018 Yekaterinburg hosted 4 matches of the FIFA World Cup.

Have you heard anything about the Shigir Idol, which is the oldest sculpture in the world
(over 9,500 years)? It is displayed in Yekaterinburg History Museum.

The Ural steel produced in Yekaterinburg was used in the construction of the Eiffel tower in Paris, while Ural copper from Yekaterinburg was employed for the Statue of Liberty in New York.

Yekaterinburg City is a business district under construction in the center of Yekaterinburg. The project of the complex was presented for the first time in 2006.

There are many interesting and beautiful places in the city: Old Railway station, The Temple on Blood, Rastorguyev — Kharitonov Estate , "Plotinka“ Museum, Sevastyanov 's House

Vysotsky Business Center with observation deck, Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore , Yeltsin Center and others

Yekaterinburg is the capital of the Ural region in Russia. Many fateful and significant historical events, human hopes, misfortunes and otherwise good and kind events happened there. A great number of legends, myths are connected with our city. Yekaterinburg is a brilliant city, worthy of being one of the best ones not only in our country but in abroad.

Citizens of Yekaterinburg are proud of magnificent buildings, architectural monuments, picturesque parks, nice shops and tall skyscrapers, a subway in the city. They hope that it will be flourishing and become more beautiful, cozy and convenient for them and guests of the megapolis.

Yekaterinburg is not only rich in historical events but it is also a city of high culture. There are a lot of museums in it including open-air ones, about 20 professional theaters. Currently, there are 16 state universities in the city in which more than 140 thousand students study in total. There are also 45 research institutes and about 100 design and engineering organizations, about 4 dozen libraries in Yekaterinburg.

Yekaterinburg is of the best cities. It is worth visiting.

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