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 prisons’, and a ‘free fall’ with a landing on an air cushion. raids of nomads can with magnificent Empire buildings, the present of the 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 Ski resort ‘Aist’ 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 The main pride of the sports centre in Dolgaya 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 man. Mountain is a modern ski jump complex, which has museum, located inside the building of the 19th-century if you are willing to have a SPA seance, you can go to the been included the top-5 world ski jumps. In 2014 four 395 km away from school, and the museum complex ‘log cabins with Ural thermal resort ‘Aquarel’, see item 61. international competitions were held here. This is also a painting’, which is a brand of Alapayevskiy district. Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway to the town of , 35 km to the town of Krasnoturyinsk 276 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy regular training place for the sportsmen of Children’s and 120 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy Krasnoturyinsk Local History Museum, Memorial Highway through the town of House-museum of Youth Sports School ‘Aist’. Those who love winter sports 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, can rent mountain skis and cross-country skis as well as 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 shooting stands. 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, +7(34384)4-82-80. 140 km from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway to the Tues. to Fri. 9:00-16:00, Sat. 10:00-15:00 upon Tue-Fri 9:00-18:00, sat 9:00-17:00 town of Nizhniy Tagil, the eastern slope of Mountain demand see item 15. Dolgaya +7(3435)41-88-43, aist-tramplin.ru 55 Berezovskiy 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 ‘golden’ pages of the town One of the first skiing centres in Sverdlovsk Region is very traditions. You will not the modern complex for ensuring the qualitative popular among real zealots of snowy slopes. A great variety chronicles. The monument of see mining and industrial development of exhibition, museum, concert, library, of ski runs of different complexity and seven types of lifters the discoverer of hardrock gold infrastructure here, but 37 theater activities, as well as various educational projects, E. Markov stands in Historical you can see a kossack’s attract both beginners and advanced skiers to the mountain. was opened in place 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 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 km from Ekaterinburg on the Serov tract. see item 11 Saint Nicholas Monastery, 1a see item 5 Museum ‘The House of Nevyansk 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 Urals 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. 61 partial list of objects, which every tourist must visit. Don’t Bor’ Administrative department of the park: Talitsa, 223 km from Ekaterinburg along the road E22/Р351. 1а Stepnaya Street, +7 (34371) 2-44-84, nppbor.ru 283 km from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy Highway 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», +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 architectural 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) 226-85-64, 226-85-82 flights schedule:svx.aero 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 Ready for discovery? schedule: avtovokzal-ekb.ru

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 1042 objects of cultural heritage, 166 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, 362 natural Verkhoturye +7-34389 311 291 340 327 289 405 418 447 154 138 481 219 165 308 363 322 311 355 478 The Center of the traditional folk culture of the Middle Urals, 10 Chapaeva Street, Ekaterinburg (Mon. to Sun. 10:00-18:00) 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 Kamensk-Uralskiy +7-3439 107 266 224 123 130 418 253 144 367 502 345 199 253 155 159 155 195 99 326 Ural Souvenir, Ekaterinburg, Pervomaiskaya Street, 1, Gorky, 4a, (Mon-Sat 11: 00-21: 00, Sun 12: 00-20: 00) 