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        Задние на 06.05.2023 

         Тема; Екатеринбург 

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                                                                                                    Ekaterinburg

   Ekaterinburg is the fourth largest city in Russia (after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk). This megacity with the population over a million people is rapidly developing: it is an administrative, industry, trading, and cultural center of the Ural region. Often Ekaterinburg is called “the Ural capital” or “the gates to Asia”, because it connects Asiatic Russia, Siberia with central regions. Due to numerous financial and trading operations, quality infrastructure, Ekaterinburg is a modern postindustrial business center. Many transnational corporations have their branches there, so high status of Ekaterinburg is confirmed all over the world.

The city was founded by the order of Peter I in 1723 as the main settlement in the Urals where the network of metallurgical plants was increasing. It was named in honor of Peter’s wife, the empress Ekaterina I. Iron, minerals and even gold mining helped the city to grow and prosper. Besides, it was an important transport junction: the Siberian trading tract passed through it, as well as the Transsiberian railway later. At the end of the 19 th century, the city became one of the revolutionary movement hotbeds. As a part of the USSR, it had the name Sverdlovsk and was constantly improving: several universities, a machine building plant, the international airport appeared there.