Yekaterinburg
The massive Byzantine-style Church upon the Blood dominates this site where Tsar Nicholas II, his wife and children were murdered by Bolsheviks on the…
Yekaterinburg
The massive Byzantine-style Church upon the Blood dominates this site where Tsar Nicholas II, his wife and children were murdered by Bolsheviks on the…
Yekaterinburg
The massive Byzantine-style Church upon the Blood dominates this site where the Romanov family was executed. While many believe the funds that went into…
Yekaterinburg
Take the lift up 52 floors to the viewing platform for one of Russia's best urban panoramas. Children under 15 years must be accompanied by an adult. The…
Yekaterinburg
This vast indoor and open-air collection of tanks and armoured vehicles is located on the northern outskirts of Yekaterinburg in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. It’s…
Museum of Architecture and Design
Yekaterinburg
Situated on Istorichesky skver (Historical Sq), this museum is located on the grounds where the first ironworks was established in Yekaterinburg in 1723…
Yekaterinburg
At one of the more contemporary museums in town, most of the focus is on Yekaterinburg through the 18th and 19th centuries. Most exhibits are captioned in…
Yekaterinburg
The restored late-18th-century Ascension Church is the oldest in Yekaterinburg and rises up moodily alongside parkland that's perfect for a stroll.
Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center
Yekaterinburg
Traffic was stopped the day the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center was opened in 2015. The mammoth site includes a museum, a conference centre, an art…
Yekaterinburg
Worthwhile for buffs, this military museum has two halls, one dedicated to the Urals Volunteer Tank Corp. Entry price is for both halls, but you can pay…
Yekaterinburg
Located north of skver Popova, the Literary Quarter features restored wooden houses, some of them now museums about celebrated local writers such as…
Yekaterinburg
The prettiest and most lively part of Yekaterinburg in summer is the landscaped parkland alongside the City Pond (Gorodskoy prud), where pr Lenina crosses…
Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts
Yekaterinburg
The star exhibit of the Museum of Fine Arts is its elaborate Kasli Iron Pavilion, which won prizes in the 1900 Paris Expo. The museum has a good…
Yekaterinburg
Excellent icons from the 17th to the 20th centuries, from the local Nevyansk school.
Museum of History, Science and Technology of the Sverdlovsk Railway
Yekaterinburg
Railway buffs will enjoy the good collection here, housed in and around the old train station, dating from 1881. Exhibits highlight the history of the…
Chapel of the Revered Martyr Grand Princess Yelizaveta Fyodorovna
Yekaterinburg
Located next to the Church upon the Blood (which was built to commemorate the site where the Romanov family were executed), the wooden Chapel of the…
Literary-Memorial House-Museum Reshetnikov
Yekaterinburg
Situated squarely in the literary quarter of Yekaterinburg, this museum re-creates some aspects of life in Reshetnikov's time, with a big focus on postal…
Metenkov House-Museum of Photography
Yekaterinburg
All the exhibitions are temporary, but you’ll always find a room dedicated to Metenkov and his work here. Other exhibition spaces usually feature works…
Yekaterinburg
Situated across the road from the site where the Romanov family was executed, this mansion dates from the late 18th and early 19th centuries and was one…
Monument to the Founders of Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg
The Monument to the Founders of Yekaterinburg standing on one side of the square depicts founders Vasily Tatishchev and George Wilhelm de Gennin.
Yekaterinburg
Over 500 minerals from the Ural Mountains region and a collection of meteorites can be seen here.
Yekaterinburg
A private collection offering a stunning introduction to the region’s semiprecious stones, located in the Bolshoy Ural Hotel.