Рассказ про екатеринбург на английском 6 класс

The capital [ˈkapitl] of the Urals. – Столица Урала; One of the most beautiful cities [ˈbyo͞otəfəl ˈsitēs] in Russia. – Один из красивейших городов в России;

Located on the eastern [ˈēstərn slōp] slope of the Ural mountains [mountns]. – Расположение на восточном склоне Уральских гор;

Fourth populous [ˈpäpyələs], city in Russia, administrative [ədˈminiˌstrātiv] center of the Sverdlovsk region [ˈrējən]. – Четвертый за количеством население город в России, административный центр Свердловской области.

Интересные места Екатеринбурга на английском языке. Несколько примеров:

1. The municipality [nisəˈpalətē], or a structure [ˈstrəkCHər] of Yekaterinburg city government [ˈgəvər(n)mənt], represented as the head of Yekaterinburg, City Council and City Administration,. – Муниципалитет, или некая структура органов самоуправления города Екатеринбурга, представлен в виде главы Екатеринбурга, городской Думы и Администрации города.
2. Iset River in Yekaterinburg – Река Исеть в Екатеринбурге. Not quite conspicuous among the other rivers. But, who played an important role in Russian history and development of the city of Yekaterinburg. – Не совсем приметная среди остальных рек. Но, сыгравшая важную роль в Российской истории и становлении самого города Екатеринбурга.
3. Yekaterinburg Universities – Университеты Екатеринбурга. The choice of future profession and training play an important role in human life, because from today’s choice will depend on the how the rest of the whole subsequent [ˈsəbsəkwənt] life. – Выбор будущей профессии и обучение играют важную роль в жизни человека, ведь от сегодняшнего выбора будет зависеть то, как сложится вся последующая жизнь.
4. Yekaterinburg is famous for a large number of theatres and museums. [екатеринб’ург из ф’эймос фор э ладж н’амбер оф с’иэтэз энд мьюз’иэмз] – Екатеринбург известен тем, что в нем расположено большое количество театров и музеев. Among them:
   1. The Wonderland museum of dolls and children’s books [зэ у’андерлэнд мьюз’иэм ов долз энд чилдрен букс] – Музей Кукол и Детской Книги «Страна Чудес»; It is the only museum in the world that combines rare collections of books and toys. – Это единственный музей в мире, в котором одновременно представлены редкие коллекции книг и кукол.
   2. Museum of History and Archeology of the Middle Urals [зэ мьюз’иэм оф х’истори энд аки’олоджи оф зэ мидл ‘юэрэлз] – Музей истории и археологии Среднего Урала.
      Having been founded in 1870, it is among the oldest Russian museums. – Основанный в 1870 году, музей входит в число старейших в России.
   3. Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts [екатеринбург мьюз’иэм оф файн атс] – Екатеринбургский музей изобразительных искусств.
      It is theUral’s largest art museum. – Самый крупный Уральский музей изобразительных искусств.
5. Chamber theatre [ч’амбэ с’иэтэ] – Камерный театр. Chamber Theater of the Integrated Museum of the Ural Writers is Russia’s only theater included in the museum complex. – Камерный театр в составе Объединённого музея писателей Урала является единственным театром в России, входящим в состав музейного комплекса.
6. Open Opera and Ballet Theatre [‘оупэн ‘опэра энд б’элэй с’иэтэ] – Театр оперы и балета;
   Having been opened in 1912, it is among the oldest theatres in Russia. – Театр, открытый в 1912 году, является одним из старейших театров России.

Facts you didn’t know about Yekaterinburg:

The city was named after the wife of Peter I, Yekaterina (who later became Empress Catherine I). – Город получил свое название в честь Екатерины, жены Петра I (позднее ставшей Императрицей Екатериной I).

In the 1924-1991 period the name of the city was Sverdlovsk. С 1924г. по 1991г. город назывался Свердловск.

Tsar Nicholas II with his family was sent into exile in Yekaterinburg, all of them were later executed there. – Император Николай II вместе со своей семьей был сослан в Екатеринбург, где все они были впоследствии расстреляны.

The Shigir Idol, which is the oldest sculpture in the world (over 9,500 years), is displayed in Yekaterinburg History Museum. – Шигирский идол, являющийся самой древней деревянной скульптурой в мире (более 9500 лет), хранится в Историческом музее Екатеринбурга.

The Ural steel produced in Yekaterinburg was used in the construction of the Eiffel tower in Paris, while Ural copper from Yekaterinburg was employed for the Statue of Liberty in New York. – Уральская сталь, произведенная в Екатеринбурге, использовалась при создании Эйфелевой башни в Париже, а уральская медь из Екатеринбурга – для статуи Свободы в Нью-Йорке.

Yekaterinburg is the first Russian city to be engaged in hard-rock gold mining. – Екатеринбург является первым городом России, где стали добывать рудное золото.

The climate in Yekaterinburg is harsh and cold. Winters last for almost half a year, while summers are very short. The temperature might get below 45 degrees in winter. – В Екатеринбурге суровый и холодный климат. Зимы длятся по полгода, тогда как лето достаточно коротко. Зимой температура может опуститься ниже 45 градусов мороза.

