Ski resort ‘Gora Belaya’ The history of Kamyshlov is an The only porcelain In winter ‘Gora Belaya’ becomes one of the best skiing Alapayevsk, one of the old town, interesting by works in the Urals, resort holidays in – either in the quality of its ski oldest metallurgical its merchants’ houses, whose exclusive faience runs, the service quality or the variety of facilities on centres of the region, which are preserved until iconostases decorate offer. You can rent cross-country skis, you can skate or dozens of churches around where the most do snowtubing, you can visit a swimming-pool or do rope- honorable industrial nowadays. The main sight the world, is a most valid building of the Middle 26 of Kamyshlov is two-floored 35 reason to visit the town of 44 climbing park. In summer there is a range of active sports Urals stands today, is Pokrovsky cathedral Sysert. You can go to the to do – carting, bicycling and paintball. You can also take inseparably connected (1821), founded in honor works with an excursion and the lifter to the top of Belaya Mountain. with the names of many of victory over Napoleon’s try your hand at painting 180 km from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway faience pieces. You can also extend your visit with memorial great people. The elegant Trinity Church was reconstructed army. Every august the jazz festival UralTerraJazz, one of the through the settlement of Uraletz by the direction by the renowned architect M.P. Malakhov, and its burial places of industrial history – the dam and the workshop 53 top-10 most popular open-air fests in Russia, takes place in sign ‘Gora Belaya’ + 7 (3435) 48-56-19, gorabelaya.ru vaults serve as a shelter for the Romanov Princes – the Kamyshlov. complex of Sysert works, as well as one of the three museums Alapayevsk Martyrs. In the main street you can find the of Pavel Bazhov in the region. Hotel complex ‘Gora Belaya’. monument of water turbine inventor I.Safonov, and a snow- 136 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-351 Highway 44 km away from Ekaterinburg, М5 Highway white mansion nearby used to be the home for the little Pokrovskiy Cathedral, 147а Engelsa Street; genius Petya Tchaikovskiy. Factory ‘Sysert porcelain’, 1 Chapayeva Street, Kamyshlovskiy Museum of Local History, 9 Gagarina +7 (34374) 6-41-60, Mon. to Sat. Ski resort ‘Volchikha’ see item 16 Tchaikovskogo Street Trinity Street, +7 (34375)2-50-40, Mon. to Fri. 9:00-17:30, 8:15-17:00; House Museum of Pavel Bazhov, 16 On one of the slopes of the highest mountain in the Church, 19; House Museum of P.I. Tchaikovskiy, Sat. 10:00-16:00 Hotel, 65 Severnaya Street, Volodarskogo Street, +7 (912)600-01-66, vicinity of Ekaterinburg is the best ski resort among those 30 Tchaikovskogo Street, +7 (34346) 3-40-72, Wed. +7 (34375) 2-43-60. +7(909)009-40-98, Mon. to Sat. 10:00-17:00 located in an hour’s drive away from the capital of the to Sun.10:00-17:00. Gorki Hotel, 29 Tokarey Street, +7 (34374) 7-40-13. Urals. The most famous of its attractions is the snow park, where large-scale competitions in snow-boarding types of Aramashevo disciplines are held on an annual basis. Volchikha does not The ancient out post ‘Miniature Leningrad’ is the only offer four ski runs and snowtubing, it invites tourists Romanesque-style central square This multi-faceted that used to protect of V.I. Lenin, with street lines town unites the past of to try out unusual entertainments, such as a zorb descent these lands from the sprawling in different directions, the ‘Siberian dungeon’, and a ‘free fall’ with a landing on an air cushion. raids of nomads can with magnificent Empire buildings, the present of the Ural pedestrian Mira Boulevard with the 40 km from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-242 Rezhevskoy 54 easily be seen from afar Chapel of John the Apostle. The matryoshka and the future Highway, take a turn before the town of Revda, with its Saint Kazan 27 architectural development of the of a thermal resort. Its 45 following the direction sign ‘Ski resort ‘Volchikha’ city in post-war times was carried Church on the rock fist facet can viewed in +7-912-260-06-00, volchixa.ru see item 23. Church Stone. Opposite out by the designs of Leningrad architects. Krasnoturyinsk itself the House Museum of the church is a religious brought radio inventor A.S. Popov Decembrists and in the place of pagan worship and a cliff with a tell-tale name to the world, and today you can visit Park of Decembrists. You can listen to a lecture on the Ski resort ‘Aist’ Shaitan Kamen (Satan’s Stone). Of great interest is the a memorial museum dedicated to 36 traditions of Turinsk wooden painting in the Arts Centre, and The main pride of the sports centre in Dolgaya the man. museum, located inside the building of the 19th-century if you are willing to have a SPA seance, you can go to the Mountain is a modern ski jump complex, which has been school, and the museum complex ‘log cabins with Ural 395 km away from thermal resort ‘Aquarel’, see item 61. included in the rating ‘100 best ski jumps of the world’. painting’, which is a brand of Alapayevskiy district. Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway to In 2014 four international competitions were held here. the town of , 35 km to the town of Krasnoturyinsk 276 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy This is also a regular training place for the sportsmen of 120 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy Krasnoturyinsk Local History Museum, Memorial Highway through the town of House-museum of Highway through the town of to the settlement Museum of A.S. Popov, 70 Popova Street, Decembrists, 11 Revolyutsii Street, +7 (34349) 2-23-15, Children’s and Youth Sports School ‘Aist’. Those who love of Aramashevo Aramashevskiy Local History +7 (34384) 3-42-09, Tues. to Thurs. 11:00-18:00, Fri. to Tues. to Sun. 9:00-18:00; The Centre of Traditional Folk winter sports can rent mountain skis and cross-country Museum, 38 Sovetskaya Street, +7 (34346) 7-36-33, Sun. 9:00-16:00 ‘Turia’ Hotel, 21 Karla Marksa Street, Arts and Crafts, 39 Dekabristov Street, +7 (34349) 2-14-01, skis as well as shooting stands. +7(34384)4-82-80. Tues. to Fri. 9:00-16:00, Sat. 10:00-15:00 upon Tue-Fri 9:00-18:00, sat 9:00-17:00 140 km from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway to the demand see item 15. town of Nizhniy Tagil, the eastern slope of Mountain 55 Berezovskiy Dolgaya +7(3435)41-88-43, aist-tramplin.ru Sports and hotel complex ‘Aist’. In the homeland of the Since its foundation Krasnoufimsk has Russian gold, in ‘Russian Pervouralsk is one of the largest industrial centers Ski resort ‘Ezhovaya’ Klondaik’, everything reminds of remained the centre of trade fairs and kossack of the Middle Ural. The Innovation Cultural Center, the the ‘golden’ pages of the town One of the first skiing centres in Sverdlovsk region is very traditions. You will not modern complex for ensuring the qualitative development popular among