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Sure Thing Travel is an award-winning unique Australian service designed especially to cater for your travel needs. Provides Schoolies Events and other Youth Travel services such as Spring Break, Full Moon Parties, Youth Cruises, Las Vegas Party Trips, Tomorrowland, Amsterdam, Jersey Shore Packages, Greek Islands, Limousines and Party DJs.

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Sure thing Travel was great, it was recommended by friends who used them a few early this year and they had a similar experience to us. Very happy to have received this tip and we are happy to help others in the same way

We are back home safely with no problems, and we want to thank you for the assistance and follow up you did in letting us know about the available upgrades which were really awesome during our spring break trip in Cancun. You all so very helpful and thank you again, and we will be contacting you early next year, for our next Spring break trip. Thanks Sure Thing!

Hi Millie! sounds good, I had a similar experience. More of my mates are going back next yr. Thanks again Sure thing

Sure Thing staff have been very helpful and supportive during our travel to Amsterdam. I also appreciate their timely response to our questions or concerns. I am extremely satisfied with the service provided by this company and I would highly recommend Sure Thing Travel to anyone visiting Amsterdam.

This is a great way to see Greek Islands since we were 1st time travellers to Greek Islands. The excursions that are included are perfect, plus you still have free time to explore the stops on your own. The food was excellent and the itinerary was great. I can’t wait to do another cruise with Sure Thing Travel. 🙂

I think Sure Thing is the very Best Travel Agency! Their Support is always available by email or phone. They also have a great website with tons of information. Comparing them to other Travel agencies I have used, I find they provide me the best Travel plans, and the very best Support! Must recommend!

Thank you Sure Thing for making our Schoolies Week in Fiji a lifelong memorable experience. We wish you well in the future and perhaps we will be using Sure Thing again in our future travels.

Hi Sure Thing I was going to send you feedback on our Schoolies trip to Thailand, which my friends and I found wonderful. From start to finish our week was very exciting. The locals are so kind and your staff worked very hard to meet our needs and we really enjoyed the parties. All in all, it was a wonderful trip and we thank you for your assistance. I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Sure Thing Schoolies to anybody who wants to enjoy their Schoolies week!

My wife and I very much enjoyed our journey. Our time in Vanuatu and elsewhere was very enjoyable, and I was surprised at how smoothly everything went. What attracted me to Sure Thing Travel was having a tour with a very close match to our interests. We feel that their tour provided a good introduction to those areas, for a reasonable cost. We look forward to our next opportunity to travel with this company to explore the other areas in Vanuatu.

Thank you so much for all your help Sure Thing! I will definitely use your services again the next time I go to Las Vegas.

We were so fortunate to have found Sure Thing. Our friends on board the ship who made arrangements via the ship line and other agencies had a very difficult time arriving in Vanuatu, but because of your employees and their helpfulness we were able to arrive in Vanuatu early. Thank you so much and we will continue to highly recommend your company to our friends who frequently travel to Vanuatu.

It was good to meet Sure Thing Travel, finally. The tour that you arranged for my husband and me in the beautiful Island of Vanuatu was very well organised. First, it was very nice to come to a new place, and to find that there was always a guide waiting for us and on time. Overall it was an unforgettable experience, and I thank you very much for making it so memorable for myself and for my husband. I hope to be in touch with you in the future.

I almost never right reviews, but this one I though was worth it. Got all my tour with them and always got what I was told by them! Best choice! 😉 Cheers!”

We used Sure Thing Travel after a recommendation from fellow travellers we had met along our journey. We booked a 3 day tour to Vanuatu and a flight to Fiji. Dany was honest with us about what we would get for our money and helped us booked exactly what we wanted.

We went to Sure Thing because it was recommended by our friends and we got way more than expected. We booked our Greek Islands trip here last year and had an amazing time. Would highly recommend and would come back for sure if ever back in Greek Islands. We wish Sure Thing staff all the best!

Can’t thank more, excellent service. The best trip of my life at Amsterdam! thanks again Sure Thing Travel for your help, you’re the best!!! 🙂

Made my Spring Break experience the best! They were extremely helpful with helping me plan my trip to Cancun. They are amazing, thank you Dany 🙂

We were very pleased by the services of Sure Thing Travel. They helped us in so many ways! They will do everything not to disappoint you.