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 The Sysert porcelain: 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 Monastery of Saint Regal Martyrs (Ganina Yama), Ganina Yama Tract, Ekaterinburg (Mon. to Sun. 10:00-19:00) 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 Church-on-the-Blood in Honor of All Saints Sone Fourth in the Land of Russia, 10 Tcharskaya Street, Ekaterinburg Krasnoufimsk +7-34394 238 397 355 254 261 481 441 345 374 380 565 262 316 199 260 190 326 262 514 worthy of special attention of the traveler. (Mon. to Sun. 9:00-19:00) Nevyansk +7-34359 92 163 121 108 70 219 207 199 228 168 303 262 54 89 144 103 92 135 280 Nizhniy Tagil +7-3435 146 126 175 162 124 165 240 253 282 114 249 316 54 143 198 157 146 190 313 41 Malysheva Street, Ekaterinburg (Mon. to Sun. 10:00-21:00) Pervouralsk +7-34392 48 207 165 64 71 308 251 155 184 257 392 199 89 143 100 14 136 92 324 6/A Repina Street, Ekaterinburg (Mon. to Sun. 10:00-18:00) Polevskoy +7-34350 52 211 169 68 75 363 256 159 188 312 447 260 144 198 100 100 140 96 328 The Tavolgi ceramics: Revda +7-34397 48 207 165 64 71 322 251 155 184 271 406 190 103 157 14 100 136 92 324 ‘The Pottery shop’, 20 Sverdlova Street, Verkhniye Tavolgi (Wed. to Sun. 10:00-16:30). Nizhny Tavolgi, st. Shchorsa, 2a, Rezh +7-34364 88 71 29 72 111 311 115 195 170 260 395 326 92 146 136 140 136 132 188 (Wed-Sun 9: 00-16: 30) Sysert +7-34374 44 203 161 60 67 355 247 99 180 304 439 262 135 190 92 96 92 132 320 Turinsk +7-34349 276 187 159 260 299 478 73 326 182 427 544 514 280 313 324 328 324 188 320 ‘The Tavolgi potter’, 37 Kuybysheva Street, Nizhniye Tavolgi (Wed. to Sun. 10:00-17:00) The Tavolgi ceramics, 60 Chelyuskintsev Street, Ekaterinburg (Mon. to Fri. 10:00-19:00, Sat. to Sun. 10:00-17:00) *All informat your reference, any dist ance depends on the chosen route The Tagil tray Sverdlovsk Region ‘Tagil tray’ Nizhniy Tagil, Lenin Avenue, 32 (Mon-Sun 10:00 - 19:00), Ekaterinburg, Malysheva, 46 (Wed - Sun 10:30 - 15:30). Total area – Population – 94 municipal Foundation date: 17 194,307 km² 4 315 699 people. structures January 1934 i Tourist information centers of Sverdlovsk Region The objects of tourism accessible The Ministry of Investment and to persons with disabilities Development of Sverdlovsk Region 1. Tourism Development Centre 4. Information and Tourist 8. Tourist Information Centre SVERDLOVSK ‘Stroganov-Centre’ A Accommodations S Sightseeing (places of interest) of Sverdlovsk Region Service of Ekaterinburg Hotel “Demidov Plaza”, Nizhniy Ekaterinburg, 11, Moskovskaya Ekaterinburg, 21, 8 Marta Street Bilimbay, The Boris Yeltsin Presidential 1 Bakhchivandzhi Street Tagil, 11. Goroshnikova Street Center, Ekaterinburg, 3, Boris Tourism Development Centre REGION St., 2 floor Tel.: +7 (343) 222-24-45 Hotel «Victor», Pervouralsk, 42A Yeltsin Street Tel.: +7 (343) 350-05-25 its.ekburg.ru Tel.: +7 (34334) 518-08 of Sverdlovsk Region stroganov-fund.ru Vatutina Street Verkhnyaya Pyshma Historical e-mail: [email protected] Hotel «Green Hall», Kamensk- Museum, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, 47, gotoural.com 5. Tourism Development Centre 9. Tourist information center Uralskiy, 17, Oktyabrskaya Street Krivousova Street of Nizhniy Tagil on the basis of «Innovative Sanatorium Lenevka, Prigorodniy The Museum complex, Your exceptional 2. Information and Tourism Nizhniy Tagil, 56 Goroshnikova 620014, Ekaterinburg, 11, Moskovskaya St., cultural center», district, Lenevka village Verkhnyaya Pyshma, 2 Alexander Service of the Tourism Street, offices 521-522 Pervouralsk, Lenin street, 18B Pension “Uralskiy”, Nizhniy Tagil, Kozitsyn Street 2nd floor +7 (343) 350-05-25 Ural vacation Development Tel.: +7 (3435) 25-26-52, Tel.: + 7 (343) 288-76-54 55, Uralskiy Avenue “Napolnaya school” Museum, Centre of the Sverdlovsk +7 (3435) 42-11-18 ikc66.ru Alapayevsk, 58, Perminova Street Region at the Koltsovo Airport turizmnt.ru The Innovation Cultural Center, Guide C Catering Facilities Pervouralsk, 18B, Lenina Street Ekaterinburg, 1 Bakhchivandzhi 10. Centre of tourism Restaurant «Well&Done», Street (Terminal A) 6. Information