real zealots of snowy slopes. A great variety chronicles. The monument of see mining and industrial of exhibition, museum, concert, library, theater of ski runs of different complexity and seven types of lifters the discoverer of hardrock gold infrastructure here, but 37 activities, as well as various educational projects, was E. Markov stands in Historical you can see a kossack’s attract both beginners and advanced skiers to the mountain. been opened in situ of Demidovs’ iron factory in 2016. The service here matches the sports characteristics of Square, and the obelisk marks wooden house of the 18th In the neighborhood of the town there are mountain ski the place of the historical find 28 century, get acquainted 46 ‘Ezhovaya’ well: there is a restaurant called ‘Eagle Nest’ is on with the work of the land hospital of the late 19th-early 20th resorts ‘Pilnaya’, ‘Teplaya’, ‘Volchikha’. And in 5 km from the the top of the mountain, a cosy hotel not far from the ski runs (the 19th kilometer of Rezhevskoy town is situated the first stele on the line ‘Europe – Asia’. 56 Highway). There is a monument century and marvel church architecture in baroque style. and its long-standing special appeal – a free bus ride from 44 km from Ekaterinburg, highway P242 Innovation that immortalizes goldminers and also there is a renovated 238 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-242 Highway Ekaterinburg to the ski resort in winter. cultural center, 18B Lenina Street, +7 (343) 288-76-54, ikc66.ru, Mon-Sun 10:00 - 21:00 Museum of Gold a couple of blocks away, where you can Krasnoufimsk Local History Museum, 42 Sovetskaya 90 km from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway through learn everything about the yellow metal – from its physical Street, +7 (34394) 2-21-91, Tues. to Sat. 9:30-17:00; Hotel ‘Pervouralsk’, Ilyicha avenue, 28, +7 (3439) 27-09-09 +7 (343) 342-04-20, ezhovaya.ural.ski properties to the way gold-bearing mines in modern Museum ‘Krasnoufimsk Land Hospital’, Svobody Hotels on the territory of the ski resort «Velvet», Berezovskiy are organized. street, 16, +7 (34394)5-09-74, mon-Fri 9:00-16:00; «Copper mountain», «Hedgehog Bungalow» Alexander Nevskiy Cathedral, 88 Mizerova Street see item 13 Museum of Gold, 4 Komunny Uktus sports complex Street, +7 (34369) 4-93-47, Wed. to Sun. 11:00-17:00. ’Rodina’ Hotel, 14 Rogozinnikovyh Street, Bilimbay The ski resort, situated within the city, offers full range of uole-museum.ru +7 (34394) 2-03-00. Bilimbay is the pattern of a mining settlement, the winter and summer entertainments, exclusive in Russia park exclusive place in Sverdlovsk Region, which was been founded for juniors provided with European equipment and unique Verkhniye and by Stroganovs, not by Demidovs. In the XXth century here program ‘Quick start’ for guests of the Ural’s capital, which Nizhniye Tavolgi was been constructed the first in the world military rocket- The main sight of enables to grasp the basics of the ski and snowboard during Since the 17th century powered aircraft BI-1 and Grigory Bakhchivandzhi became the Kushva in the past – 4 hours. Ease of access and extensive infrastructure make Nevyanskiy district, first test-pilot of it. one of the Ural major resort the favorite place for active leisure with family, lots of 57 famous for its red clays, ‘mountain storehouses’ has been the centre for 55 km from Ekaterinburg, highway P242, through holidays, activities and sports. of iron ore – turned into a Pervouralsk The House of Folk Culture of the Stroganoff 47 pottery. Once there were 29 Ekaterinburg, Winter, 27, phone +7 (343) 342-24-22, large-scale quarry, called Foundation, 1 Bakhchivandzhi Street, 1a Freedom Square dozens of potteries and 38 uktus.ural.ski Hotel ‘Uktus’, Ekaterinburg, 25 Kushvinskiy, in the early Street +7 (3439) 296-269, Holiday ‘Traffic Light’, artels, today there stands Рronina Street, phone +7 (343) 233-99-11; the factory ‘Tavolozhskaya 20th century. On the +7 (922) 102-01-50, baza-svetofor.ru Ceramics’ and the private pottery of hereditary master observation site of the hotels in Ekaterinburg. Sergey Maslikov, where you can go on an excursion and quarry you will see the cast-iron monument of the deposit work on the potter’s wheel. Natural park discoverer, vogul S.Chumpin. There are more points of ‘Bazhov places’ Konzhakovskiy Kamen Mountain 105 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway interest for a tourist here: two memorial signs ‘Europe- The most attractive The highest point of Svedlovsk Region – 1569 meters through the town of to the village of Asia’ of exceptional beauty stand in the vicinity, one stele above sea level – is lovingly called Kozhak by the tourists Verkhniye Tavolgi, 1 km to the village of Nizhniye being 16 km in the direction of the village Verkhnyaya point in these places, veiled who frequent it with particular zest. There is a saying about Tavolgi ‘Tavolozhskaya Ceramics’, the village of Barancha, and the other in the direction of the settlement with the mist of Bazhov it: ‘Haven’t been to Konzhak – have been to the Urals! Verkhniye Tavolgi, +7(982) 658-17-30; 20 Sverdlova of Baranchinskiy, approximately same distance. tales is a picturesque This mas-sif if an ideal itinerary to design your own hiking Street, Wed. to Sun. 10:00-18:00, tavolgatur.ru; lake on the site of an plan, if you prefer active forms of tourism. You can plan the S. Maslikov’s pottery, the village of Nizhniye Tavolgi, 197 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway abandoned talc mine, 48 tour for 3-7 days and enjoy the scenic panorama of Alpine +7(952) 734-44-17; 37 Kuybysheva Street, Mon. to Sun. Hotel «Central», Lunacharsky street, 18/4 nicknamed Talkov Kamen meadows of Artists’ Clearing, marvel the haze of mountain 58 10:00-17:00, gonchar-iz-tavolog.ru see item 5. +7 (343)382-14-98, +7 922 16 999 22 (Talc Stone). Miracles and peaks Serebry-anskiy Kamen, Severniy and Yuzhniy Iov on legends permeate almost every site of the natural park: ice- the horizon, you can also challenge the 21-kilometer climb in one day and return to the foot of the mountain before Verkhnyaya Merkushino free spring Kipyaschiy Klyuchik (Boiling Spring), Markov This is the village dawn. The path to the peak is called the ‘marathon path’: an Kamen Mountain and many others. international mountain marathon ‘Konzhak’ has been held A powerful centre where the pious Simeon Verkhoturskiy used 50 km away from Ekaterinburg, M5 Highway through here for 20 years annually in the beginning of July; usually thousands of sportsmen and tourists come of metallurgy in the Sysert, 6 km to the settlement of to the camp to take part and watch the competitions. Middle Urals became a to live, and since 1997 there is a town ‘Krasnaya Gvozdika’ (‘Red Car-nations’), the entrance 450 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway to the town of Serov, through the town of symbolic meeting point church, which belongs to the park is on the left side of the