An Englishman in Yekaterinburg (Англичанин в Екатеринбурге)

I plan to visit every single oblast, krai and republic in Russia before I leave. This is number 13: The city of Ekaterinburg in Sverdlovsk Oblast Yekaterinburg is the 4th most populous city in Russia afterMoscow, Saint Petersburg, andNovosibirsk. The city was founded in 1723 by the order of Peter the Great as a metallurgical factory and was named after the wife of Peter the Great, Yekaterina. It is the capital of Sverdlovsk Oblast, named after the old name for the city Sverdlovsk. Like Saint Petersb