A few facts about Yekaterinburg
- Yekaterinburg is among the ten largest cities in Russia; about 1.5 million people live here.
- No town in Sverdlovsk Oblast is bigger.
- It's about 1417 km to Moscow, the country's largest city.
- Towns nearby: Sredneuralsk (17 km), Aramil (22 km) and Degtyarsk (36 km).