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| Square of Lovers near the Drama Theatre. The Sverdlovsk Government Building and Hyatt Regency Yekaterinburg (right). |
The Square of Lovers is at the waterfront, next to the Drama Theater.
An impressive fountain has a huge stone ball right in the center. Although this square impudently borrowed the name of the world famous Italian square, it has the flavor and romantic atmosphere of the latter.
The post-perestroika decade was marked with major reconstructions that resulted in a fundamental transformation of the whole image of the city. Square of Lovers ranks among the most successful projects.
Today, it attracts lovers and skateboarders.
Directions: Oktyabrskaya ploshchad (Октябрьская площадь).
Subway/Metro: Ploshсhad Tysyacha Devyatsot Pyatogo Goda (Square of 1905, “Площадь 1905 года”)
09.06.2009 12:34
Yakov Sverdlov - a prominent Bolshevik, an inspiring orator, and at one point the assumed successor to Lenin.
02.06.2009 14:15
House of Trade Unions (Sevastyanov Estate)
One of the greatest estates of Ekaterinburg historical center.
16.03.2009 13:47
Ekaterinburg Jewish Community Center "Synagogue"
Center built at the place of the former synagogue, which was torn down in 1962.
16.03.2009 13:40
Ploshchad Pervoi pyatiletki (The Square of the First five-year plan)
The Square is the center of the Uralmash district, one of the oldest parts of Ekaterinburg.
16.03.2009 13:34
Cemetery on Shirokaya Rechka ("the Mafia Cemetery")
It is one of the most impressive cemeteries of the city
16.03.2009 13:26
Amusement Park (Mayakovskogo Park)
The Amusement Park named after a famous Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky offers lots of amusements for children and adults.
02.03.2009 14:26
The building was constructed in XIX century and today serves as the Residence of Sverdlovsk Oblast Eduard Rossel.
02.03.2009 14:13
It used to be one of the largest and richest churches in Ekaterinburg in the XIX century.
02.03.2009 14:07
Alexander Nevskiy Cathedral and Lavra
The Cathedral was founded in honor of Emperor Alexander I and in the name of the emperor’s guardian angel St. Alexander Nevskiy.
02.03.2009 14:05
Military Officer's Community Center (ODO - Дом Офицеров, ОДО)
In Soviet time this was called the House of the Red Army.
02.03.2009 14:01
There are more than 300 kinds of trees and bushes that, along with 80 kinds of gorgeous roses, will win your true affection.
02.03.2009 13:52
Rastorguyev-Kharitonov's Estate and Park
The first public park in Ekaterinburg with artificial lake and rotunda.
02.03.2009 13:46
Park with a few museums dedicated to writers from the Urals that has a great historic and cultural value.
02.03.2009 13:43
Kamenniye Palatki (Stone Tents) and Shartash Lake
One of the most popular places to rest during all the year.
02.03.2009 13:35
The Antei has a 273 meter high rooftop lookout that offers a panoramic view of the city.
25.02.2009 15:36
One of most famous Russia’s Philharmonic Hall, with its own philharmonic orchestra, symphonic choir, and even the organ.
25.02.2009 15:26
Ural State University (URGU) named after M. Gorkiy
The University is second largest in Ekaterinburg and features 11 regular department plus 2 departments for international students.
19.02.2009 18:10
Che-Ka "Commune-Town" (Gorodok Chekistov, "Городок чекистов")
The most impressive apartment house complex of the city built in the Constructivist style.
19.02.2009 18:06
Ural State Technical University (UGTU-UPI)
The largest and best-known university in Ekaterinburg and Ural.
19.02.2009 18:03
Centuries and styles blend there: you will see the monument to Lenin and the Stalin Empire-style City Hall.
19.02.2009 18:01
Monument on the borderline between Europe and Asia
There you may stand on the borderline between the continents, with one foot in Europe and the other in Asia.
19.02.2009 17:57
DIVS "Uralochka" (Palace for sports games)
New sports arena built in the neoconstructivist style.
19.02.2009 17:52
The building of the Post Office represents the vivid example of the so-called "Constructivism style" in architecture.
19.02.2009 17:45
Ekaterinburg is a big and important transportation hub that connects European and Asian parts of the country.
19.02.2009 17:29
The Dam and the Historic center
The Dam - impressive industrial monument of the XVIIIth century.
19.02.2009 17:15
Black Tulip-Memorial to Veterans of Wars
Black memorial that resembles a tulip in shape, with a figure of a soldier who holds a Kalashnikov automatic rifle.