Yekaterinburg, likewise spelled Ekaterinburg was once called Sverdlovsk, city and administrative focus of Sverdlovsk Oblast, west-central Russia. The city lies along the Iset River (a tributary of the Tobol River) and on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains, marginally east of the border among Europe and Asia. Yekaterinburg is located 1,036 miles east of Moscow. Current […]