Yekaterinburg walking tour & city guide

The center

The Church on the Blood stands where the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were killed in 1918. The Yeltsin Center is a modern museum about the 1990s. The Iset River and its dam form the city's 'Plotinka', a lively square.

Around the city

A monument outside the city marks the boundary between Europe and Asia. The Vysotsky skyscraper has an observation deck.

A day in Yekaterinburg

Follow the Red Line, a painted path through the center that connects the main sights. Visit the Church on the Blood, built where the last tsar's family was killed.

The Vysotsky skyscraper has an observation deck. In the evening, walk along the city pond.

Good to know

Yekaterinburg is in the Urals, and a monument marks the border between Europe and Asia outside the city.

The city is a stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

A city of the Urals

Yekaterinburg was founded in 1723 as an industrial center and is now Russia's fourth-largest city. The center has constructivist buildings from the 1920s and 30s, and the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center is a modern museum about recent Russian history. Street art festivals have covered many walls with large murals. The surrounding Ural Mountains are low and forested, with rocky outcrops and lakes that make easy day trips.