SVERD LOVSK REGION EVENT PASSPORT SVERDLOVSK REGION — a portrait of the region in a few facts Ekaterinburg — the administrative center of the Sverdlovsk region — is an industrial, metallurgical, mining, transport and cultural center located between Europe and Asia. It is difficult to find another place in the world in which so many precious stones are concentrated. Ural gems are not just minerals, but a miracle of nature, glorified in fairy tales. METALLURGICAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTER CIVILIZATION “EKATERINBURG-EXPO” The total area of the complex is To come to the Urals means to 150,000 sq. m: The largest events held: get acquainted with the history of industry and modern technologies. ● 4 exhibition halls: total area — a. SCO and BRIC Summits (2009) Nowadays it is a major center 50,000 sq. m (1 pavilion — 20,000 sq. m, 3 pavilions — b. International Industrial Exhibition of metallurgical and innovative “INNOPROM” (annually since 2010) production. You will feel the famous 10,000 sq. m each); Ural hospitality and all the subtleties c. EU-Russia Summit (2013) ● congress center: total area - of the Ural character in this 41,600 sq. m. (40 conference d. Russian-Chinese Expo (2016 and 2018) “stronghold of the state”, because the rooms, capacity of the main hall — mountains in the Urals are not only up to 5,000 people); e. FIFA World Cup games (2018) the “treasury” of gold and emeralds, but also of great people — masters of ● open exhibition space — f. Global Summit of Production and their craft. 60,000 sq. m. Industrialization, GMIS (2019) LEADING INDUSTRIES Ferrous and Engineering Chemical Agriculture Forest Light non-ferrous industry industry industry metallurgy PLANNING THE MOST VIVID WEATHER YOUR VISIT IMPRESSIONS Explore the imperial route — Accessibility “Romanovs’ Places”, authentic Season Average The presence of a developed monuments of mining civilization, the temperature transport infrastructure provides high Yeltsin Center and nature parks. transport accessibility for guests of the region. Visit the border of Europe and Asia, on the top of the Urals — the skyscraper Winter to °С Koltsovo International Airport named «Vysotsky», in the depths of the gold -6 -20 after Akinfiy Demidov is one of the mines of the city of Berezovsky. largest regional air ports in Russia in terms of passenger traffic. In Visit the Ural Music Night and the Ural Spring -2 to +13 °С 2019, 42 airlines operated flights to Industrial Biennale. Koltsovo, and the total passenger Energize during rafting on the flow amounted to 6.4 million Chusovaya River, rallying on the Mazda Summer to °С passengers. Distance to the city MX5CUP and skiing from Mount +16 +25 center — 20 km — 25 min. Belaya. Buy souvenirs from the Ural gems, Accommodation malachite box, Demidov’s nail, Tagil tray Autumn -1 to +11 °С The number of collective and Artinsky scythe. accommodation facilities in the Try Ivan-tea, Ural dumplings, stroganina, Sverdlovsk region — 538. vareniki, bird cherry and pike seasoned Total capacity — 48 121 places. in Ural style. CONTENT 1. Geography and Nature . 8 4. How to get to the Sverdlovsk Region . .64 Sverdlovsk Weather and Climate . 12 Tourism Tourist information centers. .65 Region Time zone . 12 Capabilities Landmarks and Sights . 66 Social Portrait, Religion . 12 Main Routes . .68 Economy and Production. 14 Hotel Sector. .72 Transport Accessibility . 18 Useful Facts and Numbers . .74 Main Symbols of the Region . 20 Ratings and Prizes . 28 Main Events: Business Events. .30 Fairs, Festivals, etc. 31 Calendar Plan of Main Events . 34 2. Leading Economy Sectors . 40 5. Traditions and Customs. .78 Industrial Associations and Sectoral Organizations . 46 Culture Museums . 80 Specialization Research Institutes and Branches of the RAS, Theatres . 86 of the Region Leading Universities . 47 3. General Data on the Regional Event Industry. .50 6. Traditional Cuisine. .92 Event Convention Bureau and Marketing Organizations . 51 Gastronomic Map Restaurant Infrastructure Industry Venues . .52 of the Region of Traditional Cuisine . 94 Sverdlovsk 1 Region Event Passport Sverdlovsk Region On its territory: 94 municipalities uniting 47 cities, 99 working settlements and urban-type settlements and 1 821 rural settlements. Geography and Nature Ekaterinburg is an administrative through several mountain rang- south-east area. Forests occu- center of the Urals Federal Dis- es that form beautiful onshore py 82.3% of the territory of the trict, a “capital” of the Sverdlovsk cliff rocks with multiple caves and Sverdlovsk Region. In total, 35.2% Region, one of the largest cities in grottoes. of the mature forests is birches, Russia. 