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Yekaterinburg
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Ye·ka·te·rin·burg  (y-ktr-n-bûrg) or E·ka·te·rin·burg (-kt-) Formerly (1924-1991) Sverd·lovsk (sfrd-lôfsk)
A city of west-central Russia in the eastern foothills of the Ural Mountains. Nicholas II and his family were executed here (1918) after the Russian Revolution. Population: 1,300,000.

Yekaterinburg, Ekaterinburg (Russian) [jɪkətɪrimˈburk]
n
(Placename) a city in NW Russia, in the Ural Mountains: scene of the execution (1918) of Nicholas II and his family; university (1920); one of the largest centres of heavy engineering in Russia. Pop.: 1 272 900 (1999 est.) Former name (1924-91) Sverdlovsk


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