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Yekaterinburg

Travel Guide Europe Russia Urals Region Yekaterinburg

Introduction

Yekaterinburg city pond

Yekaterinburg is the administrative center of the Sverdlovsk Oblast and with around 1.3 million inhabitants it is the third largest city in Russia, after Moscow and St. Petersburg. Formerly known as Sverdlovsk (1924-1991), it is the main center in the federal district of the Urals Region.

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Weather

Yekaterinburg has a continental climate with long, cold winters and relatively warm summers. From June to August, average daytime temperatures are in the 21-24 °C with nights in the 11-14 °C range. Winters from December to February are cold with days between -7 °C and -10 °C and nights averaging -14 °C to -17 °C. The alltime high and low stand at 39 °C and -47 °C respectively! Almost half of the annual 420mm of precipitation falls during the summer months, while snow is common in winter.

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Getting There

By Plane

Koltsovo Airport (SVX) offers a wide range of flights, with destinations like Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Dubai, Rostov-on-Don, Novosibirsk]], Yerevan, Tomsk, Volgograd, Beijing, Astana, Dushanbe, Baku, Istanbul, Almaty, Barcelona, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Munich, Rome, Prague, Sanya, Samara, Simferopol, Sochi, Sofia, Tel Aviv, Ulan Bator, Vienna, Vladivostok, Tashkent, Nizhny Novgorod, and several seasonal/charter flights to Hurghada, Antalya, Tianjin, Bangkok, Phuket, Sharm el-Sheikh, Burgas, Heraklion, Larnaca, Pula, Thessaloniki and Varna.

By Train

Yekaterinburg is a major station along the Trans-Siberian Railway, with regular trains in all directions. Moscow is about 26 hours away, Omsk 12 hours and Novosibirsk 20 hours.

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Getting Around

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Sleep

Budget

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Europe Asia Yekaterinburg Hostel	Tchaikovskogo 75/216	Hostel	82
Meeting Point	87 Malysheva, apt.73	Hostel	80
Accor Novotel Yekaterinburg Center	7 Engels str	Hotel	91

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

Russian Post is the national postal service of Russia. It's English version is currently under construction, but mainly involves the track&trace system. The domestic post is reasonably reliable, and sending international mail is fairly reliable but slow, taking at least a few weeks to European countries, longer to the USA or Australia for example. The delivery of mail sent from abroad to Russia is highly unreliable, and people or companies tend to use foreign adresses, from where a private carrier sends it to Russia. Alternatives like poste restante are non-existent with Russian Post. Most cities and large towns in Russia have a Central Post Office (Glavpochtamt), which also sells stamps and envelopes, and usually has fax services and Internet availability, though the latter mostly not in smaller places. Also, many hotels have postal services, including mail boxes. Post offices tend to keep long hours, usually from 8:00am or 9:00am until 8:00pm or 9:00pm Monday to Friday, and closing earlier during weekends. The main central post offices in the biggest cities keep even longer hours. For sending parcels, you can also try services by DHL Russia and FedEx Russia. For all mail you can use the regular alphabet, though maybe include the country's name in Cyrillic. For sending post to Russia (or trying to receive it) note that addresses should be in reverse order: Russia, postal code, city, street address, name.

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