Ekaterinburg - a Cultural Centre

Ekaterinburg is not only an industrial and educational, but also a large cultural centre. There is a lot to be seen in the city. There are many theatres, cinemas, museums, clubs, libraries, palaces of culture, the Art Gallery and the Circus in it.

The Art Gallery houses a splendid collection of paintings of Russian and Soviet artists such as Repin, Polenov, Levitan, Perov, Slusarev, Burak, Pimenov and many others. Here you will see one of the world famous collections of metal castings made in Kasli and especially a cast Iron pavilion. It was shown in Paris at the World Exhibition and awarded the Highest Prize.

Ekaterinburg is famous for its theaters. They are the Opera & Ballet House, the Drama Theatre, the Musical Comedy, the Children’s and Puppet Theatres, the Cinema and Concert Hall "Cosmos".

The Opera House was built in 1912. Many famous singers such as S. Lemeshev, I. Koslovsky, I. Arkhipova, B. Shtokolov and many others sang in that theatre. Ekaterinburg has a Philharmonic Society, film and television studios, the Urals Russian Folk Choir which is well known both at home and abroad.

There are many museums in the city: the Museum of Local Studies, the Sverdlov Museum, the Museum of Mamin-Sibiriyak, the Bazhov Museum, the Museum of Architecture. But the Urals Geological Museum is the most famous one. It is a real treasure-house of the Urals riches. The museum was opened in 1937.

Ekaterinburg is a green city with its squares, gardens and parks. The largest and the best of the parks is the Central Park of Culture and Rest. The Central Square of the City is the 1905 Square. Besides, there are some others: the Labor Square, one of the oldest of the city, located in front of the House of Trade Unions, the Komsomolskaya Square with the monument to the Urals Komsomol, the Paris Commune Square with the monument to Y.M. Sverdlov.

There are lots of monuments in the city. They are: the monument dedicated to the students and teachers of the Urals Polytechnical Institute who perished in the Great Patriotic War, the monument to the Urals Tank Corps, the monuments to Bazhov, Popov, Ordjonikidze, Malishev and many others.

There are a lot of places of interest in our city. Any visitor who comes to our city is invited to take sightseeing around it. We will be shown the historical places such as the rocks "Kamenniye Palatki", the Pupils’ Creation Palace, the Historical Square, the 1905 Square.

There are several memorials to those who gave their lives in the struggle against fascism, the obelisk in the Square of Communards with the eternal flame. Such famous places of interest at the city pond with granite-lined embankment, the Palace of Youth, the lake Shartash, the Uktus Mountains and some others are most popular with the citizens of Ekaterinburg as well as with its visitors.

Ekaterinburg is a city of sports. There are a lot of sports grounds, stadiums, sports halls and a beautiful Palace of Sport in it. Ekaterinburg is often called the Winter Sports Capital. All sorts of important skiing & skating events are held in the Uktus Mountains.

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