Ekaterinburg is the administrative center of the Sverdlovsk Region, the fourth most populous city in Russia. It was founded as a fortress plant on the Iset River in 1723. The place for the city was chosen by an associate of Peter I, V.N. Tatishchev. The city was named Ekaterinburg in honor of Empress Catherine I.
Today, Ekaterinburg is a large industrial, scientific and cultural center of the Ural Region and Russia. The city has more than 30 museums, above 600 historical and cultural monuments.
The postage stamp provides an image of the monument to the founders of Ekaterinburg Vasily Tatishchev and Georg Wilhelm de Gennin and a panorama of the modern part of the city.
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114 × 162 mm |