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of 1,300,000 ( 2002) makes it Russia's fifth largest city. Between 1924 and 1991, the city was known as "Sverdlovsk" (Cyrillic: Свердловск), after the Bolshevik leader Yakov Sverdlov.
The city was founded in 1723 and named after tsar Peter the Great's wife YekaterinaCatherine I (In Russian: I ) ( April 15, 1683/ 1684 May 17, 1727) was the second wife of Peter the Great and Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death. With Peter, she was also co-ruler from 1724 until his death in the next year. Catherine was born in J. It was renamed to Sverdlovsk after the a Bolshevik party leader and SovietThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR ( Russian: ; tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR) also called the Soviet Union ( ; tr. Sovetsky Soyuz , was a state in much of the northern region of Eurasia that existed from 1922 until 1 official Yakov Sverdlov.
Soon after the Russian RevolutionThe phrase Russian Revolution can refer to two specific events in the history of Imperial Russia: The Russian Revolution of 1905 which was a series of riots and anti-government violence against Czar Nicholas II, leading to the creation of the Duma, but re Tsar Nicholas IINicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia ( 6 May 1868 to 4 July 1918 in the Julian Calendar, or 18 May 1868 to 17 July 1918 in the Gregorian Calendar), was the last crowned Emperor of Russia. He ruled from November 1 1894 until his abdication on Ma his wife, AlexandraTsarina Alexandra of Russia (nee Her Serene Highness Princess Alexandra of Hesse (Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice), ( 6 June 1872 16/ 17 July 1918), was the consort of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Tsar of Russia. She was also a granddaughter, and their children Grand Duchesses OlgaGrand Duchess Olga of Russia could be: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia ( November 15, 1895 July 17, 1918) Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia ( June 13, 1882 November 24, 1960) Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia ( September 3, 1851, TatianaGrand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (In Russian ) ( June 10, 1897 July 17, 1918) was the second daughter of Tsar Nikolai II. She was reserved, fashionable, and had the posture and attitude of a princess. She was twenty-one when she was executed wit, Maria, Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei were executed by Bolsheviks in this city.
There was an anthrax outbreak in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) in April and May 1979, which was attributed by Soviet officials to the locals eating contaminated meat. However, American agencies believe that the locals inhaled spores accidentally released from an aerosol of pathogen at a military microbiology facility.