Quarter of millers: Secrets, passions and merchant millions of old Yekaterinburg

Quarter of millers: Secrets, passions and merchant fortunes of old Yekaterinburg

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Are you used to thinking that Yekaterinburg is an exceptionally harsh land of metallurgy, factories and machines? It is time to break the stereotypes and see the city from a completely different, unexpected side.

I invite you to travel to the second half of the XIX century. In those days, life was boiling here, serious passions were boiling, and fortunes were collapsing on... flour. Yes, the quarter near the Bread Market was a real “gold mine” and the location of small shops.

This area still has a special, incomparable atmosphere. But he does not reveal his secrets to every passerby. I will be your personal guide to the past and share the secrets of the neighborhood and its inhabitants.

Our journey is a journey through time:

• Let’s start with the majestic house of Simanov, the man who built the first industrial mill in Yekaterinburg.
• We will walk along March 8 (former Uktuskaya) street from Malyshev (B. Pokrovsky Prospekt) to Radishchev (B. Ogashikhinskaya).
• Be sure to turn to the courtyards to feel the special atmosphere of this quarter.
• We will stop at the chapel of Alexander Nevsky on the territory of the former Bread Market.
• We'll walk across March 8th Street and finish our adventure.

What are we gonna talk about? Only the most interesting!

• As an undertrained gymnasist, Ilya Simanov was able to become a “flour mill king” and a city head and how he developed the first traffic rules of Yekaterinburg.
• What was more valuable in those days: fresh cucumbers or overseas pineapples? (Spoiler: It will be unexpected!)
• What powerful dynasties of millers ruled the ball in Yekaterinburg in the second half of the XIX century, and who did not stand the competition.
• Why did the street next to the Bread Market have such an unusual name – Ogashikhinskaya?
• What a dark secret the chapel of Alexander Nevsky keeps.

And, of course, the most juicy stories: who married whom, who deceived whom, what Shakespearean passions boiled in merchant families, and how it all ended.

Give yourself 2 hours of deep history. Book an excursion right now, and let us discover the secrets of merchant Yekaterinburg together!

• The services of an enthusiastic guide (I will do anything to make you fall in love with this neighborhood!).

Duration: 2 hours (time will pass unnoticed!)
Number: 1 - 8 persons
Price: 5000 ой per group (Great opportunity to gather friends or family members and have a good time!) The trend of recent months: people come to celebrate their birthday

Photos of the route are waiting for you below!