Yekaterinburg
/jɛˌkatəˈriːnbəːɡ
/(also Ekaterinburg)
An industrial city in central Russia, in the eastern foothills of the Urals; population 1,323,000 (est. 2008). Former name (1924–91) Sverdlovsk.
Origin
Named in honour of Ekaterina, the wife of Peter the Great, who founded the city in 1721.