church on the blood yekaterinburg

The Church on the Blood has become the symbol of Ekaterinburg. A tragic historic event is the reason for building The Church at that particular place. The Church stands on the place of the brutal murder of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their children Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Tsarevitch...

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Yekaterinburg War Memorial

  Located in Ekaterinburg is the Yekaterinburg War Memorial, better known as the Black Tulip War Memorial. In the center of the memorial sits a soldier. He has his rifle in one hand, and his other arm rests over a raised knee. The soldier has his head bowed and he is staring intently at the ground. Etched upon his face is the emotion of...

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The Church of Ascension Yekaterinburg

This temple, built in honor of the Lord's Ascension, is one of the oldest Orthodox churches in Yekaterinburg. The temple was founded in May 1770 and was consecrated on September 19th of the same year. Originally the church was a small wooden structure. By 1789, however, the church building had fallen into disrepair, and, at the request of the...

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Chertovo Gorodische Yekaterinburg

Chertovo gorodishche. Russian devil and Tatar Satan are often mentioned in the titles of the Ural rivers, coastal rocks and lairs. Each place has its own legend, but they have one thing in common - the wild beauty of many parts of the Ural nature always scared people: it seems that it is not a God's creation, but the scene of the battle between...

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Rastorguyev-Kharitonov's House Yekaterinburg

The Kharitonov house is located in the Urals of Russia.  The house was built by Lev Rastorguyev in 1794, one of the wealthiest merchants in the region at the time.  Rastorguyev associated with the Old Believers of Russia, which are a group of Russian Orthodox Christians that separated from the main Russian Orthodox Church in 1666...

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Ganina Yama Yekaterinburg

Monastery Ganina Yama, the burial place of the Romanovs (17km from Yekaterinburg) is changing all the time. Some of the wooden churches get burnt, then restored again. The first stone church is being built now. So, even if you have been to Ganina Yama already, there is always something new and interesting to see. Recently, a bust of tsarina Alexandra...

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Visotsky Business Center Lookout Yekaterinburg

Vysotsky is the tallest skyscraper in Russia outside Moscow (188m and 54 floors). The tower was built in the city center on 51 Malysheva st. The building was involved in a big scandal before the construction of it started. The construction company destroyed a heritage-listed wooden house of 19th century. Officially it was a fault of single...

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