highway The Krasnoturyinsk, Kytlym Settlement to the bridge over the Katysher River +7 (343)22-777-44 for two religions when 30 to Ekaterinburg Novo- 39 administrative department of the park: Sysert, 68а Recreation centre ’Serebryanskiy Kamen’, the 44th kilometer of the highway – two magnificent churches Tikhvinskiy Convent. It Timiryazeva Street, +7 (34374) 7-48-70, bm-park.ru Kytlym, +7-900-043-22-55. ural-turizm.ru were opened here in 2000. was reconstructed on Recreation centre ‘Uralochka cottage’, 2 km The Temple in Honor of the the place of the church complex destroyed in the early 20th century. A small away from the settlement of Verkhnyaya Sysert, Maral farm ‘Visim Daybreak’ Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is really impressive +7 (343)319-19-20. with its paintings in Byzantine tradition, and the Mosque of temple of Saint Simeon was erected over the burial place of For the past seven years visitors to the settlement of Imam Ismail Al’ Bukhari strikes you with its architecture and pious Simeon’s relics; an enclosed gallery joins the temple Visim arrive to a large reindeer-breeding farm, which was with the magnificent cathedral of Archangel Michael. On created by a local entrepreneur. There are sika deer and the interior in the style of Ottoman Empire. Today secular your way to Merkushino you can stop at Raskat village, at Natural park construction flourishes: for more than a year the guests ‘Olenyi Ruchyi’ noble marals living here, who ‘relocated’ to the Urals from a stone on the bank of the Tura River, where Simeon used Altay. Dozens of friendly animals welcome tourists who and the citizens of are entertained in to go fishing, and a wooden Church of All Saints in the (‘Deer Springs’) stop at their wire fence and allow people to feed them. UMMC park with its wonderful light show fountain. Land of Siberia. This ecologically Their neighbours on the farm are Yakut horses, a family see item 3 Mosque of Imam Ismail Al’ Bukhari, 361 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway, clean area provides of African ostriches and a funny pigmy pig of the mini-pig 26 Oktyabrskaya Street, Temple in Honor of the Highway, through and Krasnogorskoye you with absolutely breed. 59 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 3 Sovetskaya village Hotel, Merkushino village, +7 902-874-60-02. everything for an active 49 Street. type of rest all year round: 8 Yubileynaya Street, +7-922-225-90-61, winter: well-organized routes for Sat. to Sun. 11:00-16:00, summer: Sat. to Sun. 11:00- Verkhoturye Nevyansk independent walks of 5-15 18:00, Mon. to Fri. – open on demand and booking in The spiritual centre When you visit km, 5 excursion programmes, here there is the Serga River, advance. of the Urals. Ural Mecca, Nevyansk Leaning which suites well for both rafting and fishing, picturesque Ural – Tower, do not leave rocks and accessible caves of different sizes, art objects Verkhoturye, the oldest Demidovskiy square and a cosy cafe. Ethnic park “Ancestor’s land” town in Sverdlovsk Region immediately – take a look Historical-ethnographic Park “Ancestor’s land” tells 120 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-242 Highway founded in 1598, deserves at the cast-iron memorial 40 about the ancient history of the Urals and the Mansi 31 through the town of to the village of all these epithets for of Peter the Great people who once inhabited the territory of the Middle Bazhukovo Administrative department of the park: its ancient cloisters. and Nikita Demidov, Urals. Two large boulder dolmens, a looted medieval burial, the village of Bazhukovo, 1 Stantsionnaya Street, Thousands of pilgrims stop at the Church of quarries, an ethnographic center “Nyata-paul” (Settlement +7-904-172-55-65, olen.ur.ru Hotel in the village undertake the journey to Saint Nicholas Monastery to bow Transfiguration. The latter is known for its belfry, the of a deer), reindeers and a black ravens. Original tours of Bazhukovo, cordons on the park territory. before and pray to the relics of Simeon Verkhoturskiy, the highest of its kind in the Urals, and its amazing faience and unique workshops on ritual castings and ritual bread heavenly patron of the Urals, and to Pokrovskiy Convent to iconostasis. Children, coming to visit the town, will be beasts (nyan-yi). see the miraculous icon of Godmother ‘Tenderness’. ecstatic about the toy factory visit! 35 kilometers from Ekaterinburg on the Serov see item 11 Saint Nicholas Monastery, 1a see item 5 Museum ‘The House of Nevyansk tract. Tours are available only upon prior request. National park Voinskaya Street, +7(34389)224-40, +7(953)387-86-24; Icon’, 2 Krasnoarmeiskaya Street, +7 (922)291-05-09; +7(922)600-20-83 60 Pokrovskiy Convent, 3 Senyanskogo Street, +7 (34356) 2-40-05, Tue-sun 10:00-18:00; Toy factory ‘Pripyshmynskiye Bory’ земляпредков.рф + 7 (34389) 2-22-07. ‘Alina’, 2/27 Oktyabrskiy Ave., +7 (34356) 4-20-13, The territory of the only Mon. to Sun. 8:00-17:00. national park in Sverdlovsk region covers three separate land allotments: Talitskaya cottage, Tugulymskaya cottage Talitsa Nizhniy Tagil 50 and Tyumen reserve. You can Thermal resort ‘Aquarel’ The Hero of the Soviet It’s one of the take a short walk along the Union Nikolai Ivanovich biggest iron industry and ecological path ‘A visit to the The thermal complex ‘Aquarel’ is situated in Turinsk. Kuznetsov lived and mechanic engineering forest’, which goes through pines covered with white The complex involves open-air and indoor thermal studied in Talitsa before centers of the Middle Ural and green mosses to Urginskiy pond with comfortable swimming pools with water temperature 35 degrees, the war. The museum tells since Demidovs’ time. indoor swimming pool with fresh water, cozy café with 41 pavilions. The sides of Lake Gurino offersand beaches and about the life of the hero. 32 E. Artamonov’s bicycle, excellent fishing sites to all tourists. panorama view. The swimming pool is separated on two The exposition presents astronomical clock, parts - the main one has depth 1.3m and a special zone 220 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-351 Highway creative decorations and skeletons of mammoths’ for children only 35 sm depths. Bath complex includes through the town of Talitsa to sanatorium ‘Sosnoviy artifacts of the era. family, ‘Tagil Madonna’ - hamam, sauna, herbal sauna and salt chamber. Bor’ Administrative department of the park: Talitsa, 223 km from Ekaterinburg along the road E22/Р351. partial list of objects, which every tourist must visit. Don’t 1а Stepnaya Street, +7 (34371) 2-44-84, nppbor.ru 283 km from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy Highway 61 Talitsa, Lunacharsky street, 81d, forget to look at UralVagonZavod’s collection of tanks, paint through the Turinsk to the settlement of Fabrichnoye lacquered Tagil tray and walk along the Malachite line. ‘Kordon’ House, Talitskaya dacha (cottage). +7 (343-71) 2-14-71. Sanatorium «Sochi», TALITSA +7-912-050-13-00; tkakvarel.ru. Zaozernaya Street, 76, +7 (343)-712-56-72 see item 8 Museum of fine arts, Uralskaya street, 7, +7 (3435) 25-26-47, mon-sun 9: 00-18: 00; Exhibition complex «Uralvagonzavod», Vostochnoe Shosse Street 28/5, +7 (3435)33-21-07, Wed-sun 8:30-17:00 Nature park ‘The Chusovaya’ Irbit River’ This reserve of the The best way of merchant past is one of taking a tour around In the town of gold-diggers Farm for monitoring and follow-up care the record breakers in the the park is rafting along on malachite deposits and also for birds of prey ‘Holzan’ Urals by the number of the beautiful Chusovaya the place of toilers, the future architectural monuments River. It stretches for ‘Holzan’ is unique: here, unlike in many farms of writer Pavel Bazhov spent his of the 19th and 20th 33 148 km through guarded the kind in Rus-sia, the birds are not bred to be sold childhood, often listening to centuries. The centre of dominions; however, the afterwards – birds injured or lost are taken for follow- different stories in a lodge tourist attraction, just 42 most popular rafting up care from all the parts of the country and even from on Dumnaya Mountain. like two centuries ago, routes only cover 12–71 51 abroad. The variety of species in ‘Holzan’ is coveted by To imagine the original becomes the Mall, especially in the days of Irbit tradefair. km. While rafting, tourists every zoo in the world: here, in its open-air cages, you atmosphere of Pavel Bazhov Moreover, Irbit is a house-museum: European engravings, can marvel Chusovskiye can meet the most fa-mous birds of prey (eagles, falcons, tales more vividly, pay a visit to the Museum of History and ancient utensils, oriental marvels – these are just a few of ‘warriors’ – rocks Kamen owls, hawks and others) and a small number of fancy 62 to Sevesrkaya blast-furnace – a unique mid-19th century the discoveries awaiting tourists today. Omutnoy, Kamen Oleniy, Kamen Dyrovatiy, Kamen birds too. One of the main aims of the centre is reviving monument of industrial architecture by the standards of see item 19 « Irbit state Museum of motorcycles» Vinokurenniy and others. falconry. Europe. Museum of fine arts, Elizaryev str., 28B, Volodarsky 120 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-242 Highway 40 km from Ekaterinburg, М-5 Highway to the 52 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-355 Highway str., 14, +7 (34355)3-61-06, Tue-Fri 9: 00-16: 00, sat 9: through the settlement of Bilimbay to the settlement village of Kashino, take a turn by the direction sign Museum complex ‘Sevesrkaya blast-furnace’, 7 30-16: 00; Historical and ethnographic Museum, St., of Administrative department of the ‘Baza Sova’ +7 (34374) 6-32-29, holzan.ru Vershinina Street, +7 (34350) 3-20-36, Mon. to Fri. 50, 50 Kirov Street, 74, +7 (34355) 6-33-69, Tue-Fri park: Nizhniy Tagil, 99 Karla Marksa Street, Recreation Centre ‘Sova’ Kashino village, 8:30-17:00 Sat. 10:00-18:00; Polevskoy Museum of 9:00-17:00, sat-16:00 Centre motoculture «Motodom», +7 (3435) 42-32-72, chusovaya.org Guest houses in +7-922-213-27-82. History, 93 Iljicha Street, +7 (34350) 2-08-69, Wed. Proletarskaya St, 2, +7 (34355) 6-49-44 Staroutkinsk, 45 Pionerov Street, +7 (3435) 85-51-15, 12:00-20:00, Thurs. to Sun. 9:00-17:00 see item 25. the village of Baronskaya, 25 Zarechnaya Street, Sled dog farm ‘Elbrus’ +7 (3435) 91-77-96. The most high-altitude dog harnesses are not in the Kamensk-Uralskiy Rezh Far North – they are in the suburbs of Ekaterinburg! The first state industrial centre The gates of ‘The Semi- Nature reserve This fact has been registered twice in the Guinness Book of Sverdlovsk Region has preserved precious Stripe of the Urals’. of mineralogy ‘Rezhevskoy’ of Records: the pets of P.Smolin, the host of ‘Elbrus’, its compact archi-tectural ensemble The eponymous museum The realm of stone in all its variety: were the first sled dogs to conquer Lenin Peak and boasts a large collection of historical development, which is lipovskiye tourmalines, shaitanskiye agates, Com-munism Peak on Pamir. His dogs used to cover 10 called Stariy Kamensk. It looks as if of Ural minerals, and you can have a mineral search adouiskiye topazes have for a long time thousand kilome-ters in polar weather conditions. Today it was specially planned for tourists to been a legend among people. Only two of anybody can spend their time with more than 40 pets of expedition organized for 52 63 take a walk from mansions and shops you right here, from the 43 the three sites of the reserve – Lipovskiy the farm – Siberian huskies, Samoyed and East-Siberian of 19th century to the dam of Peter management office of and Shaitanskiy – are rather close to huskies and half-breeds – as well as ride a sleigh and the Great times on the Kamenka River, 34 Rezh reserve. Work tools ‘civilization’. The first one attracts tourists harness the dogs. then on to the cast-iron cannon on a and items of everyday life with Lipovskiye nickel quarries, and the second one is famous for the 15 km away from Ekaterinburg, Medniy village pedestal and the architectural pride of local miners and factory workers can be viewed at the settlement of Koltashy – the homeland of Master Danila (Zverev). The +7-912-226-62-28, 8-922-196-50-78; huskeyelbrus.ru of the master M.P. Malakhov – Holy local history exposition, and on the corner of Sovetskaya main treasure of the reserve is the semi-precious mines – are all open and Pushkina streets you can meet Rezh masters in person. Hotels of Ekaterinburg. Trinity Church and Provision Storehouses, which is occupied for a visit, including the ‘wild’ Adouiskiy site. by the Museum of Local History today. 88 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy Highway 115 km away from Ekaterinburg through the settlement see item 22 Museum of Local History of I.Y. Mineralogical Museum ‘The Semiprecious Stripe of the Urals’, 4 Sovetskaya Street, +7 (34364) 2-25-44, of Lipovskoye to Lipovskiye quarries Administrative department Styazhkin, 1 Kommolodyezhy Street, Mon. to Fri. 8:00-16:00; Rezhevskoy Museum of Lo-cal of the reserve: the town of Rezh, 4 Sovetskaya Street, +7 (3439) 36-52-25, Tues. to Sun. 9:30-17:00., History, 3 Krasnoarmeiskaya Street, +7 (34364) 2-11-26, +7 (34364) 2-25-44, zakaznik-rezh.ru. museum-kamensk.ru. tourist complex «Ugric Mon. to Sat. 9:00-18:00 ‘Gavan’ Hotel, 23 8th Marta village», per. Sanatorium, 26, +7 (953) 008-10-10 Street, +7 (34364) 3-80-33.

Table of distances and area codes of Sverdlovsk Region Koltsovo airport Bakhchivandzhi sq. 1, Ekaterinburg Inquiry office: 8-800-1000-333 (works around the clock)+7 (343) 226-81-62, 226-85-76 flights schedule: koltsovo.ru Railway station ‘Ekaterinburg-Passazhirskiy’ 22 Vokzalnaya Street, Ekaterinburg Inquiry office: 8 (800) 775-00-00, sverdlovsk.dzvr.ru Severniy Bus Station of Ekaterinburg 15a Vokzalnaya Street, Area codes Ekaterinburg Inquiry office: +7 (343) 379-09-09, 385-68-58 (from 8:00 to 20:00) bus schedule: avtovokzal-ekb.ru Ready for discovery?