and Tourist development of the city of Nevyansk State Historical and gotoural.com Kamensk-Uralskiy, 17, Architectural Museum, Nevyansk, Tel.: +7 (343) 264-76-17 Service of Kamensk-Uralskiy, Oktyabrskaya Street Aramil, 1 Park Skazov Street Kamensk-Uralskiy, 7, Sinarskaya St., 2, Revolution Square Cafe «Victor», Pervouralsk, 42A Nizhniy Tagil museum-reserve 3. Information and Tourism Tel.: +7 (343) 372-06-03 Tel.:+7(3439)370-855, Vatutina Street Service of the Tourism parkskazov.ru turizmkamensk.ru “Gornozavodskoy Ural”, Nizhniy Restaurant “Demidov Plaza”, Tagil, 1, Lenina avenue Development Nizhniy Tagil, 11. Goroshnikova Museum of Local History named Centre of the Sverdlovsk 7. Tourist Information Service 11. Tourist information center Street of the sity of Sysert after Ivan Styazhkin, Kamensk- Region at the railway station of Irbit Cafe «Rich», Alapayevsk, 65A Uralskiy, 1, Kommolodyezhy not for sale DISCOVER URAL Ekaterinburg, 22 Vokzalnaya Irbit, 2 Proletarskaya Street Sysert, 51, Bykova St. Smolnikovykh Street Street Street, 3rd floor, Tel.: +7 (34355) 6-49-44, Tel.:+7 (922) 17-71-174 Tel.: +7 (343) 239-48-52 tic-96.ru Sysert.life TOURISTIC MAP URALS. SVERDLOVSK REGION gotoural.com

‘Europe – Asia’ Border The Museum complex Saint Nicholas church Destinations and populations The Urals are on the border of two parts of the The Military Museum has a unique collection of This church located in the Old Believers’ village world, it is a place where you can feel that are at the military equipment (over 500 units). It is considered to of Byngi is a place worth visiting. This Orthodox EKATERINBURG cities center of the largest continent. In the XVIII century, be one of the Top 10 best museums in Russia (according church was built in 1789 and has never been closed VERKHNYAYA PYSHMA in Ekaterinburg, Vasiliy Tatishchev put forward a to the Tripadvisor.com). Museum collection consists of down. Thereby it preserved its original decorations hypothesis, according to which the border goes throuth Soviet and foreign guns, tanks, self-propelled guns, and wall painting. Most notable preserved item in Achit settlements the . The border between continents was aircrafts, boats, as well as a collection of informs, this church are the chimes that were modelled by established in the 18th century by Vasiliy Tatishchev. models of small arms and insignia that reflects the the local craftsmen after the chimes on the Leaning Murzinka The first obelisk was installed in 1837 and later replaced history of our country. The railway exposition is also Tower of Nevyansk. The carved wooden iconostasis Approximate population count in 2008 with a large 30-meter tall granite column. very popular with visitors. As for interactive platforms, inside the church strike the visitor with its grandeur. Ekaterinburg, 40 km of Staromoskovskiy tract. you can “ride” in the tank and shoot the weapons in They are truly unique, one of a kind pieces that virtually simulated range. are made in distinctive manner of Nevyansk icon over 1 million 1 Hotels of Ekaterinburg. 3 6 19 km from Ekaterinburg on Kosmonavtov painting school. avenue, Verkhnyaya Pyshma Alexander Kozitsyn 92 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 100 thousand – 500 thousand street 2 +7 (34368) 4-67-84, Wed-sun 10: 00-18 :00 Highway up to the town of Nevyansk, 10 km to (till 17.30) museum.elem.ru the village of Byngi Martianova Street see item 5. 50 thousand – 100 thousand Hotel «Metallurg», Ordzhonikidze str., 22, +7 Ganina Yama (34368) 9-89-88 10 thousand – 50 thousand A tragic but serene place connected to the murder The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The atmosphere among The Museum complex One of the main attractions of the Yeltsin Center the seven wooden churches of the Holy Royal Martyrs under 10 thousand The Auto Museum has Russia’s largest collection is the Boris Yeltsin Museum dedicated to the modern Monastery is shockingly peaceful and enjoyable. In fact political history of Russia and the persona of the first you can buy souvenirs and candles to commemorate of rare cars, motorcycles and bicycles. The Museum president