Interesting facts about Yekaterinburg

Interesting facts about Yekaterinburg Is a great opportunity to learn more about Russian cities. It is one of the first industrial cities of the Russian Empire and still bears the title of the capital of the Urals. With unlimited tourism opportunities, the metropolis attracts people with magnificent architectural monuments and a rich cultural life.

So, here are the most interesting facts about Yekaterinburg.

1. Yekaterinburg was founded in 1723.
2. At one time Yekaterinburg was the center of the railway industry in Russia.
3. Did you know that the city got its name in honor of Catherine 1 - the second wife of Peter 1, and not in honor of Catherine 2, as many think?
4. In the period 1924-1991. the city was called Sverdlovsk.
5. Yekaterinburg has the smallest area of ​​all Russian cities with a population of over one million.
6. During the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), the local heavy machine building plant was one of the largest manufacturers of armored vehicles in the USSR.
7. An interesting fact is that the equipment used to drill the world's deepest Kola well (12,262 m) was made in Yekaterinburg.
8. In the Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg became the third city, after St. Petersburg and Moscow, where the metro was built.
9. It has the lowest mortality rate among all the country's megacities.
10. In terms of population, Yekaterinburg is in the TOP-5 cities of Russia - 1.5 million people.
11. Once it was here that the first ever jet-powered aircraft was tested.
12. Yekaterinburg is one of the largest economic centers in the world.
13. It is curious that the metal from which the frame for the Statue of Liberty in America was made (see interesting facts about the USA) was mined in Yekaterinburg.
14. During the war with Hitler, exhibits from the St. Petersburg Hermitage were evacuated to this very city.
15. And here's another interesting fact. It turns out that Yekaterinburg got into the Guinness Book of Records as the city with the maximum consumption of mayonnaise per capita.
16. Most of Yekaterinburg residents are Orthodox, while in the entire history of the city there has not been a single known conflict on religious grounds.
17. In 2002, a UNESCO commission named Yekaterinburg as one of the 12 ideal cities in the world.

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