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1. In what mountain range does Yekaterinburg lie?
2. What important trade route runs through Yekaterinburg?
3. Yekaterinburg was NOT named for Catherine the Great, but for which ruler’s wife?
4. Which of these historical figures died in Yekaterinburg?
5. This building was built where that person died. What is it called?
6. From 1924-1991, what did the Soviet government change Yekaterinburg’s name to?
It was named for Soviet politician Yakov Sverdlov.
7. What name is shared by a Yekaterinburg district, a Soviet factory, and the criminal gang that rose to power there in the 1990s?
The Uralmash factory was taken over by the Uralmash Gang, which was one of Russia’s most feared gangs in the 1990’s and 2000’s.
8. Who’s the only national leader who came from Yekaterinburg?
9. What does Yekaterinburg’s Stenograffia festival celebrate?
Yekaterinburg is known for all these things, but Stenograffia is for street art. Graffia… graffiti…
10. Which of these structures is not part of Yekaterinburg’s eclectic architectural mosaic?
Yekaterinburg Circus, Uralmash White Tower, a Qatar stadium, and the Ural Federal University.
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