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1. |
What is the history of Yekaterinburg?

2. |
What are the main facts about the city today?

3. |
What sights make the city attractive for tourists?

4. |
What sights in the city are popular with sports fans?

5. |
What place in the city is historically connected with the last royal family?

6. |
How is it possible to get to Yekaterinburg?

7. |
What are the weather conditions in Yekaterinburg?

A. |
Yekaterinburg is located at the
crossroads of two continents – Europe and Asia. It is the capital of the Sverdlovsk region and the administrative centre of the Ural district. Yekaterinburg covers
the area of more than 400,00 square kilometres. It is the fourth largest city
in Russia with a population of over 1.5 million people. Yekaterinburg is
often called the third capital of Russia, as it is ranked third by the size
of its economy, transportation, and tourism.

B. |
Yekaterinburg is far away from the
Atlantic and close to Siberia. So the climate there is continental. The Ural
Mountains block air from the west, from the European part of Russia.
As a result, the Central Urals are open to cold arctic air. The winters are
cold and long, and the summers are quite warm in Yekaterinburg. The coldest
month is January, when the average temperature reaches -16°C.
The warmest month is July with the average temperature of 18°C.

C. |
Yekaterinburg was founded in 1723 under
Peter the Great as the largest metallurgical plant in Russia
of those times. It was named after Empress Catherine I, the wife of Peter the
Great. Yekaterinburg became a key city in Siberia which has rich resources.
It served as an important connection between Europe and Asia. For three
centuries, Yekaterinburg has been steadily developing as a centre of the
mining industry of the Urals and Siberia.

D. |
Nowadays, Yekaterinburg is not only one
of the biggest industrial centres in Russia but a very beautiful city. It has
a lot of monuments of historical and cultural value. Dozens of museums,
several theatres, many modern cinemas, stadiums, and colleges make
Yekaterinburg a unique city where the past and the present live side by side.
There are a lot of interesting places to visit, such as the Cathedral on the
Blood, Opera House, and Europe-Asia border obelisk.

E. |
The Cathedral on the Blood is an
important place for Russian people and a historic site located in
Yekaterinburg. It stands on the spot of the former Ipatiev House where the
members of the Romanov Tsar family were killed in July 1918. The Cathedral
was built in 2003. And soon it became one of the main city sights. It attracts
thousands of pilgrims from Russia and worldwide. In front of the church,
there is a monument to the Romanov family.

F. |
Resting in the
Ural region, Yekaterinburg is a great city where East meets West. It is a
major transport hub in Siberia. It is at the centre of a multi-modal transport network with
road, rail and air communications connecting the city with the rest of the
country and other countries. Yekaterinburg airport is
the principal gateway to the city, the Urals and Siberia at large. The
airport serves a wide range of domestic and international lines handling over
7 million passengers per year.

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