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Top 10 Things to Do in Yekaterinburg, Russia

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Planning a trip to Yekaterinburg? This free guide covers the 10 best places to visit in Yekaterinburg, Russia — from iconic landmarks to hidden gems. Save your favorites, build a GPS route in Google Maps, and explore at your own pace. No app required.

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Best landmarks in Yekaterinburg — Yekaterinburg in Yekaterinburg, Russia is a practical place to start. Key details: 10 curated landmarks; Start with Church of All Saints. Answers are structured for quick scanning so travelers and AI assistants can cite the essentials first.

Church of All Saints, Yekaterinburg, Russia — Church of All Saints in Yekaterinburg
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The Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land is a Russian Orthodox church in Yekaterinburg. Being built on the site of the Ipatiev House where Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, and his family, along with members of the household, were murdered by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War, the church commemorates the Romanov sainthood.

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Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Yekaterinburg, Russia — Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts in Yekaterinburg
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The Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, established in 1986, is the largest art museum of the Urals region of Russia. It is based in Voevodina Street on the banks of the Iset River in the city of Yekaterinburg (known as Sverdlovsk between 1924 and 1991 and the fourth largest city in Russia).

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Murder of the Romanov family, Yekaterinburg, Russia — Murder of the Romanov family
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Members of the Romanov family–the former Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, Empress Alexandra, and their children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei–were shot and stabbed to death by Bolshevik revolutionaries under Yakov Yurovsky on the orders of the Ural Regional Soviet in Yekaterinburg on the night of 16–17 July 1918. Also killed that night were members of the imperial entourage who had accompanied them: court physician Eugene Botkin; lady-in-waiting Anna Demidova; footman Alexei Trupp; and head cook Ivan Kharitonov.

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Trinity Cathedral (Yekaterinburg), Yekaterinburg, Russia — Trinity Cathedral (Yekaterinburg)
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Holy Trinity Cathedral, sometimes shortened to Trinity Cathedral, is an Orthodox church in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Built between 1818 and 1839, the building served in several roles throughout the history of Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and Russian Federation.

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St. Anne's Church, Yekaterinburg, Russia — St. Anne's Church in Yekaterinburg
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St. Anne's Church (Russian: Храм Святой Анны) is a Roman Catholic church located in Yekaterinburg, in the Diocese of Novosibirsk in Russia, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow.

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Church of the Transfiguration, Yekaterinburg, Russia — Church of the Transfiguration in Yekaterinburg
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The Church of the Transfiguration (Russian: Храм в честь Преображения Господня) is one of the oldest Orthodox churches in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Construction work on the church took place from 1808 to 1830.

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Kharitonov Palace, Yekaterinburg, Russia — Kharitonov Palace in Yekaterinburg
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The Rastorguyev–Kharitonov Palace (Russian: Усадьба Расторгуевых–Харитоновых) is a palace in Yekaterinburg, Russia, an architectural monument of federal significance. This Neoclassical townhouse was commissioned in 1794 by Lev Rastorguyev, an Old Believer merchant and landowner.

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Keyboard Monument, Yekaterinburg, Russia — Keyboard Monument in Yekaterinburg
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Keyboard Monument (Russian: Памятник клавиатуре) is an outdoor sculpture featuring the QWERTY/ЙЦУКЕН keyboard. It is located in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg and is popular among tourists.

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Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, Russia — Ipatiev House
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Ipatiev House (Russian: Дóм Ипáтьева) was a merchant's house in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk from 1924 to 1991) where the abdicated Nicholas II (1868–1918, reigned 1894–1917), all his immediate family, and other house members were executed in July 1918 following the October Revolution. By chance, from 1908 the house's name was identical with that of the Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma, where the Romanov dynasty had come to the throne.

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