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Yekaterinburg is the 5th largest
city in Russia after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and is the capital of
the Urals region. It was founded in 1723 by Peter the Great as the
metallurgical factory and by the 20th century it had become one of
Russia's largest and most important financial, industrial and
cultural centers. Between 1924 and 1991, the town was known as Sverdlovsk (Свердловск). The city is often said to be situated on
the border of Europe and Asia (on the Asian side) and two symbolic
monuments of this can be found near the city.
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