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Nicholas II with his family. (left to right) Olga, Maria, Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, Anastasia, Alexei and Tatiana. Ganina Yama (Russian: Га́нина Я́ма, "Ganya’s Pit") was a 6 ft (2 m) deep pit [1] in the Four Brothers mine near the village of Koptyaki, 15 km (10 miles) north from Yekaterinburg.
The 500-seat Imperial Room is a major events venue at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The hall is located on the lobby level of the hotel and has hosted major events, such as addresses to the Empire Club of Canada , but was more important historically a famous nightclub-dinner club.
Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg (city later renamed Sverdlovsk) Ipatiev House (Russian: Дóм Ипáтьева) was a merchant's house in Yekaterinburg (city in 1924 renamed Sverdlovsk, in 1991 renamed back to Yekaterinburg) where the abdicated Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918, reigned 1894–1917), all his immediate family, and other members of his household were murdered [1] in July ...
The Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land [a] is a Russian Orthodox church in Yekaterinburg.Being built on the site of the Ipatiev House where Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, and his family, along with members of the household, were murdered by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War, the church commemorates the Romanov sainthood.
The emperor apparently conceived Catherinehof as the first imperial estate located on the road leading from the capital to his main summer residence, Peterhof. A pet project of Peter I, the estate was abandoned following his death. His niece Empress Anna (reigned in 1730-40) added two wings to the palace, but these were demolished in 1779.
During the times of the USSR, due to the concentration of industries related to defense, most of the Ural region was closed to foreigners for decades during the Cold War, limiting the contact of the Siberian population with Western ideas.
Yekaterinburg (jɪˈkætərɪnbɜːrɡ/ yih-KAT-ər-in-burg; Russian: Екатеринбург IPA: [jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk] ⓘ), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk (Russian: Свердловск IPA: [[svʲɪrˈdlofsk]] ⓘ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia.
Since 1947, New Year's Eve celebrations have taken place on the square. [5] Before 1991, military parades of the Yekaterinburg Garrison and demonstrations of workers in honour of May 1, Revolution Day, and Victory Day took place there. After 1991, the number of parades was reduced to one, in honor of Victory Day in WWII.