of Russia. In the Yeltsin Center guests can Communication lines Hydrography the turbulent time of . portrays 130 years of history of auto transport: vintage visit an art gallery, watch a documentary, purchase a retro cars from the early twentieth century, chic cars book, get a cup of coffee. The Yeltsin Center often 15 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway Railways: Lakes (natural and man-made) from 1920s to 1930s, a full line of Soviet cars, as well holds lectures, concerts, exhibits, festivals and other to , in the direction of Koptyaki as sport motorvehicles: motorcycles and racing cars. social events. Settlement, following guide signs ‘Ganina Yama’ main railways Rivers Together collection has more than 400 unique exhibits. Ekaterinburg, Boris Yeltsin street, 3, Pilgrimage and excursion service, 7 minor railways 2 +7-953-007-18-45, Mon. to Fri.9:00-15:30, 19 km from Ekaterinburg on Kosmonavtov +7 (343) 312-43-43. yeltsin.ru hotels of Ekaterinburg ganinayama.ru Pilgrimage centre ‘Ganina Yama’, avenue, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Alexander Kozitsyn Highways with surfacing: +7 (343) 264-90-45. street, 2A +7 (34368) 4-72-18, 4-67-84, Wed-sun 4 10:00-18:00 (ticket office till 17.30) museum.elem.ru Hotel «Metallurg», Ordzhonikidze str., 22, +7 Regional Boarder Nizhniy Tagil museum-reserve federal highways and their numbers (34368) 9-89-88 of Sverdlovsk 3885 Km ‘Gornozavodskoy Ural’ regional highways and their numbers 3759 Km 4559 Km Today the Museum-reserve includes 11 visiting minor highways of natural parks 3084 Km Leaning tower of Nevyansk sights, such as history of technology museum 4380 Km “Dom Cherepanovykh” and “Demidovskaya dacha” It is one of the official symbols of Sverdlovsk region. 1782 Km museum. In addition, there is the first in Russia open- 1398 Km The tower was built in the early 18th century by Akinfiy air museum-factory where tourists can get to know Saint-Petersburg Demidov. Important to notice that the tower is leaning Ekaterinburg the technological cycle of the production of ferrous 949 Km and not falling. It is 57.5 meters tall and the degree of metals and hydraulic systems of the XVIII century. tilt from the vertical axis is 2.2 meters. Both the outside Federal and regional highways 1667 Km Nur Sultan Novosibirsk The museum-reserve also includes one of the Prague and the inside of the industrial architectural monument smallest museums in Russia – Lisyegorskaya tower, Harbin pose great historical interest. You can learn about Ekaterinburg–Perm–Kazan Ekaterinburg–Shadrinsk–Kurgan Paris 8 which is located at the top of the Lisiya Mountain. Rome Istanbul the history of the tower with museum’s exceptional Ekaterinburg–Tyumen Ekaterinburg–Polevskoy 2863 Km collection, visit unique acoustic room, listen to the 146 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 3545 Km historical English chimes and make a memorial coin. Highway to Nizhniy Tagil Lenina Ave., Ekaterinburg–Serov М5 Ekaterinburg––Moscow 3389 Km Tel Aviv +7 (3435) 37-02-01, May to Sep. Wed. to Fri. 9:30- 92 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 Highway 17:00, museum-nt.ru Hotel «Demidov Plaza», top 25 objects for tourism towns, settlements, villages natural parks active time-spending Demidovs public garden, +7 (34356) 2-20-56, Dubai Goroshnikova str., 11, +7 (3435) 97-77-11 5 Tue-sun 09:00-18.00, Wed 9:00-18: 00 (the tower The objects of tourism accessible to persons with disabilities can be visited only with an excursion group), невьянскиймузей.