Ekaterinburg Alapayevsk Artyomovskiy Beryozovskiy Pyshma Verknyaya Verkhoturye Irbit Kamensk-Uralskiy Kamyshlov Krasnoturyinsk Krasnoufimsk Nevyansk Nizhniy Tagil Pervouralsk Polevskoy Revda Rezh Sysert Turinsk Yuzhniy Bus Station of Ekaterinburg 145 8 Marta Street, Good luck! Ekaterinburg +7-343 159 117 16 19 311 203 107 136 260 395 238 92 146 48 52 48 88 44 276 Ekaterinburg Inquiry office: +7 (343) 257-12-60 (from 7:00 to 21:00)bus schedule: Alapayevsk +7-34346 159 100 143 182 291 114 266 223 240 357 397 163 126 207 211 207 71 203 187 avtovokzal.org Artyomovskiy +7-34363 117 100 101 140 340 86 224 141 289 424 355 121 175 165 169 165 29 161 159 Information about objects Beryozovskiy +7-34369 16 143 101 39 327 187 123 152 276 411 254 108 162 64 68 64 72 60 260 1622 objects of cultural heritage, 169 museums Verknyaya Pyshma +7-34368 23 182 140 39 289 266 130 159 288 373 261 70 124 71 75 71 111 67 299 Sale’s points of products of national art craft and exhibition halls, 4 natural parks, 425 natural Verkhoturye +7-34389 311 291 340 327 289 405 418 447 154 138 481 219 165 308 363 322 311 355 478 Tourism Development Centre of Sverdlovsk Region, 13, 8 Marta Street Mon - Fri 9:00 - 18:00 monuments – there are all opportunities for active, Irbit +7-34355 203 114 86 187 266 405 253 109 354 471 441 207 240 251 256 251 115 247 73 The Center of the traditional folk culture of the Middle Urals, 10 Chapaeva Street, Ekaterinburg (Mon. to Sun. 10:00-18:00) Kamensk-Uralskiy +7-3439 107 266 224 123 130 418 253 144 367 502 345 199 253 155 159 155 195 99 326 ecological, cultural, educational, industrial, and Kamyshlov +7-34375 136 223 141 152 159 447 109 144 396 531 374 228 282 184 188 184 170 180 182 Ural Souvenir, Ekaterinburg, Pervomaiskaya Street, 1, Gorky, 4a, (Mon-Sat 11: 00-21: 00, Sun 12: 00-20: 00) pilgrimage tourism in Sverdlovsk Region. This map Kachkanar +7-34341 260 240 289 276 288 154 354 367 396 207 380 168 114 257 312 271 260 304 427 The Sysert porcelain: contains the top 63 attractions of the Middle Urals, Krasnoturyinsk +7-34314 395 357 424 411 373 138 471 502 531 207 565 303 249 392 447 406 395 439 544 The Monastery of Saint Regal Martyrs (Ganina Yama), Ganina Yama Tract, Ekaterinburg (Mon. to Sun. 10:00-19:00) Krasnoufimsk +7-34394 238 397 355 254 261 481 441 345 374 380 565 262 316 199 260 190 326 262 514 Church-on-the-Blood in Honor of All Saints Sone Fourth in the Land of Russia, 34 Tolmacheva Street, Ekaterinburg worthy of special attention of the traveler. Nevyansk +7-34359 92 163 121 108 70 219 207 199 228 168 303 262 54 89 144 103 92 135 280 (Mon. to Sun. 9:00-19:00) Nizhniy Tagil +7-3435 146 126 175 162 124 165 240 253 282 114 249 316 54 143 198 157 146 190 313 22 Lenina Avenue, Ekaterinburg (Mon. to Sun. 10:00-20:00) Pervouralsk +7-34392 48 207 165 64 71 308 251 155 184 257 392 199 89 143 100 14 136 92 324 41 Malysheva Street, Ekaterinburg (Mon. to Sun. 10:00-21:00) Polevskoy +7-34350 52 211 169 68 75 363 256 159 188 312 447 260 144 198 100 100 140 96 328 6/A Repina Street, Ekaterinburg (Mon. to Sun. 10:00-18:00) Revda +7-34397 48 207 165 64 71 322 251 155 184 271 406 190 103 157 14 100 136 92 324 Rezh +7-34364 88 71 29 72 111 311 115 195 170 260 395 326 92 146 136 140 136 132 188 The Tavolgi ceramics: Sysert +7-34374 44 203 161 60 67 355 247 99 180 304 439 262 135 190 92 96 92 132 320 ‘The Pottery shop’, 20 Sverdlova Street, Verkhniye Tavolgi (Wed. to Sun. 10:00-16:30). Nizhny Tavolgi, st. Shchorsa, 2a, Turinsk +7-34349 276 187 159 260 299 478 73 326 182 427 544 514 280 313 324 328 324 188 320 (Wed-Sun 9: 00-16: 30) ‘The Tavolgi potter’, 37 Kuybysheva Street, Nizhniye Tavolgi (Wed. to Sun. 10:00-17:00) *All informat your reference, any dist ance depends on the chosen route The Tavolgi ceramics, 60 Chelyuskintsev Street, Ekaterinburg (Mon. to Fri. 10:00-19:00, Sat. to Sun. 10:00-17:00) Sverdlovsk Region The Tagil tray Total area – Population – 94 municipal Foundation date: 17 ‘Tagil tray’ Nizhniy Tagil, Lenin Avenue, 32 (Mon-Sun 10:00 - 19:00), Ekaterinburg, Malysheva, 46 (Wed - Sun 10:30 - 15:30). 194,307 km² 4 330 006 people. structures January 1934 i Tourist information centers of Sverdlovsk Region The objects of tourism accessible Ministry of Investment and Development to persons with disabilities 1. Tourism Development Centre of Sverdlovsk 5. Tourism Development Centre of Nizhniy Tagil of the Sverdlovsk Region Region Nizhniy Tagil, 56 Goroshnikova Street, offices 521- S SVERDLOVSK Ekaterinburg, 13, 8 Marta Street, 13, 3 Entrance, 2 522 tel .: +7 (3435) 25-26-52, +7 (3435) 42-11-18 A Accommodations Sightseeing (places of interest) floor turizmnt.ru Sanatorium ‘Samotsvet’, 29 Museum of Fine Arts, Tel: +7 (343) 350-05-25 Kurortnaya Street, Alapaevsky 49 Pushkin Street, Alapayevsk Tourism Development Centre REGION e-mail: [email protected] 6. Information and Tourist Service of district Nizhniy Tagil Drama Theater gotoural.com Aramil, 1 Park Skazov Street Hotel ‘Tagil’, 4 Sadovaya Street, 33 Lenin Avenue, Nizhniy Tagil of the Sverdlovsk Region tel .: +7 (343) 372-06-03 Nizhniy Tagil Nizhniy Tagil Puppet Theater 2. Information and Tourism Service of the parkskazov.ru Pension ‘Uralskiy’, building 7, 55 14 Lenin Avenue, Nizhniy Tagil Tourism Development Uralskiy Avenue, Nizhniy Tagil The Nizhniy Tagil Museum of Fine 620014, Ekaterinburg, 13 8 Marta St., Centre of the Sverdlovsk Region at the Koltsovo 7. Tourist Information Service of Irbit Hotel ‘Demidov Plaza’, 11 Arts Airport Irbit, 2 Proletarskaya Street Goroshnikov Street, Nizhniy Tagil 7 Uralskaya Street, Nizhniy Tagil entrance 3, 2nd floor +7 (343) 350-05-25 Choose your Ekaterinburg, 1 Bakhchivandzhi Street (Terminal A) tel .: +7 (34355) 6-49-44, tic-96.ru C Catering Facilities Nizhniy Tagil Recreation Park tel .: +7 (343) 264-76-17 16 Lenin Street, Alapaevsk 20 Uralskaya Street, Nizhniy Tagil 8. Tourist Information Centre ‘Stroganov-Centre’ 31 Frunze Street, Alapaevsk, Nizhniy Tagil Museum of unforgettable 3. Information and Tourism Service of the Bilimbay, 1 Bakhchivandzhi Street 65а Bratiev Smolnikovykh Street, The Museum of Alapayevsk Tourism Development tel .: +7 (34334) 518-08 Alapaevsk, Metallurgical Plant History gotoural.com Centre of the Sverdlovsk Region at the railway stroganov-fund.ru 18b Tolmacheva Street, 10 Lenin Street, Alapayevsk vacation in the Urals station Alapaevsk, Ekaterinburg, 22 Vokzalnaya Street, 3rd floor, 9. Tourist information center on the basis of 22 Lenin Avenue, Nizhniy Tagil, tel .: +7 (343) 239-48-52 «Innovative cultural center», Pervouralsk, Lenin 3а Tsiolkovsky Street, Nizhniy street, 18B Tagil, 4. Information and Tourist Service of phone: + 7 (343) 288-76-54ikc66.ru 9 Krasnoarmeyskaya Street, Ekaterinburg Nizhniy Tagil, Ekaterinburg, 21, 8 Marta Street 10. Centre of tourism development of the city of 66 Goroshnikova Street, Nizhniy not for sale DISCOVER URAL tel .: +7 (343) 222-24-45 Kamensk-Uralskiy, Kamensk-Uralskiy, St Siberian, Tagil, its.ekburg.ru 10, +7(3439)370-855, turizmkamensk.ru TOURISTIC MAP URALS. SVERDLOVSK REGION gotoural.com

