Location of Yekaterinburg in Russia

It is located at the eastern foot of the Ural Mountains in Russia, on the banks of the Iseti River. Yekaterinburg (Russian: Екатеринбург, called Sverdlovsk from 1924 to 1991) was founded in 1723 and named after the female tsar Catherine I. It is the center of the Sverdlovsk region and an important industrial, transportation, trade, scientific, cultural and administrative center of the Urals and the Russian Federation. The city is located at the eastern foot of the Ural Mountains, on the banks of the Iset River, 1,667 kilometers east of Moscow, the Russian capital, with an area of ??491 square kilometers and a population of 1.5393 million (2023). Yekaterinburg is located in western Asia close to the dividing line between Asia and Europe, at an altitude of 270 meters. It belongs to the temperate continental climate zone. The climate is characterized by changeable weather and distinct four seasons. The terrain is composed of mountains and undulating plains. In 1781, Catherine II granted Yekaterinburg the status of a prefecture-level city in the Perm Province. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century it was one of the centers of the revolutionary movement in the Urals. During the Soviet period, it became the country's industrial and administrative center. During the war years, the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant was the largest armored vehicle production plant in the Soviet Union. In the 21st century, Yekaterinburg's trade, commerce and tourism began to develop rapidly. In June 2009, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRIC summits were held in the city. In 2018, the city hosted the 2018 Football World Cup. According to comprehensive national economic indicators and trade circulation areas, Yekaterinburg is the third largest city in Russia, second only to Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 2015, the total urban output value of the Yekaterinburg agglomeration area reached US$50.7 billion, with an average of US$254,000 per person. The city of Yekaterinburg is one of the largest economic centers in the world. It ranks among the 600 largest cities in the world and is the city with 60% of the world's gross national product.