Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk city in Soviet era) is a Ural city (The Ural Mountains). The city will celebrate its 300th anniversary in three years from now. Yekaterinburg was founded as a settlement and iron making factory in 1723. Currently, Yekaterinburg is a big city (app. 1.5 mln. inhabitants), a large industrial, cultural and sports center.
Yeltsin Center (Yeltsin is the first President of Russia in the post-Soviet era, Yeltsin was the leader of Sverdlovsk branch of Communist Party, 1991 is the final year of USSR).
Almost all my time I spend in Moscow. And I had a happy opportunity to visit Yekaterinburg.
Three hundred years - is it too much or not? But, there is a chance to spot historical buildings and places in the city center, although, for the fan of old architecture, these opportunities are not as much as they are in St. Petersburg founded approximately at the same time.
Who knows where will we be three years later? Current time is not the better one for planning. Nevertheless, there are much works to reconstruct Yekaterinburg for its anniversary.
You are totally true @AdamGT . Besides, there are plans to build Yekaterinburg City. This project of large Russian companies will make the city even more modern