Our fellow backpackers recommended us this agency. We stopped by to the different agencies, just for the comparison. Sure Thing Travel is BY FAR the best one. Price wise, quality wise, positive interaction wise. Highly recommended, amazing experience!

Sure Thing staff could not have been more helpful. We booked a couple of trips with Sure Thing and never managed to find anyone else who had got a better deal. I would strongly recommend Sure Thing as the first port of call.

We had a wonderful cruise trip to Vanuatu, all thanks to Sure Thing Travel who gives us a lot of helpful information and help us pick a suitable trip with a very good price. Such a good deal.

Have used Sure Thing Travel several times, and haven’t had any problems. Would definitely recommend it for everyone!

Sure Thing Travel is ALWAYS very accommodating. They are available by email and by phone all times of day (even weekends) and have made adjustments at a moment’s notice. We love using this service. The drivers are very professional and arrive on time. Thank you Sure Thing Travel!

The Sure Thing travel agency something I would recommend… They were very patient with us as a group of young people who were wanting to book schoolies. Thanks guys, you deserve this high rating from me!

Thanks to Sure Thing Travel, we were treated extra special everywhere we went. Every tour operator and hotel knew we were on our honeymoon and did a little something romantic just for us. It was either flower petals on the beds, and nice picture spot together, or a candle lit picnic. Thank you for all your help, we both had a blast. I am sure to keep you in mind for our next big journey.

Staying at some of the beautiful beaches in Vanuatu with the advantage of our association with the Sure Thing Travel, we were offered every possible courtesy and consideration and were able to enjoy the “down time” we had built into our itinerary. While this was our first trip to Vanuatu, it will not be our last and we can’t imagine doing it without Sure Thing Travel.

The Travel Consultant who helped booked a cruise for our friends today was truly wonderful. I had to check with my girlfriend for details and she was polite and kindly stayed on the line for me to text him for info. She was a pleasure to speak with and the whole process was so easy. Even when I made a mistake she said he’d contact Amie to fix it. I’d definitely book with Sure Thing travel again.

We had a wonderful trip primarily due to the efforts of Sure Thing Travel. We also had exceptionally good weather that is something no one can pre-arrange. All the hotels were clean and comfortable.

Thanks Sure Thing Travel for helping me in organising our package. We would love to book with you again for our next Holiday 🙂

Sure Thing Travel organised our private guides, driver, hotels and daily plans. They listened to our interest in planning our itinerary and met and exceeded our expectations. Our family would highly recommend this travel company.

I started working with Sure Thing Travel agent almost a year before we took our trip to Cancun for Spring Break. I shared with them what we wanted to do, and they advised us on what we could accomplish in the time frame we had and in what order. We worked through 3 or 4 versions of the itinerary until we were satisfied. They arranged all the hotels, shuttle services, tours and some of the flights. Everything went like clockwork. All of the connections went perfectly. The shuttle services were reliable and on time.

After numerous hours researching travel agencies on the internet, we accidently came across at Sure Thing Travel. All our headaches disappeared. After detailing our destinations, we were presented a wonderful itinerary including minimum connection times.

I have dealt with Sure Thing Travel on a number of occasions and wouldn’t book a cruise with any other company. The service is excellent, the staff are always friendly, helpful and happy to assist even when you are asking them a mountain of questions.

Our recent trip to Vanuatu will always be remembered as the happiest three weeks of our lives thanks to everyone at the Sure Thing travel company that we used. The professional and personal attention we received from our first contact, during the planning stages and during our entire stay was beyond any hope or expectation.

Wonderful! The whole trip went off as planned without a hitch. What an awesome trip! Me and my mates cannot put in words how much we loved our 1 week journey in Amsterdam. Thanks Sure Thing Travel!

Well, the votes are in and it looks like heaps of 5 star ratings. I had the same experience, this travel agency has CUSTOMER SERVICE at the top of the list 😉

We have used Sure Thing Travel several times now and have always received top class service. I would like to say a personal thanks to you. Keep up the great work guys!

