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May 21, 2024 · Ekaterinburg has an international airport with connections to major cities in Russia and abroad. It’s also accessible by train, with regular services from Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other major cities.
Yekaterinburg ranks third among other Russian cities in terms of the number of foreign representative offices, passing Moscow and St. Petersburg and leaving behind Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan.
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Jul 26, 2019 · Significant economic differences across Russia’s cities with populations of more than one million. Russia has 16 cities with more than a million inhabitants. The five biggest cities after Moscow and St. Petersburg are Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Chelyabinsk.
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There’s no escaping our industry past (Yekaterinburg is quite often referred to as the Russian Manchester). There are reminders wherever you walk through the downtown area: for instance, the sound of water coming from the city pond through the dam (in Russian “plotinka”) installed in 1723 is as fast and hectic as the city’s heart rate.
WTF?(“What’s the fashion?”), the so-called “Lifestyle journal with the big mojo”. WTF? resonates with the current middle-class way of thinking, and guides you from “entertainment and amusement to self-improvement”.
The loft [Дом печати] is a close relative of Moscow’s Strelka and St Petersburg’s Dom Beat. It’s housed inside a building that used to belong to the publishing house of the newspaper Уральский рабочий. Its stylish interiors are hidden behind the shabbiness of the Soviet block’s constructivist architecture. The nights of classical music here intermi...
In Yekaterinburg, the experimental music scene is a real point of interest. Sage project is a combination of human beatboxing and live electronics with folk – a metaphor for the Urals’ pagan past. The duet’s live shows resemble ceremonies with shamanic music and dances combined with vocals in a traditional old-Russian style. Besides Sage, the sound...
Evgeny Malakhin (aka Old Man Bukashkin) is a street legend among several generations of people who lived in Yekaterinburg during 70s, 80 and 90s – an artist, sculptor, photographer, poet and folk-punk-musician. He became known for leaving his job as an engineer at a power station to become a sweeper (the least respected occupation in Russian societ...
Tops with prints and sport shoes are the basics in everyone’s wardrobe. Popular local brands are Urals and Recycled Skateboards. The former design T-shirts with original prints together with local street artists, and the latter produce accessories from broken skateboards. Both brands exhibit their collections at events such as the Sunday Up Market,...
Film director Aleksey Fedorchenko, whose cinematographic career began in Yekaterinburg, honoured the city this month with a screening – the first in Russia – of his new movie, Angels of Revolution(2014). The movie elicited a varied response, as some viewers didn’t appreciate the blurred lines between fact and fiction in this mockumentary telling of...
Udmurtbecame known very recently. He romanticises the grey streets with small elements of poetic perception. Words and expressions, which he leaves on objects, become their character, their distinct voice.
The act of vandalism towards a marble sculpture of Yeltsin on 24 August 2012, just a few months after it been installed: it was damaged with ink by people who turned out to be neither extremists nor political activists. They’ve become the symbols of fighting against the “windmills” of the former order of things and also against the absurd actions o...
Artist Slava PTRKnever creates merely for the sake of beauty. He has become widely known for being a provocateur, and his professional education as a journalist explains this. His 2012 portrait of the patriarch Kirill of Moscow coin-box is painted in front of the Church of the Saviour o n Spilled Blood in Yekaterinburg – one of the city’s main reli...
Dec 24, 2023 · Yekaterinburg, a vibrant metropolis in Russia, stands as a testament to the intersection of rich history and modernity. As the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, this city offers a unique blend of cultural heritage, innovative developments, and captivating attractions.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Yekaterinburg exhibits genuine masterpieces of Russian avant-garde artists of 1910-1920, as well as the works of most styles and leading artists of Russia and CIS ...
Oct 19, 2023 · Yekaterinburg has a unique spirit – it does not seek to emulate Moscow or St. Petersburg and forms its own, distinctive identity. We tried to convey the Yekaterinburg vibe through its unique cultural codes: industrialism and constructivist architecture, street art and the Yeltsin Center, bar hopping, parties, and of course, the Ural Mountains. Industrial cities… Read More »Yekaterinburg ...