‘Europe – Asia’ Border The Museum complex Church of Saint Nicholas The Urals are on the border of two parts of the The Mlitary Museum has a unique collection of A sight, located in the Old Believers’ village of world, it is a place where you can feel that are at the military equipment (more than 500 units). It is in the Byngi, is really worth visiting. This Orthodox church center of the largest continent. In the XVIII century, TOP 10 best museums in Russia (according to the was built in 1789 and has never closed its doors since; in Ekaterinburg, Vasiliy Tatishchev put forward a Tripadvisor.com). The collection holds it has thereby preserved its original decoration. Most hypothesis, according to which the border goes throuth Soviet and foreign guns, tanks, self-propelled notable on the outside are the chimes, modelled by the . The first obelisk of «Europe-Asia» guns, aircraft, boats, as well as a collection of uniforms, the local craftsmen after the chimes on the Leaning was installed in 1837 near Bereyzovaya mountain. In models of small arms and insignia that reflects the Tower of Nevyansk. The carved wooden iconostasis 2008, a new obelisk was installed – a 30-meter high history of our country. The railway exposition is very inside the church strikes the visitor with its grandeur column of red granite with an eagle at the top. popular among visitors. At the interactive platform – it is really unique, one of its kind, the only piece Ekaterinburg, 40 km of Staromoskovskiy tract. you can» ride « in the tank and shoot weapons into an in the world made in the distinc-tive manner of 1 Hotels of Ekaterinburg. 3 electronic range. 6 Nevyansk icon-painting school. 19 km from Ekaterinburg on Kosmonavtov 92 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 avenue, Verkhnyaya Pyshma Alexander Kozitsyn Highway up to the town of Nevyansk, 10 km to street 2 +7 (34368) 4-67-84, Wed-sun 10: 00-18 :00 the village of Byngi Martianova Street (till 17.30) museum.elem.ru see item 5. Hotel «Metallurg», Ordzhonikidze str., 22, +7 The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center Ganina Yama (34368) 9-89-88 One of the main attractions of the Center is A place immediately connected with tragic history the Boris Yeltsin Museum, dedicated to the modern of , when the family of the last emperor of The Museum complex political history of Russia and the personality of the Russia Nicholas II were killed, shocks the visitor with first president of Russia. In the Yeltsin Center guests its atmosphere of peace and quiet. In the Holy Royal The Auto Museum has Russia’s largest collection can visit an art gallery, watch a documentary movie, Martyrs Monastery you can enjoy the architecture, of rare cars, motorcycles and bicycles. The Museum purchase a book, get a cup of coffee. The Center have a look inside seven wooden churches, study the portrays 130 years of history of auto transport: vintage regularly holds lectures, concerts, exhibitions, festivals and various social events. museum’s ex-position, buy candles and souvenirs. retro cars from the early twentieth century, chic cars from 1920 to 1930s, a full line of Soviet cars, as well Ekaterinburg, Boris Yeltsin street, 3, 15 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway as sport motorvehicles: motorcycles and racing cars. +7 (343) 312-43-43. yeltsin.ru to , in the direction of Koptyaki Together collection has more than 400 unique exhibits. hotels of Ekaterinburg Settlement, following guide signs ‘Ganina Yama’ 2 Pilgrimage and excursion service, 19 km from Ekaterinburg on Kosmonavtov 7 +7-953-007-18-45, Mon. to Fri.9:00-15:30, avenue, Verkhnyaya Pyshma Alexander Kozitsyn street, 2A +7 (34368) 4-72-18, 4-67-84, Wed-sun ganinayama.ru Pilgrimage centre ‘Ganina Yama’, 4 +7 (343) 264-90-45. 10:00-18:00 (ticket office till 17.30) museum.elem.ru Hotel «Metallurg», Ordzhonikidze str., 22, +7 Nizhniy Tagil museum-reserve (34368) 9-89-88 ‘Gornozavodskoy Ural’ Nowadays the the museum-reserve involves 11 Leaning Tower of Nevyansk museum objects, such as technology history museum ‘Dom Cherepanovykh’ and ‘Demidovskaya dacha’ One of the official symbols of Sverdlovsk Region. museum. And also there is the first in Russia open- The tower, erected in the early 18th century by Akinfiy air museum-plant, where you can get acquainted Demidov, is leaning, not falling: at the height of 57.5 with technological cycle of the production of ferrous meters the degree of tilt from the vertical axis is 2.2 metals and hydraulic system of XVIII century. The Federal and regional highways meters. Either the outside or the inside of the industrial museum-reserve also includes one of the smallest architectural monument poses great historical interest: museums of Russia – Lisyegorskaya tower, which is Ekaterinburg–Perm–Kazan Ekaterinburg–Shadrinsk–Kurgan you can marvel the museum items on display, walking 8 situated on the top of Lisiya Mountain. . Ekaterinburg–Tyumen Ekaterinburg–Polevskoy between its floors, you can visit a unique ‘acoustic KOMI room’, listen to the mecha-nism of English chimes live, 146 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Ekaterinburg–Serov М5 Ekaterinburg–– and also make a memorial coin. Highway to Ni-zhniy Tagil Lenina Ave., +7 (3435) 37-02-01, May to Sep. Wed. to Fri. 9:30- REPUBLIC 92 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway 17:00, museum-nt.ru Hotel «Demidov Plaza», top 25 objects for tourism towns, settlements, natural parks active time-spending Demidovs public garden, +7 (34356) 2-20-56, Goroshnikova str., 11, +7 (3435) 97-77-11 5 Tue-sun 09:00-18.00, Wed 9:00-18: 00 (the tower can be visited only with an excursion group), невьянскиймузей.рф Gold Mine Museum Scale 1:1200 000 Sobol Hotel, 23 Dzerzhynskogo Street, 21 The underground world of gold-diggers in Profsoyuzov Street, +7 (34356) 2-43-20, 2-43-42 Scale 1:1200 000 2008 was reconstructed on the basis of a training mine rescuers mine, at the depth of 4 meters, with Nyagan the help of enthusiasts and patriots of the town of Berezovskiy, Valeriy and Yevgeniy Lobanovs. The interactive exposition of this unusual museum unravels the history of gold mining in the Middle Urals: here you can see the figures of convicts, toiling away in goldfields, their wardens, tools used for mining, you can also take a ride in a real dumping bucket. In summer guests are offered to try their hand at gold-washing and work as gold-diggers. It is Khanty-Mansiysk rather unlikely that tourists can find real gold on the 9 river Beryezovka, but an authentic crystal of pyrite is guaranteed as a souvenir! 