Tourist attractions
The first industrial facility that started the construction of Ekaterinburg in 1723.
Peter the Great’s reforms at the beginning of the 18th century led to rapid development of the Urals and formation of a new industrial area. Uktus Ironworks was built at the confluence of the Uktus and Iset rivers.
In the early 1720s a new head of the Ural Mining Administration Vasily Tatishchev (who later became a famous statesman, historian, and geographer) arrived in the Urals. A decision was made to build a new large ironworks on the Iset, about 7 km up the river “in between all works”. The new plant was meant to tie together mining and metallurgical industry of the entire region. Timber harvesting for the future dam began in March 1721, but soon the project was suspended and resumed only two years later, when general Georg Wilhelm de Gennin was appointed the new head of the Ural Mining Administration.
The city opera hall was designed by V. N. Semenov and opened on September 12, 1912 with M. I. Glinka’s opera “A Life for the Tsar”.
Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater is one of the oldest in Russia. The theatre construction (based on the design by V. N. Semenov from Saint Petersburg who won the all-Russian open contest) began in 1903 and was led by local architect K. T. Babykin. The grand opening was held on September 12, 1912 – Glinka’s opera “A Life for the Tsar” was staged. Riccardo Drigo’s "The Magic Flute" became the first ballet production of a new theater in 1914.
One of the most significant 18-19th century architectural monuments in Ekaterinburg, the largest and oldest mansion ensemble of the city.
Rastorguyev-Kharitonov’s mansion ensemble is a true architectural gem of Ekaterinburg. The estate occupying the entire northern slope of Voznesenskaya Gorka (Ascension Hill) includes the main house, wings, fences and gates, stables, and a large park.
Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts − one of the most significant art museums in the Urals – was founded in 1936. Its collection was originally based on that of the LocalHistoryMuseum, which in turn received it from historic Ural Society of Natural History (UOLE). Later on, the collection was enriched with transfers from State Hermitage, Tretyakov Gallery, State Museum of Fine Arts named after Pushkin, as well as donations from private collections and national purchase commissions.
The memorial church was consecrated in 2003 at the site of execution of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II and his family.
One of the largest churches in Ekaterinburg and pilgrimage destination for people from all over Russia, it was built in 2000-2003 at the site of execution of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II and his family, which took place on the night of July 16-17, 1918. This is the third church-on-the-blood in Russia after the ones in Uglich (built on the spot of tsarevich Dmitry’s murder in 1591) and St. Petersburg (built on the spot where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in 1881).
Zoo - one of the favorite places of rest of citizens and guests of Ekaterinburg. Here you can relax as a family, to see exotic animals, to learn a lot of amazing about the life of inhabitants of the zoo.
There are five halls for heat-loving animals - pavilion birds and the pavilion of heat-loving species of predators, a pavilion for monkeys, pavilion "Ekzoterrarium" and a pavilion for the elephant; on the street constantly animals are cold latitudes - there is a complex-open-air-cage for the Northern predators and animals of Russia, open-air cages of birds of prey, aviaries bears and tigers.