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Yekaterinburg serves as the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and is also the centre of the Ural Federal District.

Yekaterinburg
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Yekaterinburg

Russia

Country
Russia
Population
1.5M
Coordinates
56.84, 60.61
206th most populous city in the world

Yekaterinburg, alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk (1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia.

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