Friday 5 July 2013

Yekaterinburg

The birth of the city happened in 1723 when the River was damned and the fortress built.
Lenin street and the Lenin Statue
Central Yekaterinburg
The Europe - Asia border near Yekaterinburg

Gania Yama -The new monastery built on the abandoned mine where the Romanovs bodies were destroyed
Memorials to the Romanov Family; The last Tsar Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, their four daughters and one Son who were murdered on 16th July 1918
All female visitors to the monestry had to cover their hair and wear a skirt.
The Church of the Blood
Built on the sight of the house where the Romanovs were killed. The basement where the murders took place has been reconstructed after the house was deasroyed in 1977 and The Church of the Blood was built on top.