Doing a trip-of-a-lifetime at the last minute (especially being very sick and arranging during the holidays) must be the craziest thing we’ve ever done! Thanks to Sure Thing Travel specialists it was also one of the absolute best things we’ve ever done! They didn’t miss a single detail, and, together, they made it perfect for us given the timing, our interests, and our budget!

Sure Thing Vanuatu Travel is “As good as it gets” when it comes to booking your trip to Vanuatu with the benefit of years of specialised first-hand experience and intimate knowledge of tourist destinations.

We got Sure Thing Vanuatu Travel to book us in for a special Vanuatu trip to Port Vila and the outer ilsands. They were ABSOLUTELY great. They went above and beyond expectations and also have the equal best price. Can’t wait to go back to Vanuatu and I will Definitely be booking with them again

Sure Thing Schoolies Travel was awesome, we had the best week of our lives with the trip they put together for us. Great advice from them too… I owe it to them to give them 5 Stars out of 5! My mates used them too lasy year and had a simialr experience

Sure Thing Travel is the best travel agency ever! The staff was really nice and they are always open, even really late and even on weekends. I’ve told all my friends and family about them : )

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From Day 1, Sure Thing Schoolies has been fully licensed with Australian Travel License number 2TA5842. Licences are there for a reason, you can be sure they are qualified to do what they say they do.

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A verified schoolies hotel means that it’s been personally checked out in person by Sure Thing Schoolies staff and has passed the following criteria:

• Schoolies friendly resort
• Good location for Schoolies
• Safe location for Schoolies
• Reasonable House Rules which allow you to have a fun time
• 100% acceptance of schoolies aged guests who are booked in through a schoolies package
• Price check and Bond Check
• Staff know and understand the idea of the schoolies event and can help you enjoy your week

Close to the Action:

Sure Thing Schoolies gets you into the heart of the Schoolies action within close proximity of the Schoolies parties, events and all the places you want to be during your Schoolies week trip.

Get a Schoolies Wristband:

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Sure Thing Schoolies is the major schoolies provider with a 10 out of 10 Safety record.

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Yekaterinburg - Overview

Yekaterinburg or Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk in 1924-1991) is the fourth most populous city in Russia (after Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk), the administrative center of the Ural Federal District and Sverdlovsk Oblast.

This city is one of the country’s largest transport and logistics hubs, as well as an important industrial center. It is unofficially called the “capital of the Urals.”

The population of Yekaterinburg is about 1,493,600 (2022), the area - 468 sq. km.

The phone code - +7 343, the postal codes - 620000-620920.

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1 February, 2011   / Today is the 80th anniversary of the birth of Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia. President Medvedev today unveiled a monument to Yeltsin in his home city Ekaterinburg. First one in Russia.

History of Yekaterinburg

Foundation of yekaterinburg.

The territory along the Iset River, which served as a convenient transport route from the Ural Mountains deep into Siberia, has long attracted settlers. The oldest of the currently discovered settlements on the territory of present Yekaterinburg was located next to the Palkinsky Stone Tents rock massif and dates back to the 6th millennium BC.

From the 7th-3rd centuries BC, ancient metallurgists who mastered the smelting of copper lived in this settlement. Copper figures of birds, animals, people, arrowheads, various household items were found here. Later they learned how to make iron products. All discovered settlements were destroyed as a result of fires, possibly during raids of the conquerors.

The territory occupied by present Yekaterinburg became part of Russia in the middle of the 17th century. At that time, it had practically no permanent population. The first Russian settlements were founded in the second half of the 17th century. At the beginning of the 18th century, the first ironworks were built here.

In the spring of 1723, by decree of Emperor Peter I, the construction of the largest iron-making plant in Russia began on the banks of the Iset River. Construction began on the initiative of Vasily Tatishchev (a prominent Russian statesman). He was supported by Georg Wilhelm de Gennin (a German-born Russian military officer and engineer), on the initiative of which the fortress plant was named Yekaterinburg in honor of Empress Catherine I (Yekaterina in Russian), the wife of Peter I.