History of Yekaterinburg

Foundation of Yekaterinburg

The territory along the Iset River, which served as a convenient transport route from the Ural Mountains deep into Siberia, has long attracted settlers. The oldest of the currently discovered settlements on the territory of present Yekaterinburg was located next to the Palkinsky Stone Tents rock massif and dates back to the 6th millennium BC.

From the 7th-3rd centuries BC, ancient metallurgists who mastered the smelting of copper lived in this settlement. Copper figures of birds, animals, people, arrowheads, various household items were found here. Later they learned how to make iron products. All discovered settlements were destroyed as a result of fires, possibly during raids of the conquerors.

The territory occupied by present Yekaterinburg became part of Russia in the middle of the 17th century. At that time, it had practically no permanent population. The first Russian settlements were founded in the second half of the 17th century. At the beginning of the 18th century, the first ironworks were built here.

In the spring of 1723, by decree of Emperor Peter I, the construction of the largest iron-making plant in Russia began on the banks of the Iset River. Construction began on the initiative of Vasily Tatishchev (a prominent Russian statesman). He was supported by Georg Wilhelm de Gennin (a German-born Russian military officer and engineer), on the initiative of which the fortress plant was named Yekaterinburg in honor of Empress Catherine I (Yekaterina in Russian), the wife of Peter I.

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On the streets of Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg — Features

Yekaterinburg is located in the floodplain of the Iset River on the eastern slope of the Middle Urals in Asia, near its border with Europe, about 1,800 km east of Moscow. Since the Ural Mountains are very old, there are no significant hills in the city.

This relief was a favorable condition for the construction of the main transport routes from Central Russia to Siberia (the Siberian Route and the Trans-Siberian Railway) through Yekaterinburg. As a result, it has become one of the most strategically important centers of Russia, which still provides a link between the European and Asian parts of the country.

Yekaterinburg is located in the border zone of temperate continental and continental climates. It is characterized by a sharp variability in weather conditions with well-defined seasons. The Ural Mountains, despite their low height, block the way to the masses of air coming from the west from the European part of Russia.

As a result, the Middle Urals is open to the invasion of cold Arctic air and continental air of the West Siberian Plain. At the same time, warm air masses of the Caspian Sea and the deserts of Central Asia can freely enter this territory from the south.

That is why the city is characterized by sharp temperature fluctuations and the formation of weather anomalies: in winter from severe frosts to thaws and rains, in summer from heat above plus 35 degrees Celsius to frosts. The average temperature in January is minus 12.6 degrees Celsius, in July — plus 19 degrees Celsius.

The city has a rather unfavorable environmental situation due to air pollution. In 2016, Yekaterinburg was included in the list of Russian cities with the worst environmental situation by this indicator. Car emissions account for more than 90% of all pollution.

Yekaterinburg ranks third in Russia (after Moscow and St. Petersburg) in the number of diplomatic missions, while their consular districts extend far beyond Sverdlovsk Oblast, and serve other regions of the Urals, Siberia, and the Volga region.

In terms of economy, Yekaterinburg also ranks third in the country. It is one of the largest financial and business centers of Russia. The main branches of production: metallurgical production and metalworking, food production, production of electrical equipment, electronic and optical equipment, production of vehicles, production of machinery and equipment, chemical production.

Almost all types of urban public transport are presented in Yekaterinburg: buses, trolleybuses, trams, subways, taxis. Yekaterinburg is the third largest transportation hub in Russia: 6 federal highways, 7 main railway lines, as well as Koltsovo International Airport, one of the country’s largest airports. The location of Yekaterinburg in the central part of the region allows you to get from it to any major city of the Urals in 7-10 hours.

Yekaterinburg has an extensive scientific and technical potential, it is one of the largest scientific centers in Russia. The Presidium and about 20 institutes of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 66 research institutes, and about 30 universities are located here.

This city is a relatively large tourist center. A significant part of tourists visit it to honor the memory of the last Russian emperor and his family killed by the Bolsheviks in the basement of the Ipatiev House in 1918.

There are about 50 different museums in Yekaterinburg. One of the world’s largest collections of constructivist architectural monuments has been preserved here. In total, there are over 600 historical and cultural monuments in the city, of which 43 are objects of federal significance. The City Day of Yekaterinburg is celebrated on the third Saturday of August.

Interesting facts about Yekaterinburg

• It was founded by the decree of the first Russian Emperor Peter I and the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II was shot here;
• In 1820, the roof of the UK Parliament building in London was made of roofing iron produced in Yekaterinburg;
• Ural steel was used in the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris;
• Ural copper was used in the construction of the Statue of Liberty in New York;
• During the Second World War, Sverdlovsk was the center of broadcasting in the USSR;
• Equipment for the world’s deepest borehole (Kola Superdeep Borehole, 12,262 meters) was produced in Yekaterinburg;
• Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, began his political career in Yekaterinburg;
• Minor planet #27736 Yekaterinburg, discovered by the Belgian astronomer Eric Elst on September 22, 1990, was named in honor of this city;
• Two most northern skyscrapers in the world are located in Yekaterinburg: the Iset residential tower (209 m) and the Vysotsky business center (188 m), they are the tallest buildings throughout Russia east of Moscow.