рф Gold Mine Museum Sobol Hotel, 23 Dzerzhynskogo Street, 21 The underground world of gold-miners was Profsoyuzov Street, +7 (34356) 2-43-20, 2-43-42 Scale 1:1200 000 reconstructed in 2008 in the training rescuers mine, at the depth of 4 meters, with the help of Valeri and Scale 1:1200 000 Yevgeny Lobanovs, the enthusiasts and patriots of the town of Berezovskiy. The interactive exposition of this unusual museum reveals the history of gold mining in the Middle Urals: here tourists can see the figures of convicts, working in the mine, their wardens, tools that were used. Tourists also can take a ride in a real dumping trolley. In the summer, tourists are offered to try their hand at gold washing and working as gold-miners. It is rather unlikely that KOMI tourists can find a real gold in the river Beryozovka, 9 REPUBLIC 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 Nyagan 9a Leninskiy district, +7 (34369) 4-47-11, 13 +7-950-205-62-36 mon-Fri 9: 00-18: 00 Murzinka village is the mineralogical capital of excursion program upon request ‘Beryezka’ the Urals. Many semi-precious jewels in museum’s collection were found in the areas close to Hotel, 5 Gagarina Street, +7 (34369) 4-75-75. Murzinka, some of them were brought here from around the world. The museum is located in the Asbestovskiy quarry building of old Sreten church (1792) and holds in its collection amethysts, topazes, aquamarines, A huge pit that is 11 kilometers long and 310 meters morions and others. For all the people interested deep has been mined since 1889, when the world- in mining and mineralogy museum organizes Khanty-Mansiysk richest deposit of chrysotile asbestos was discovered tours to the nearby mines of Mokrusha, Talyan, here. Today Asbestovs-kiy quarry, one of largest Buzheninov and others. quarries in Eurasia, supplies approximately one-fourth 150 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 of the world’s production of this mineral. Having visited Highway through the village of Nikolo- the observation site of the quarry, go on an excursion Pavlovskoye, Petrokamenskoye to the village KHANTY- M ANSIYSK to the museum of PLC ‘Uralasbest’ to learn more about of Murzinka a Dekabristov Street, +7 (3435) the commercial production of the mineral and the 931-721, Wed. to Sun. 9:30-17:30, mk-ggo.ru AUTONOMOUS REGION – processing of the ‘mountain flax’. natorium ‘Lenyovka’, Lenyovka Settlement, 14 85 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-351 Highway +7 (3435) 49-74-48. YUGRA through the settlement of Beloyarskiy to the town of Asbest Museum 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.

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 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 36 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 58 150 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

PERM KRAI 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 + 7 (34346) 2-88-44. Street, 1, Aramil. By train: to the station ‘Aramil’. Then on foot about 1 km in the opposite direction from the movement of the train. Park Skazov Street, 1, Aramil, +7 (343) 214-32-63. parkskazov.ru

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Alapayevskaya narrow-gauge railroad The largest narrow-gauge railroad in Russia and in former USSR was considered one of the greatest narrow-gauge railroads in the world. Its 11 length reaches 600 kilometers. The construction of Alapayevskaya narrow-gauge railroad started in 1898 38 and in its booming years it was able to reach the most remote settlements of the Alapayevsk district. Today The Verkhoturye Kremlin passenger line joins Alapayevsk and Sankino station, The architectural ensemble of the smallest Perm and the tour “On the train through the Alapayevsk Russian Kremlin includes General’s House, 45 lands” goes up to the settlement of Verkhnyaya Departmental Chambers, Monarchial Granaries Sinyachikha (1 hour and 10 minutes journey). On and the magnificent Trinity Church in barocco board, tourists are offered a tea party and needlework style, erected in 1703-1712; the structure was 8 17 workshop. While waiting for their tour tourists are proclaimed an architectural monument of world A 41 offered to visit the museum of Alapayevskaya narrow- importance by UNESCO. The Kremlin, which gauge railroad history and have a closer look at the dominates the town, has not changed its role until S 12 train station with a stationary diesel locomotive TU2. today: now it houses the Municipal Verkhoturye C S 159 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy Government. 55 26 TYUMEN REGION Highway to the town of Alapayevsk Bochkareva Street, +7 (34346) 3-31-32, 300 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-352 61 9 16 C 18 19 museum: Mon., Wed. on demand see item 15. Highway, take a turn and go 20 km more to 53 the town of Verkhoturye 8 Sovetskaya 59 29 33 27 Street, +7 (34389) 2-21-70, mon-sat 9:00- 15 17:30, vgiamz.ru ‘Sobol’ Hotel, 1а Karla 6 5 Samotsvet Marksa Street, +7 (34389) 2-14-14. guest house Babinov, st. Pervomaiskaya, 1A, Perm 51 A + 7-922-111-85-55. 56 43 Surgut 40 52