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The historic birthday of Yekaterinburg is November 18, 1723. On this day, a test run of the plant equipment was carried out. Its main products included iron, cast iron, and copper. In 1725, the Yekaterinburg Mint began production on the territory of the fortress and became the main producer of copper coins in the Russian Empire. Until 1876, it produced about 80% of the country’s copper coins. In the 1720s, the population of Yekaterinburg was about 4,000 people.

Yekaterinburg - one of the economic centers of the Russian Empire

In the middle of the 18th century, the first ore gold in Russia was discovered in this region, which was the beginning of the gold industry in the country. As a result, Yekaterinburg became the center of a whole system of densely located plants and began to develop as the capital of the mining region, which spread on both sides of the Ural Range.

In 1781, Catherine II granted Yekaterinburg the status of a county town in the Perm Governorate. The population of the town was about 8,000 people. In 1783, the town received a coat of arms depicting an ore mine and a melting furnace, which symbolized its mining and metallurgical industries (similar images are depicted on the current coat of arms and flag of Yekaterinburg).

In 1783, the Great Siberian Road was opened - the main road of the Russian Empire that passed through Yekaterinburg. It served as an impetus for the transformation of Yekaterinburg into a transport hub and a center of trade. Thus, Yekaterinburg, among other towns of the Perm Governorate, became the key town for the development of the boundless and rich Siberia, the “window to Asia”, just as St. Petersburg was the Russian “window to Europe.”

In 1808, the Yekaterinburg plant was closed, and the history of the town entered a new stage related to the development of a large regional center with a diversified economy. At the beginning of the 19th century, the gold mining industry flourished. At the same time, deposits of emeralds, sapphires, aquamarines, diamonds, and other precious, semiprecious, and ornamental stones were discovered in the Urals. Yekaterinburg became one of the world centers for their artistic processing.

After the abolition of serfdom in 1861, the mining industry of the Urals experienced a severe crisis, a number of plants were closed. In 1878, the first railway was constructed across the Urals and connected Yekaterinburg with Perm. In 1888, the Yekaterinburg-Tyumen railway was built, and in 1897 - the railway to Chelyabinsk, which provided access to the Trans-Siberian Railway. Yekaterinburg became a major railway junction, which contributed to the development of the local food industry, especially flour milling. In 1913, the population of Yekaterinburg was about 69,000 people.

Yekaterinburg in the first years of Soviet power

On November 8, 1917, Soviet power was established in Yekaterinburg. On April 30, 1918, the last Russian emperor Nicholas II and his family members with a few servants were transported from Tobolsk to Yekaterinburg. They were placed in the “House of Special Purpose”, the mansion of engineer Nikolai Ipatiev requisitioned for this purpose, and transferred under the supervision and responsibility of the Ural Regional Soviet.

In July 1918, units of the White Siberian army approached Yekaterinburg, under this pretext the leadership of the Ural Regional Soviet decided to shoot the imperial family. On the night of July 16-17, 1918, it was done in the basement of the Ipatiev House.

10 days later, units of the Czechoslovak Legion entered Yekaterinburg. Over the next 12 months, it was under the control of anti-Bolshevik forces. On July 14, 1919, the Red Army reoccupied the city. Soviet authorities and the Yekaterinburg Province with a center in Yekaterinburg were restored. In 1920, the population of the city was about 94,400 people.

The political center of the Urals moved from Perm to Yekaterinburg. In 1923, Yekaterinburg became the administrative center of the vast Ural Oblast, which in size exceeded the territory of the present Ural Federal District of Russia. In 1924, the city council decided to rename the capital of the new region to Sverdlovsk - in honor of Yakov Sverdlov, a Bolshevik party administrator and chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee.

Sverdlovsk - a Soviet industrial giant

During the years of Stalin’s industrialization, Sverdlovsk was turned into a powerful industrial center. The old factories were reconstructed and new large factories were built, including giant machine-building and metal processing plants. In 1933, the construction of the future flagship of Soviet engineering (Uralmash) was completed. The population of Sverdlovsk grew by more than 3 times, and it became one of the fastest growing cities in the USSR.

