demidovs, founders ekaterinburg vasily tatishchev and wilgeldy hein wrote the first pages in the gloriousthe ural ridge. this is the largest region of the ural federal district between moscow and the center of the region, the city of yekaterinburg, by rail more than 1600 km, the journey by train will take about a day to get there by plane. you can do it in 2.5 hours, ekaterinburg was named in honor of empress catherine i. catherine ii granted it city status in 1781. modern ekaterinburg lives in the rhythm of the megalopolis, the center of economic financial and business life, the skyscraper quarter has become as much a landmark of its architecture as the ancient mansions of the 18th and 19th centuries in difficult times of war. the urals have always stood up to defend the motherland; the urals took an active part in the military campaign of 1812 in the middle of the 20th century during the confrontation with hitler's germany. the urals became the stronghold of the state. the beginning of the great patriotic war radically changed the life of sverdlovsk - this is the name the city bore for