r/>Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range on the Iset river, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District. Its population of 1,293,537 makes it Russias fifth largest city. The city was founded in 1723 by Vasily Tatischev and named after Saint Catherine.
In the 1930s, it became a large industrial centre of Russia. It was the time when the famous Uralmash was built, becoming the biggest heavy machinery factory in Europe. During World War II, many factories were relocated here away from the war-affected areas. The main areas of the regions industry are machinery, metal processing, and ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy.
It is a big transport centre. It is an important railway function on the Trans-Siberian Railway, planes fly to Koltsovo International Airport.
The city is famous for its theaters: the Academic Ballet and Opera Company, the Academic Theater of Musical Comedy, the Academic Dramatic Theater, and many others.
A number of popular Russian rock bands, such as Urfin Dzhyus, Chayf, Chicherina, Nautilus Pompilius, Nastya, Trek, Agata Kristi and Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii, were originally formed in this city.
Прил. 5 Serov is a mining and commercial town in Sverdlovsk region, located on the eastern foothills of the Ural Mountains, on the left bank of the Kakva River about 350 kilometers north of Yekaterinburg. Its population is about 99,373 people. The climate is moderate continental. The winters are usually rather cold. The winter lasts for about 5 months -- from November until the middle of April -- and the temperature may fall to minus 45 degrees Celsius, though rarely lower than minus 20 to minus 25 degrees Celsius. The summer in the
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