January 17, 1934, Ural Oblast was divided into three regions - Sverdlovsk Oblast with a center in Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast with a center in Chelyabinsk, and Ob-Irtysh Oblast with a center in Tyumen. By the end of the 1930s, there were 140 industrial enterprises, 25 research institutes, 12 higher educational institutions in Sverdlovsk. In 1939, the population of the city was about 425,500 people.

Along with other Ural cities, Sverdlovsk made a significant contribution to the victory of the USSR in the Second World War. In total, more than 100,000 residents of the city joined the Red Army. 41,772 people didn’t return from the war: 21,397 - killed in battles, 4,778 - died from wounds in hospitals, 15,491 - went missing, 106 - died in prisoner of war camps.

Sverdlovsk became the largest evacuation point, more than 50 large and medium enterprises from the western regions of Russia and Ukraine were evacuated here. During the war years, industrial production in Sverdlovsk grew 7 times.

After the war, this city became the largest center for engineering and metalworking in Russia. During the Cold War, Sverdlovsk, as a key center of the defense industry, was practically closed to foreigners. In 1960, in the sky above the city, Soviet air defense shot down the U-2 spy plane of the US manned by Francis Gary Powers.

On January 23, 1967, a millionth resident was born in the city and Sverdlovsk became one of the first Russian cities with a population of more than 1 million people. In 1979, Sverdlovsk was included in the list of historical cities of Russia.

On October 4, 1988, a serious accident occurred at the Sverdlovsk railway station. The train carrying almost 100 tons of explosives rolled downhill and crashed into a coal freight train. An explosion occurred, aggravated by the proximity of a large warehouse of fuels and lubricants. The funnel at the site of the explosion had a diameter of 40-60 meters and a depth of 8 meters, the shock wave spread 10-15 kilometers. The explosion killed 4 people at the station and injured more than 500 people. About 600 houses were severely damaged.

Yekaterinburg - one of the largest cities of the Russian Federation

On September 4, 1991, the Sverdlovsk City Council of People’s Deputies decided to return the city its original name - Yekaterinburg. The population of the city was about 1,375,000 people. The restrictions on foreign visitors to the city were also lifted, and soon the first consulate general was opened here - the United States of America (in 1994).

The transition to a market economy led to a reduction in production at industrial enterprises, inert giant plant found themselves in a particularly difficult situation. In 1991, the construction of the television tower was stopped. The city was flooded with chaotic small retail trade in temporary pavilions and markets. These years were the heyday of organized crime, Yekaterinburg became one of the “criminal capitals” of Russia. The economic situation began to improve by the end of the 1990s.

In 2000-2003, the Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land was built on the site of the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg. In 2008-2009, the Koltsovo Airport was reconstructed. In June 15-17, 2009, SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) and BRIC (Brasilia, Russia, India, China) summits were held in Yekaterinburg.

In 2015, the Presidential Center of Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, was opened in Yekaterinburg. On March 24, 2018, the abandoned unfinished television tower was dismantled. It was the tallest building in the city (almost 240 meters) and became one of the symbols of Yekaterinburg. 4 matches of FIFA World Cup 2018 were played in Yekaterinburg.

Today, Yekaterinburg is the largest center of attraction not only of Sverdlovsk Oblast, but also of the surrounding regions. By some socio-economic indicators, this city ranks third in Russia, after Moscow and St. Petersburg. Along with the development of trade and business, the city lost the status of the country’s largest industrial center.

On the streets of Yekaterinburg

Soviet-era apartment buildings in Yekaterinburg

Author: Alex Kolm

In the central part of Yekaterinburg

Author: Serg Fokin

Yekaterinburg street view

Author: Krutikov S.V.

Yekaterinburg - Features

Yekaterinburg is located in the floodplain of the Iset River on the eastern slope of the Middle Urals in Asia, near its border with Europe, about 1,800 km east of Moscow. Since the Ural Mountains are very old, there are no significant hills in the city.

This relief was a favorable condition for the construction of the main transport routes from Central Russia to Siberia (the Siberian Route and the Trans-Siberian Railway) through Yekaterinburg. As a result, it has become one of the most strategically important centers of Russia, which still provides a link between the European and Asian parts of the country.

