The Top Attractions in Yekaterinburg, Russia
As a modern city seeped in historical significance, Yekaterinburg in Russia has a feast of sights to discover. From ornate architecture through to monuments of respect and fandom, explore the best the city has to offer with our top twenty picks of unmissable buildings, statues and sights.
1. Kirillov's House
Not far from Yekaterinburg, in the village of Kanara, is the fantastical Kirillov’s House. Ornately decorated with fairytale and soviet iconography, the house was built mid-century by Sergey Kirillov, the local blacksmith.
2. Keyboard Monument
Along the Iset River embankment lies an oversized keyboard, created perfectly to scale. To make a wish, locals say type it in and press enter to make it come true.
ul. Gorkogo, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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3. Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
The building itself is as impressive as the performances it hosts. Watch modern and classic ballet and opera productions in lavish baroque glamour.
Lenin Avenue 46А, Yekaterinburg, Russia, +7 343 350 80 57
5. The Black Tulip War Memorial
Memorial
6. City Ponds
Just up from the Iset River are the city ponds, another great place to watch the world go by. Stroll around them in summer or skate across them in winter.
7. Ganina Yama Monastery
Monastery
8. Church upon the Blood
Church, Memorial, Museum
9. Vysotsky Viewing Platform
Building
10. Museum of Military Equipment
Museum
11. Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre
Library, Museum
Learn about the federation’s first president in this expansive complex. Containing a bookshop, gallery, library, and museum, the centre is a wealth of knowledge regarading Russia’s contemporary political history.
ul. Borisa Eltsina 3, Yekaterinburg, Russia, +7 343 312 43 43
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12. The Beatles Monument
Relish youth counter-culture of the 1960s and consider the risks teenagers took to listen to Western pop music. One of the quirkier statues around town, this monumnet pays tribute to a band so influential, they were able to push through the Iron Wall and into the hearts of soviet teenagers.
13. Museum of Stone-Cutting and Jewellery
Museum
14. Rastorguyev-Kharitonov Palace
Bask in the beauty of one of the finest palatial homes in the Urals. Built in the late 1700s, and once home to Lev Rastorguyev, one of the wealthiest merchants at the time, this old neoclassical estate’s use is currently in flux.
15. Literary Quarter
Museum
Celebrate the Ural Mountain’s rich cultural heritage in a city pocket dedicated to the authors and literati of the region. The enclave is a collection of wooden houses-cum-museums about local writers including Dmitry Mamina-Sibiryak and Pavel Bazhov.
16. Monument to AS Popov
Thank the physicist whose work contributed to the invention of the radio, Alexander Stepanovich Popov. Accredited for creating the first radio receiver in 1895, Russia claim Popov invented radio, not Marconi.
17. Lumière Brothers Monument
Cinema
In front of the Kosmos cinema and theatre, Yekaterinburg pays its respect to a pair of cinematic pioneers, Auguste and Louis Lumière.
18. Monument to the Founders
Ponder Yekaterinburg’s industrial beginnings when historian Vasily Tatishchev and engineer Georg Wilhelm de Gennin founded the city in 1723.
19. Yekaterinburg's metro stations
Explore Yekaterinburg’s subway system and be in awe of the stately station designs. While they may not be as epic as Moscow’s metro stations, they are well worth discovering.
Ploshchad 1905 Goda Metro Station, Ploshchad 1905 Goda, Yekaterinburg, Russia
The Sevastyanov Estate
Arguably the most opulent building in the city, the estate dates back to the early 1800s. Now, it serves as a presidential residence, accommodating both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.
Prospkt Lenina 35, Yekaterinburg, Russia, +7 343 379 47 47
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