16 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy Highway to the town of Berezovskiy Fersman Mineralogical Museum KHANTY- M ANSIYSK 9a Leninskiy district, +7 (34369) 4-47-11, 13 +7-950-205-62-36 mon-Fri 9: 00-18: 00 Ural - border of two parts of the world, a place excursion program upon request ‘Beryezka’ where you can feel in the center of the largest AUTONOMOUS REGION – continent. In the 18th century, Vasily Tatishchev Hotel, 5 Gagarina Street, +7 (34369) 4-75-75. put forward the hypothesis that the border is the Ural Mountains range. The first obelisk “Europe- YUGRA Asbestovskiy quarry Asia” was installed in 1837 near the mountain Berezovaya, in 2008 a new obelisk was installed A collosal ‘pit’ 11 kilometers long and 310 meters at this place - a 30-meter pillar of red granite with deep has been quarried since 1889: a bit earlier an eagle on top. the world-richest deposit of chrysotile asbestos Bazhenovskoye was discovered here. Today Asbestovs- 150 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway through the village of Nikolo- kiy quarry, one of largest quarries in Eurasia, supplies Pavlovskoye, Petrokamenskoye to the village approximately one-fourth of the world’s production of Murzinka a Dekabristov Street, +7 (3435) of this mineral. Having visited the observation site 931-721, Wed. to Sun. 9:30-17:30, mk-ggo.ru of the quarry, go on an excursion to the museum of PLC ‘Uralasbest’ to learn more about the commercial natorium ‘Lenyovka’, Lenyovka Settlement, +7 (3435) 49-74-48. production of the mineral and the processing of the ‘mountain flax’. 14 85 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-351 Highway through the settlement of Beloyarskiy to the town of Asbest seum of PLC ‘Uralasbest’: 14 Lenina Street, +7 (34365) 4-26-45, Mon. to Thurs. 12:00-18:00 on demand ‘Tsentralnaya’ Hotel, 77 Uralskaya Street, +7 (34365) 7-66-28. 36 Koptelovskiy Museum of the History of Agriculture and Peasant Way of Life There are two peasant log huts of the 18th century well-preserved in Koptelovo until today. One 58 of them, built by the settlement founder I.Koptelov, is considered to be the oldest wooden construction in the region. The second log hut - ‘Baba Katya’s Izba’ 10 – is not so aged but it does preserve its original form and is today one of the chief exhibits of the local museum. The excursion to this hut, a rich collection of agricultural tools and different working units, a Park Skazov 15 really warm welcome with tasty treatments, folklore performance and a ride in a coach-and-three – these Park Skazov – the first in the Urals theme park, are among the many reasons to prolong your stay in dedicated to the tales of Bazhov, Russian fairy tale Koptelovo! and traditional folk culture of the Ural. The Park is 150 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy located near Ekaterinburg in Aramil urban district. Highway through the town of Rezh, Aramashevo The idea of the park is to acquaint the tourist with settlement to the village of Koptelovo the Ural authentic culture and characters of the Krasnykh Orlov Street, +7 (34346) 7-33-31, Ural fairy tales, to preserve and transmit to future Wed. to Sun. 9:00-15:00 ‘Metallurg’ Hotel, generations our traditions and crafts. Alapayevsk, 2 Nekrasova Street, 23 km away from Ekaterinburg, Park Skazov 11 + 7 (34346) 2-88-44. Street, 1, Aramil. By train: to the station ‘Aramil’. 31 Then on foot about 1 km in the opposite 39 direction from the movement of the train. Park Skazov Street, 1, Aramil, +7 (343) 214-32-63. parkskazov.ru PERM KRAI

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Alapayevskaya narrow-gauge railroad Perm The largest narrow-gauge railroad in Russia and in 45 former USSR (237 km) was earlier one of the greatest narrow-gauge railroads in the whole world, its length 11 reaching 600 km. The construction of Alapayevskaya 8 17 narrow-gauge railroad started in 1898, and in the 41 boom years it reached the remotest settlements of Alapayevskiy district. Today the passenger line joins Kremlin in Verkhoturye 12 Alapayevsk and Sankino station, and the excursion The architectural ensemble of the smallest route ‘On the train through the land of Alapayevsk district’ goes up to the settlement of Verkhnyaya Russian Kremlin includes General’s House, 55 26 Departmental Chambers, Monarchial Granaries TYUMEN REGION Sinyachikha (1 hour and 10 minutes’ journey). On and the magnificent Trinity Church in barocco 61 9 16 the way the tourists are offered a tea party and 18 19 needlework workshops; while waiting for the excursion style, erected in 1703-1712; the structure was 59 53 proclaimed an architectural monument of world 29 33 to start, you can visit the museum of Alapayevskaya 27 narrow-gauge railroad history and have a close look at importance by UNESCO. The Kremlin, which 6 15 dominates the town, has not changed its role until 5 a depot with a stationary diesel locomotive TU2 inside. today: it houses the Municipal Verkhoturskoye 159 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy Government now. Part of the building is occupied Perm 51 Highway to the town of Alapayevsk by Verkhoturskiy Museum Reserve of History and 43 Bochkareva Street, +7 (34346) 3-31-32, Architecture. 56 museum: Mon., Wed. on demand see item 15. 40 Surgut 300 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 52 Highway, take a turn and go 20 km more to the town of Verkhoturye 8 Sovetskaya Street, +7 (34389) 2-21-70, mon-sat 9:00- 60 17:30, vgiamz.ru ‘Sobol’ Hotel, 1а Karla Marksa Street, +7 (34389) 2-14-14. guest 20 house Babinov, st. Pervomaiskaya, 1A, + 7-922-111-85-55. 32 24 14 50 47 3 30 4 13 28 35 46 1 17 54 2 Оmsk 63 Nizhnesinyachikhinskiy museum reserve 57 7 10 37 23 of wooden architecture and folk art A unique historical and architectural open-air 12 complex reconstructs a typical 17th-18th century 44 62 village of the Middle Urals. With the help of an 49 25 42 22 34 enthusiastic local history connoisseur I.D.Samoilov, «Napolnaya school» Museum 21 who started the restoration with a dilapidated vil- 48 lage church, more than 20 constructions were Alapaevsk is a small industrial town in the Kazan collected here from all the parts of the Urals in 10 Sverdlovsk Region that dates back to year 1639. years. All these represent fine specimen of wooden On May 20, 1918, the exiled Romanov princes and architecture: a keep, 17th-19th century mansions, their confidants were brought to Alapayevsk by chapels, windmills, a forge, a fire station, a victualling- special order of the Ural Council of Deputies. The house with a customs office. Some of these buildings prisoners were kept in the Alapaevsk “Napolnaya” still preserve their interior and are used today as school right until their tragic deaths. The museum expositions. Quite recently, in December Museum exposition tells about the feat of arms, 2014, there were stables working in the museum, charitable work of the Imperial , Chelyabinsk which were reconstructed by the drawings and their loyalty to vows, duty and long lasting of sketches of the 19th and early 20th centuries. One friendships. KURGAN REGION the most precious items of the museum reserve is the 150 km from Ekaterinburg on the Church of Transfiguration, a monument of history and Rezhevsky tract. Perminova str., 58 +7 (343) architecture of federal importance, a most beautiful 278-92-13 Wed-sun 10: 00-17: 00 mnsh-al.ru Kurgan church made in the style of Siberian baroque and later The resort «Gem» village Resort Gem, turned into a museum. The second floor of the church Kurortnaya street, 29 +7 (343) 263-75-00 presents ‘The White Chamber’ – a unique specimen of Ural house painting. 175 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy Highway through the town of Alapayevsk to the village of Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha Pervomaiskaya Street, +7 (34346) 7-51-18, Mon. REPUBLIC CHELYABINSK REGION to Sun. 10:00-17:00 See item 15.