33.8% — pine-trees, 16.3% — fir- Mineral waters for balneothera- trees, 15.5% — aspen, and 5.7% — The highest point is the Konzha- py, as well as for medical drinking cedar. kovskiy Rock Mountain (1,569 m). and dining use are widely spread The Sverdlovsk Region is the largest Ural The Northernmost point is the on the territory of the Sverdlovsk Fauna of the Sverdlovsk Region Yanygkhachechakhl Mountain Region. Thus far 29 underground represents a typical forest com- region comprised in the Urals Federal (1,023.8 m). water deposits (sites) have been plex with species of polyzonal areal District. The Region covers the middle developed on the territory of the types. 66 mammalian species, 228 Main rivers: rivers of the Ob River Sverdlovsk Region. bird species, 6 species of reptile, 9 and northern parts of the Ural Mountains, basin (Iset River, Tavda River, Tura species of amphibians, and 48 fish and western margins of the West Siberian River) and the Kama River basin Flora: conifer and mixed forests; species have been registered on (Chusovaya River, Ufa River). The forest steppes in the extreme the territory of the Region. Plain. Its area is 194 307 sq. m; it extends largest lakes of the Region are Pe- lymsky Fog Lake, Vagilsky Fog Lake. 660 km from the North to the South, and The largest water-dividing lakes are 560 km from the West to the East. Iset Lake and Tavatuy Lake. Chusovaya River is a left-bank trib- utary of Kama River and the most picturesque river of the middle Urals. Winding whimsically among cliffed coasts it brings its waters through spurs of the Ural Moun- tains. On its way the river cuts 8 9 Event Passport Sverdlovsk Region such as Druzhba (Friendship), Ara- kaevskaya, Katnikova and others (59 caves in total) are located here. Biologically, the territory of the park is a border between two landscape zones of the middle Urals: taiga and forest steppes. Nature Park “Bazhovskie Mes- ta” (Places of Bazhov), SBI of the Sverdlovsk Region, is largely locat- ed on the territory of the ancient Sysert Middle Massif formed with paleotypal rocks of more than 1 bln years old. The territory of the park is rich and diverse: un- disturbed natural landscapes have been kept here; it’s inhabited by rare representatives of flora and fauna; there are unique historical objects. The main forest forming species are pine-trees and birch- and animals, typical and unique ries, such as wharves, metallurgic es that account for about 99% of ecological systems. plants, and a Literal and Historical the wooded lands of the region. Complex “Visim — the Birthplace of Nature Park “Bazhovskie Mesta” is Nature Park “River Chusovaya”, Ural Writer D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak”. named after a famous Ural writer SBI of the Sverdlovsk Region. P.P. Bazhov, since Ural is the birth- Currently the area of the park Natural Mineralogical Reserve “Re- place of P.P. Bazhov himself and is 84,560 ha. The park consists zhevskoy”, SBI of the Sverdlovsk his most poetic tales. of two areas — the Chusov one Region. It covers the central part of Natural Reserves which is directly adjacent to Riv- the unified geological and miner- Forests of the Denezhkin Kamen er Chusovaya, and the Visim one alogical system known as the Ural (Money Stone) Natural Reserve. which is located near Visim settle- Semi-Precious Band. The reserve Forests are the main type of veg- ment, where historical sites of the occupies the area of 39,500 ha in Specially protected natural sites of federal and regional significance. There are 529 spe- etation in the reserve, they oc- Demidov family are still preserved. the Rezh City District. The territo- cially protected natural reservations (SPNR) in the Sverdlovsk Region, including 5 SPNRs cupy almost 96% of its territory. 38 natural monuments located on ry of the reserve can boast with of federal significance, 506 SPNRs of regional significance, and 18 SPNRs of local signif- A unique feature of the reserve is the territory of the park are sites unique natural monuments and icance. The total SPNR area is 1,307,405.55 ha, or 6.73 % of the total area of the Sverd- defined by two areas of virgin tai- of special concern and exploration mineral mines (Aduisky Kamen, lovsk Region. ga located in the southern part of (most of them are sea cliffs — so- Shaitan Kamen and Semeninskaya Maly City, as well as Bolshoi Sutuk called “fighters”), as well as 192 Mine), historical monuments, geo- and Kuliga. The main goal is to pre- Red Book species of plants and morphological and botanical natu- serve and study natural processes animals, a complex of archeolog- ral monuments, where rare plants Nature Park “Olenyi Ruchyi” (Deer and phenomena as they are, as ical monuments — cave sanctuar- grow naturally in quantities, nu- Streams), the State budgetary in- well as genetic heritage of vege- ies of the Stone Age, monuments merous animals, birds and insects stitution (SBI) of the Sverdlovsk table an animal worlds, separate of mining and metallurgical past inhabit. The Natural Mineralogical Region, is located in the South- species and communities of plants of Ural of the 18th–19th centu- Reserve “Rezhevskoy” constant- West of the Region and occupies ly researches the protected area, the area of 18,871 ha in the lower accumulates the information base, course of Serga River.