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20 17 32 24 14 50 47 3 30 4 13 Nizhnesinyachikhinskiy museum reserve 28 35 46 1 of wooden architecture and folk art 2 A unique historical and architectural open-air 12 54 Оmsk museum complex reconstructs a typical 17th-18th 63 century village of the Middle Urals. Local enthusiast and history connoisseur I. Samoilov started his work 57 7 10 «Napolnaya school» Museum 37 23 with the restoration of the rundown village church. In 10 years since then more than 20 architectural pieces Alapayevsk is a small industrial town in the were brought here from all around the Urals. All of them Sverdlovsk region that dates back to the year 44 62 are great examples of the local wooden architecture: 1639. On May 20th, 1918 the exiled Grand Duchess 49 42 the keep, the 17th-19th century mansions, chapels, Elizabeth Romanova and her confidantes were 25 21 22 34 windmills, the forge, the fire station, the inn. Some of brought to Alapayevsk by the special order of 48 these building still have their preserved interiors. In the Ural Council of Deputies. The prisoners were December 2014, the working stables were added to kept in the Alapayevsk “Napolnaya” school right the museum’s collection, they were reconstructed until their tragic deaths. Museum exposition talks from the drawing and sketches of the 19th and 20th about the deeds and charity work of the Royal centuries. One of the most precious pieces in the , their loyalty to their vows, museum’s collection is the Transfiguration Church, duty and friendships. an architectural monument of federal importance 150 km from Ekaterinburg on the and one of the most beautiful examples of the Rezhevsky highway. Perminova str., 58 Chelyabinsk Siberian baroque. After its restoration, the Church +7 (343) 278-92-13 Wed-sun 10:00-17:00 was reopened as a museum. On the second floor of mnsh-al.ru KURGAN REGION the church tourists can find the “White Chamber” – a The resort «Gem» village Resort Gem, unique piece of Ural house painting. Kurortnaya street, 29 +7 (343) 263-75-00 Kurgan 175 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy Kazan 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 holds in one place the important The Malyshev emerald-beryllium deposit is the Kamenskiye bells toll in belfries all over the world: Across the vastness of the Urals it is the only artifacts that reflect the city’s trade fair history. 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 Museum has the largest collection of samovars, ranging «Visit to the unique Malyshev emerald-beryllium Monastery, in Greek Athens, in Orthodox parishes of astronomical observatory. Kourovskaya Observatory from the smallest “Egoist” (100 grams) to the largest deposit» consists of two parts: first, guides teach Canada and the USA. The private production started is rather old – it turned 52 years in 2017. Still, this (415 liters) installed on top of the real motorcycle. tourists to distinguish natural stones from artificial, and in 1991 by N. Pyatkov grew into one of the four leading scientific research facility keeps up with the times and Interestingly motorcycles are considered to be another then show how the minerals look under a microscope. profile enterprises by its volumes of casting. Any willing has a wide variety of tools and equipment – from a symbol of the city. A total of 2,500 people can drink In the showrooms one can see emerald ore, various excursionist can observe the birth of the bell; and reflecting telescope to the modern automatic system tea from this samovar at the same time. The museum’s beryl druses, phenakites samples and dozens of other the international festival ‘Kamensk-Uralskiy – the bell of space control “Master II”, which are available to the goal