Irbit Museum of Folk Life Emerald mines (the settlement of Malysheva) Bell-casting factory ‘Pyatkov and Co’ Kourovskaya Observatory The museum unites in one place important for The Malyshev emerald-beryllium deposit is the Kamenskiye bells toll in belfries all over the world: Across the vastness of the Urals it is only the history of the city fair trade. Here is collected largest emerald deposit in Europe. The tour program in Moscow’s St.Basil’s Cathedral and in Donskoy in Sverdlovsk Region that a tourist can visit an the largest collection of samovars, ranging from the «Visit to the unique Malyshev emerald-beryllium Monastery, in Greek Athens, in Orthodox parishes of astronomical observatory. Kourovskaya Observatory smallest ‘Egoist’ by 100 grams to the largest by 415 deposit» consists of two parts: first, guides teach Canada and the USA. The private production started is rather old – it turned 52 years in 2017th. Still, this liters, installed on a real motorcycle - another symbol tourists to distinguish natural stones from artificial, and in 1991 by N.Pyatkov grew into one of the four leading significant scientific research centre keeps up with the of the city. A total of 2,500 people can drink tea from then show how the minerals look under a microscope. profile enterprises by its volumes of casting. Any willing times and can boast a wide variety tools and equipment this samovar at the same time! In the museum they try In the showrooms one can see emerald ore, various excursionist can observe the birth of the bell; and – from a reflecting telescope to a modern automatic to preserve the living traditions of tea drinking. Guests beryl druses, phenakites samples and dozens of other the international festival ‘Kamensk-Uralskiy – the bell system of space control ‘Master II’, which are exposed are greeted here with fragrant herbal tea served in minerals. capital’ gathers un-usual masses of people. to the excursionists. glasses with cup holders, as well as pancakes that are 95 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-351 Highway 107 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-354 90 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-242 Highway baked in a real Russian stove. 20 through the town of Asbest to the settlement of 22 Highway to the town of Kamensk-Uralskiy 49a 24 through the town of Pervouralsk, the settlement 203 km from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskaya route Malysheva JSC Mariinsky Priisk Revolyutsionnaya Street, +7 (3439) 36-52-25 of Bilimbay, the village of Kourovka by the guide 18 through the town of Rezh, the town of Artemovsky +7 (343)65-536-11, mon-Fri 8: 00-17: 00 marmine.ru pyatkov.ru see item 21. sign to the observatory +7 (953) 820-51-63, to the city of Irbit Revolution Street, 25, +7 (922) 123-99-40 (reservation Department) +7 (34355) 6-20-20, daily from 9:00 to 18: 00 irbit- astro.ins.urfu.ru ‘Chusovaya’ Holiday Camp, imnb.ru ‘Arktur’ Hotel, 35b Elizarievykh Street, Sloboda Settlement, +7 (343) 350-46-81. + 7 (34355) 6-21-25.

Irbitskiy State Museum of Motorcycles Revun rapids and Smolinskaya cave Shunut Mountain Azov Mountain Today Irbitskiy Mototsikletniy Zavod - heavy Whatever your expectations, they can be met and Shunut is one of the peaks of the Konovalovskiy A hillock with a steep rocky ridge at the top looks sidecar motor-cycles factory - produces world-famous exceeded on Revun Rapids. You can make a picnic Uval Ridge and also the highest mountain of 726 as if it came off the pages of P.P. Bazhov’s tales, who motorcycles ‘Ural’. The museum on its territory boasts on the bank of the Iset’ river, marveling the rampage meters in the vicinity of Ekaterinburg. Its flanks are was a native of this land. It is for this reason that you a collection of more than 3500 exhibits. Part of this of the water element, or you can challenge the unruly covered with dark-green coniferous taiga, and its can find girl Azovka’s portrait on one of the rocks - she exposition shows the evolution of the domestic waters if you are an experienced white-water rafter. peak is crowned with inaccessible rocky bastions. The was the main character of the tale ‘Dear Name’ – it was heavy motorcycle – from the first army model M-72 You can study the quaint stillness of Becklenishevskiye difficult climb to Shunut that trophy raid lovers are so made by the local artist N.Surenkov in 1956. Tourists with Degtyarev automatic rifle to the last model of Rocks or observe climbers, who conduct their training fond of can easily be com-bined with a visit to Starik- love Azov for the easy climb, interesting landscape and the previous century - one-seat ‘Wolf’. In the foreign sessions on a regular basis here. Those of you who are Kamen Mountain, famous for its charac-teristic stone convenient stops, while scientists value this mountain section you can have a good look at the motorcycles of eager to try speleological tourism, can have access to rib. On the way to Starik Mountain remember to halt at for the numerous finds of Itkul archeological culture. the leading firms abroad and can even any one of them Smolinskaya Cave 1 kilometer away from the Revun. a radon spring Platonida, which has healing properties. 65 km away from Ekaterinburg, Polevskoy 19 to your liking! 21 90 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-354 Highway 90 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-242 Highway 25 Highway through the settlement of Zyuzelskiy to 203 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy through the settlement of Pokrovskoye to the through the Revda River, the settlement of the path on the right of the high-way Talisman’ Highway through the town of Rezh, the town village of Beklenischeva porog-revun.ru 23 Mariinsk to the settlement of Krasnoyar, then take Hotel, the town of Polevskoy, 18 Rosy Lyuk- of Artyomovskiy to the town of Irbit 100а Hotel Green Hall, st. Oktyabrskaya, 17, a 12-kilometer walk along the unsurfaced road semburg Street, +7 (34350) 5-75-65. Sovetskaya Street, +7 (34355) 4-26-01, Tues. to +7 (3439) 545-111. Metallurg’ Hotel, Revda, 33 Zykina Street, Fri. 9:00-17:00, Sat. until 16:00 ‘Arktur’ Hotel, +7 (34397) 3-09-37. 35b Elizarievykh Street, + 7 (34355) 6-21-25.

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