Yekaterinburg is located in the border zone of temperate continental and continental climates. It is characterized by a sharp variability in weather conditions with well-defined seasons. The Ural Mountains, despite their low height, block the way to the masses of air coming from the west from the European part of Russia.

As a result, the Middle Urals is open to the invasion of cold Arctic air and continental air of the West Siberian Plain. At the same time, warm air masses of the Caspian Sea and the deserts of Central Asia can freely enter this territory from the south.

That is why the city is characterized by sharp temperature fluctuations and the formation of weather anomalies: in winter from severe frosts to thaws and rains, in summer from heat above plus 35 degrees Celsius to frosts. The average temperature in January is minus 12.6 degrees Celsius, in July - plus 19 degrees Celsius.

The city has a rather unfavorable environmental situation due to air pollution. In 2016, Yekaterinburg was included in the list of Russian cities with the worst environmental situation by this indicator. Car emissions account for more than 90% of all pollution.

Yekaterinburg ranks third in Russia (after Moscow and St. Petersburg) in the number of diplomatic missions, while their consular districts extend far beyond Sverdlovsk Oblast, and serve other regions of the Urals, Siberia, and the Volga region.

In terms of economy, Yekaterinburg also ranks third in the country. It is one of the largest financial and business centers of Russia. The main branches of production: metallurgical production and metalworking, food production, production of electrical equipment, electronic and optical equipment, production of vehicles, production of machinery and equipment, chemical production.

Almost all types of urban public transport are presented in Yekaterinburg: buses, trolleybuses, trams, subways, taxis. Yekaterinburg is the third largest transportation hub in Russia: 6 federal highways, 7 main railway lines, as well as Koltsovo International Airport, one of the country’s largest airports. The location of Yekaterinburg in the central part of the region allows you to get from it to any major city of the Urals in 7-10 hours.

Yekaterinburg has an extensive scientific and technical potential, it is one of the largest scientific centers in Russia. The Presidium and about 20 institutes of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 66 research institutes, and about 30 universities are located here.

This city is a relatively large tourist center. A significant part of tourists visit it to honor the memory of the last Russian emperor and his family killed by the Bolsheviks in the basement of the Ipatiev House in 1918.

There are about 50 different museums in Yekaterinburg. One of the world’s largest collections of constructivist architectural monuments has been preserved here. In total, there are over 600 historical and cultural monuments in the city, of which 43 are objects of federal significance. The City Day of Yekaterinburg is celebrated on the third Saturday of August.

Interesting facts about Yekaterinburg

• It was founded by the decree of the first Russian Emperor Peter I and the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II was shot here;
• In 1820, the roof of the UK Parliament building in London was made of roofing iron produced in Yekaterinburg;
• Ural steel was used in the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris;
• Ural copper was used in the construction of the Statue of Liberty in New York;
• During the Second World War, Sverdlovsk was the center of broadcasting in the USSR;
• Equipment for the world’s deepest borehole (Kola Superdeep Borehole, 12,262 meters) was produced in Yekaterinburg;
• Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, began his political career in Yekaterinburg;
• Minor planet #27736 Yekaterinburg, discovered by the Belgian astronomer Eric Elst on September 22, 1990, was named in honor of this city;
• Two most northern skyscrapers in the world are located in Yekaterinburg: the Iset residential tower (209 m) and the Vysotsky business center (188 m), they are the tallest buildings throughout Russia east of Moscow.

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Yekaterinburg city view

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Modern architecture in Yekaterinburg

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The territory of the central stadium of Yekaterinburg before reconstruction

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Main Attractions of Yekaterinburg

Sevastyanov House - a palace of the first quarter of the 19th century built in the architectural styles of pseudo-Gothic, Neo-Baroque, and Moorish traditions and painted in green, white, and red tones. Today, it is the most beautiful building in Yekaterinburg and one of its symbols. The house stands on the promenade of the Iset River, very close to the city dam. Lenina Avenue, 35.

“Plotinka” - the dam of the city pond on the Iset River built in the 18th century. From an architectural point of view, it is an ordinary bridge. However, it is of particular importance for the residents of Yekaterinburg since the construction of the entire city started from this place. Today, this is the main place for festivities in Yekaterinburg. Lenina Avenue.

