Walking tour along the Red Line of Yekaterinburg

To get acquainted with Yekaterinburg, perhaps, it is best to walk through its historical center on foot. Visit the origins of the city - the factory in the early 18th century, where the Historical Square is now, pass by ancient merchant mansions of the 19th century, many of which are objects of cultural heritage. Here come to life the pages of the novels of the writer D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak. All of them harmoniously coexist with the buildings of the early 20th century in the style of constructivism, the images and techniques of which are guessed in most modern new buildings.

The history of the city is closely intertwined with the reign of the Romanov dynasty. By the will of one of its brightest representatives - Peter 1 the city was created and, by the will of fate, in Yekaterinburg tragically ended their earthly path in the basement of the house of engineer Ipatiev, the family of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas 2. At the place of the execution of the royal family now stands the Temple in the name of All Saints in the Russian land shone, the people call it the Temple on Blood.

Here, history and modernity coexist at every step, for example, the ancient Stone Bridge, built on the type of Venetian bridges, and the largest keyboard in the world - the scale of the monument is 30 to 1. After a walk along the Red Line, it will be interesting to climb to the observation deck of the first northernmost skyscraper in Russia - the Vysotsky building - and look at Yekaterinburg and its surroundings from a height of almost 200 meters.

The tourist pedestrian route “Red Line of Yekaterinburg” is marked on the sidewalk in the central part of the city. Its length is about 6 km. It starts in the center - on the square of the 5th year. Moving from object to object, you will get acquainted with the history of the founding of the city, its sights, many of which became silent witnesses of events that occurred over 300 years.