Yekaterinburg
(Екатеринбу́рг, also Romanised as
Ekaterinburg
),
formerly
Sverdlovsk
(Свердло́вск) is a major city in the central part
of Russia, the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast.
Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the
main industrial and cultural centre of the Urals Federal District.
Between 1924 and 1991, the city was known as
Sverdlovsk
(Свердло́вск),
after the Bolshevik party leader Yakov Sverdlov.
Yekaterinburg International airport
Koltsovo International airport
(
Аэропорт Кольцово
) (International
Airport code:
SVX
) is an International airport located 16 km (10 miles)
SE of Yekaterinburg, Russia.
The airport was opened in 1928 as a military airbase and became a civilian
airport on July 10, 1943. In October 1993 it acquired international
status.
