 Found in 1793 by Vasily Tatischev

 Fifth largest city in Russia

 Population: 1,293,537
 Main industrial and culture center of Urals federal
district (The province in which Yekaterinburg is
located)
 Renamed twice: to Sverdlovsk(Still sometimes used)
then back to Yekaterinburg
 The Romanized name is Ekateringburg

 Found in 1586
 Sixth largest city in Russia
 Current mayor: Viktor Tarknov
 Named Kuybyshev from 1935 to 1990
 Previously was a closed city
 Held the European Union Russian Summit in May
2007
 Considered to be in European Russia

 Highest point is Mount Narodnaya at 6,217 ft.

 named after the Uralian tribe that was once native to
the Northern region of Russia
 extends into Kazakhstan
 one of the world's oldest mountain ranges at 250 to
300 million years
 Has large deposits of gold, platinum, coal, iron,

nickel, silver, oil, and other minerals

 made up of two separate mountain systems: the

greater and lesser Caucasus mts.
 In Eurasia between the black and Caspian sea
 highest point is Mt. Elbrus at 18,510
 large deposits of granite, petroleum and natural gas
 its length is 684 mi. and its width is 99 mi.

 longest river in Europe

 has some of the largest reservoirs: the largest in
Europe by surface is Kuybyshev
 its source is Valdai hill at an elevation of 738 ft.
above sea level and its mouth is the Caspian sea at an
elevation of -92 ft below sea level.
 largest enclosed body of water; by some the world's
largest lake
 Dimensions:
-surface area: 143,244 mi.2
-volume: 18,761 mi.3
-depth : 600 ft.
-highest point: 2 in.