Ekaterinburg

Major center of industry east of the Urals, with mining, metallurgy and manufacturing primary. This was a closed city under the USSR due to the extensive armament manufacturing. It is also famous as the place where the last tsar and his family and servants were gunned down. The first pic is the Opera House and the second is the former secret police facility. Third is a house (multifamily) built for VIPs. Them a look across the river a downtown, followed by a bad relief of workers. The last is the Boris Yeltsin Presidential site. This was his home town.Leggi altro