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Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg City Info

The city was founded in 1723 as mining-works, cultural and trade centre of the Ural region. It was a fort built to facilitate exploitation of the Ural Mountains mineral riches. The city was named Yekaterinburg in honor of the Empress Yekaterina II who was famous by her education reforms. In 1723 the first Government metallurgical plant was put into operation and the city?s rapid development began. In 1751 a factory to manufacture vases, caskets and other products from malachite and porphyry was built. In 1763 the Road from Moscow to Siberia was opened for travellers. They passed Yekaterinburg heading Siberia.

Train Routes From Yekaterinburg

Destination city Train name Schedule Departure Travel time Arrival Price
Irkutsk002 (Rossia) Moscow - VladivostokOdd dates1:51:00 AM53:427:33:00 AM$325.00-$495.00
Irkutsk010 (Baikal) Moscow - IrkutskOdd dates4:00:00 AM53:309:30:00 AM$301.00-$515.00
Irkutsk044 Moscow-KhabarovskEven dates12:00:00 PM56:218:21:00 PM$193.00-$391.00
Irkutsk350 Moscow-BlagoveschenskEven dates11:46:00 PM59:3411:20:00 AM$193.00-$391.00
Krasnoyarsk002 (Rossia) Moscow-VladivostokOdd dates1:51:00 AM34:2112:12:00 PM$305.00-$465.00
Krasnoyarsk056 (Yenisei) Moscow-KrasnoyarskEven dates9:12:00 PM34:377:49:00 AM$210.00-$369.00
Krasnoyarsk080 Moscow-KrasnoyarskOdd dates10:09:00 PM36:1010:19:00 AM$155.00-$342.00
Moscow001 (Rossia) Vladivostok-MoscowOdd dates5:31:00 PM24:115:42:00 PM$217.00-$327.00
Moscow007 Yekaterinburg-MoscowOdd dates1:02:00 AM29:336:35:00 AM$189.00-$294.00
Moscow015 Yekaterinburg-MoscowDaily9:10:00 AM24:029:12:00 AM$229.00-$343.00
Moscow349 Blagoveschensk-MoscowOdd dates11:42:00 PM28:414:23:00 AM$162.00-$219.00
Novosibirsk002 (Rossia) Moscow-VladivostokOdd dates1:51:00 AM20:5710:48:00 PM$249.00-$329.00
Novosibirsk056 Moscow - KrasnoyarskEven dates9:10:00 PM20:506:00:00 PM$187.00-$335.00
Novosibirsk118 Moscow-NovokuznetskOdd dates8:50:00 PM23:108:00:00 PM$183.00-$343.00
Omsk026 (Sibiryak) Moscow-NovosibirskOdd dates9:08:00 PM12:509:58:00 AM$149.00-$299.00
Perm007 Yekaterinburg - MoscowEven dates1:02:00 AM6:557:02:00 AM$70.00-$199.00
Perm344 Priobie - PermDaily8:35:00 PM10:277:02:00 AM$140.00-$190.00
Saint Petersburg071 Yekaterinburg-St. PetersburgEven dates5:00:00 PM37:076:07:00 AM$139.00-$299.00
Saint Petersburg073 Yekaterinburg-St. PetersburgOdd dates5:00:00 PM37:076:07:00 AM$139.00-$299.00
Volgograd216 Yekaterinburg-SimferopolDaily2:34:00 PM39:316:05:00 AM$133.00-$230.00