is to preserve the traditions of tea drinking. Guests minerals. capital’ gathers unusual masses of people. tourists. are greeted here with a fragrant herbal tea served in 95 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-351 Highway 107 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-354 90 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-242 Highway glasses with traditional metal cup holders, as well sa 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 crepes that are cooked in a real Russian furnace. Malysheva JSC Mariinsky Priisk Revolyutsionnaya Street, +7 (3439) 36-52-25 of Bilimbay, the village of Kourovka by the guide 18 203 km from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskaya route +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, through the town of Rezh, the town of Artemovsky +7 (922) 123-99-40 (reservation Department) to the city of Irbit Revolution Street, 25, astro.ins.urfu.ru ‘Chusovaya’ Holiday Camp, +7 (34355) 6-20-20, daily from 9:00 to 18: 00 irbit- Sloboda Settlement, +7 (343) 350-46-81. imnb.ru ‘Arktur’ Hotel, 35b Elizarievykh Street, + 7 (34355) 6-21-25. Irbit State Museum of Motorcycles Revun rapids and Smolinskaya cave Shunut Mountain Azov Mountain Today Irbit Motorcycle factory produces world- Whatever your expectations are, they can be met Shunut is one of the peaks of the Konovalovskiy A hillock with a steep rocky ridge at the top looks famous motorcycles “Ural”. The factory museum has and exceeded at the Revun Rapids. You can have Uval Ridge and also the highest mountain of 726 as if it came off the pages of P.P. Bazhov’s tales, who a collection of more than 3,500 exhibits. Parts of this a picnic on the bank of the River, marveling the meters in the vicinity of Ekaterinburg. Its flanks are was a native of this land. It is for this reason that you exposition shows the evolution of the domestic heavy rampage of the water, 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 motorcycles from the first army model M-72 with waters if you are an experienced water rafter. You can peak is crowned with inaccessible rocky bastions. The was the main character of the tale ‘Dear Name’ – it was Degtyarev automatic rifle to the largest model from enjoy and the quite stillness of Becklenishevskiye difficult climb to Shunut that trophy raid lovers are so made by the local artist N.Surenkov in 1956. Tourists the previous century – a one-seat “Wolf”. In the foreign Rocks or observe the climber that train here of the fond of can easily be combined with a visit to Starik- love Azov for the easy climb, interesting landscape and section, you can have a good look at the motorcycles regular basis. Those who are eager to try speleological Kamen Mountain, famous for its characteristic stone convenient stops, while scientists value this mountain that were manufactured abroad and even pretend drive tourism can visit the Smolinskaya Cave 1 kilometer rib. On the way to Starik Mountain remember to halt at for the numerous finds of Itkul archeological culture. one of them. away from Revun. a radon spring Platonida, which has healing properties. 65 km away from Ekaterinburg, Polevskoy 21 25 19 203 km away from Ekaterinburg, Rezhevskoy 90 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-354 Highway 90 km away from Ekaterinburg, 1Р-242 Highway Highway through the settlement of Zyuzelskiy to Highway through the town of Rezh, the town through the settlement of Pokrovskoye to the through the Revda River, the settlement of the path on the right of the high-way Talisman’ of Artyomovskiy to the town of Irbit 100а village of Beklenischeva porog-revun.ru 23 Mariinsk to the settlement of Krasnoyar, then take Hotel, the town of Polevskoy, 18 Rosy Lyuk- Sovetskaya Street, +7 (34355) 4-26-01, Tues. to Hotel Green Hall, st. Oktyabrskaya, 17, a 12-kilometer walk along the unsurfaced road semburg Street, +7 (34350) 5-75-65. Fri. 9:00-17:00, Sat. until 16:00 ‘Arktur’ Hotel, +7 (3439) 545-111. Metallurg’ Hotel, Revda, 33 Zykina Street, 35b Elizarievykh Street, + 7 (34355) 6-21-25. +7 (34397) 3-09-37.

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