Pictures of Yekaterinburg

Main Attractions of Yekaterinburg

Sevastyanov House — a palace of the first quarter of the 19th century built in the architectural styles of pseudo-Gothic, Neo-Baroque, and Moorish traditions and painted in green, white, and red tones. Today, it is the most beautiful building in Yekaterinburg and one of its symbols. The house stands on the promenade of the Iset River, very close to the city dam. Lenina Avenue, 35.

“Plotinka” — the dam of the city pond on the Iset River built in the 18th century. From an architectural point of view, it is an ordinary bridge. However, it is of particular importance for the residents of Yekaterinburg since the construction of the entire city started from this place. Today, this is the main place for festivities in Yekaterinburg. Lenina Avenue.

Observation Deck of the Business Center “Vysotsky” — an open-air observation deck on the 52nd floor at an altitude of 168 meters. From here you can enjoy the views of all of Yekaterinburg. On the second and third floors of this skyscraper there is the memorial museum of Vladimir Vysotsky — a singer, songwriter, and actor who had an immense effect on Soviet culture. Malysheva Street, 51.

Vaynera Street — the central avenue of Yekaterinburg, the so-called “Ural Arbat”. One of its parts from Kuibysheva Street to Lenina Avenue is a pedestrian street. This is one of the oldest streets in Yekaterinburg laid in the middle of the 18th century. Along it, you can see merchant mansions, shops, administrative buildings, most of which were built in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.

Rastorguev-Kharitonov Palace (1794-1824) — one of the most valuable architectural manor and park ensembles in Yekaterinburg, an architectural monument of federal significance built in the classical style and located in the city center. Karla Libknekhta Street, 44.

Church of the Ascension (1792-1818) — one of the oldest churches in Yekaterinburg located next to the Rastorguev-Kharitonov Palace. This beautiful building combines the features of baroque, pseudo-Russian style, and classicism. Klary Tsetkin Street, 11.

Yeltsin Center — a cultural and educational center dedicated to the contemporary history of Russia, as well as the personality of its first president, Boris Yeltsin. The museum dedicated to his life is one of the best museums in Russia. Borisa Yeltsina Street, 3.

Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts — the largest art museum in the Urals housed in two buildings. This museum is best known for its unique collection of Kasli art castings and the world-famous Kasli cast iron pavilion — a participant in the 1900 Paris World’s Fair.

The following collections can also be found here: Russian paintings of the 18th — early 20th centuries, Russian avant-garde of 1910-1920, Russian porcelain and glass of the 18th — 20th centuries, Russian icon painting of the 16th-19th centuries, Western European art of the 14th-19th centuries, stone-carving and jewelry art of the Urals, Zlatoust decorated weapons and steel engraving. Voevodina Street, 5; Vaynera Street, 11.

Museum of the History of Stone-Cutting and Jewelry Art. A unique collection of this museum consists of gem minerals, works of jewelers and stone-cutters of the Urals, and products created at the Ural lapidary factory. The museum has Malachite and Bazhov halls, the Emerald Room, and several exhibition galleries where visitors can see works made of colored stone and metal created by local artists. Lenina Avenue, 37.

Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore. At first, its collection consisted of four departments: mineralogical, botanical, zoological, and paleontological. Later, numismatic, ethnographic, and anthropological sections were added. Today, there are more than 700 thousand exhibits here. Lenina Avenue, 69/10.

Museum of the History of Yekaterinburg. This museum occupies a historic building of the 19th century. In addition to the main exhibition, you can see the wax figures of Peter the Great, Catherine II, Nicholas II, the Ural manufacturers Demidov, and the founders of Yekaterinburg.

Old Railway Station of Yekaterinburg — one of the most beautiful and picturesque buildings in the city built in 1878. In 2003, after a large-scale reconstruction, the Museum of the History of Science and Technology of the Sverdlovsk Railway was opened here. Vokzal’naya Ulitsa, 14.

Yekaterinburg Circus. Visible from a lot of points of the city, the building of the Yekaterinburg Circus is known for its amazing dome consisting of trellised openwork semi-arches, which is not typical for circuses in Russia. 8 Marta Street, 43.

White Tower (1929-1931) — a former water tower 29 meters high located at a certain distance from the center of Yekaterinburg, an architectural monument of Constructivism. Today, it is used as a cultural site. Bakinskikh Komissarov Street, 2?.

Keyboard Monument — a contemporary art object made on a scale of 30:1 in 2005. This 16×4 meter concrete keyboard consists of 104 keys spaced 15 cm apart. From here the famous tourist route “Red Line” begins (a self-guided tour of the historic city center). The monument is located on the embankment of the Iset River next to the House of the Merchant Chuvildin (Gorkogo Street, 14A).