Observation Deck of the Business Center “Vysotsky” - an open-air observation deck on the 52nd floor at an altitude of 168 meters. From here you can enjoy the views of all of Yekaterinburg. On the second and third floors of this skyscraper there is the memorial museum of Vladimir Vysotsky - a singer, songwriter, and actor who had an immense effect on Soviet culture. Malysheva Street, 51.

Vaynera Street - the central avenue of Yekaterinburg, the so-called “Ural Arbat”. One of its parts from Kuibysheva Street to Lenina Avenue is a pedestrian street. This is one of the oldest streets in Yekaterinburg laid in the middle of the 18th century. Along it, you can see merchant mansions, shops, administrative buildings, most of which were built in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.

Rastorguev-Kharitonov Palace (1794-1824) - one of the most valuable architectural manor and park ensembles in Yekaterinburg, an architectural monument of federal significance built in the classical style and located in the city center. Karla Libknekhta Street, 44.

Church of the Ascension (1792-1818) - one of the oldest churches in Yekaterinburg located next to the Rastorguev-Kharitonov Palace. This beautiful building combines the features of baroque, pseudo-Russian style, and classicism. Klary Tsetkin Street, 11.

Yeltsin Center - a cultural and educational center dedicated to the contemporary history of Russia, as well as the personality of its first president, Boris Yeltsin. The museum dedicated to his life is one of the best museums in Russia. Borisa Yeltsina Street, 3.

Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts - the largest art museum in the Urals housed in two buildings. This museum is best known for its unique collection of Kasli art castings and the world-famous Kasli cast iron pavilion - a participant in the 1900 Paris World’s Fair.

The following collections can also be found here: Russian paintings of the 18th - early 20th centuries, Russian avant-garde of 1910-1920, Russian porcelain and glass of the 18th - 20th centuries, Russian icon painting of the 16th-19th centuries, Western European art of the 14th-19th centuries, stone-carving and jewelry art of the Urals, Zlatoust decorated weapons and steel engraving. Voevodina Street, 5; Vaynera Street, 11.

Museum of the History of Stone-Cutting and Jewelry Art . A unique collection of this museum consists of gem minerals, works of jewelers and stone-cutters of the Urals, and products created at the Ural lapidary factory. The museum has Malachite and Bazhov halls, the Emerald Room, and several exhibition galleries where visitors can see works made of colored stone and metal created by local artists. Lenina Avenue, 37.

Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore . At first, its collection consisted of four departments: mineralogical, botanical, zoological, and paleontological. Later, numismatic, ethnographic, and anthropological sections were added. Today, there are more than 700 thousand exhibits here. Lenina Avenue, 69/10.

Museum of the History of Yekaterinburg . This museum occupies a historic building of the 19th century. In addition to the main exhibition, you can see the wax figures of Peter the Great, Catherine II, Nicholas II, the Ural manufacturers Demidov, and the founders of Yekaterinburg.

Old Railway Station of Yekaterinburg - one of the most beautiful and picturesque buildings in the city built in 1878. In 2003, after a large-scale reconstruction, the Museum of the History of Science and Technology of the Sverdlovsk Railway was opened here. Vokzal’naya Ulitsa, 14.

Yekaterinburg Circus . Visible from a lot of points of the city, the building of the Yekaterinburg Circus is known for its amazing dome consisting of trellised openwork semi-arches, which is not typical for circuses in Russia. 8 Marta Street, 43.

White Tower (1929-1931) - a former water tower 29 meters high located at a certain distance from the center of Yekaterinburg, an architectural monument of Constructivism. Today, it is used as a cultural site. Bakinskikh Komissarov Street, 2?.

Keyboard Monument - a contemporary art object made on a scale of 30:1 in 2005. This 16x4 meter concrete keyboard consists of 104 keys spaced 15 cm apart. From here the famous tourist route “Red Line” begins (a self-guided tour of the historic city center). The monument is located on the embankment of the Iset River next to the House of the Merchant Chuvildin (Gorkogo Street, 14A).

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Sculpture of talking townspeople in Yekaterinburg

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Old buildings in Yekaterinburg

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Wooden Church of the Holy Martyr Arkady in Yekaterinburg

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