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Sightseeing time: 2 h. Yekaterinburg is capital of the Urals region - one of the biggest and most prosperous cities of Russia. Its official foundation date is November 18, 1723, a metallurgical factory built on the bank of the Iset river giving life to the city. Its significance is often connected with its geographical location, situated on the border between Europe and Asia and making it one of the main transport hubs of Russia. The Middle Urals have become an economic powerhouse for the nation, not only a centre for the heavy engineering industry but home also to more than 200 enterprises of national importance. Output of these factories is exported to countries worldwide. Our guide will acquaint you with the city’s history. You will learn why the capital of the Urals earned its very name. You will see private residences of the richest and most influential first manufacturers in the Urals, preserved to this day, hear of the legends and true stories associated with its industrial development. A chance, too, to stroll the Geological Path, where stone has been brought from all over the region. The guide will narrate legends about the owners of the magnificent architectural ensemble named Rastorguev-Haritonov House, and take you to the site where last Russian tsar Nikolai II and his family were shot. There stands now the Temple on the Blood, where inside remains the execution room. Unravelling, the story of the fall of a dynasty and the rescue of some of the tsar’s family.
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