Yekaterinburg is the administrative center of the Ural Federal District, as well as an important industrial, cultural and educational center of the Ural Territory. There really is something to see for both guests and residents of the city. In Yekaterinburg, European and Asian culture and traditions are intricately interwoven. These lands, rich in natural resources, helped the city to occupy an important place in the country. Modern Yekaterinburg is dotted with wide avenues, with new high-rise buildings, including the tallest skyscraper "Vysotsky", huge shopping complexes and centers, lush parks with tall trees and ponds. Rest in Yekaterinburg is good at any time of the year. In the summer you can, for example, go sailing around the city ponds, visit a yacht club, take a walk through the woods and get acquainted with the local flora and fauna, and in winter experience real extreme sports in the city ski centers where you can ride along the mountain peaks adjacent to the city. The historical center of Yekaterinburg is the so-called "Plotinka" - a dam on the Iset River, where 300 years ago this city began to exist as a fortified factory. This oldest construction in the city was built of wood, which grows in the Urals and has the property of stony in water. Young people love to walk here, interesting and significant events of the city take place here. In this place, a monument was erected to the founders of the city and the Historical Square was built. Among other excellent places for walking in good weather, it is worth noting the park to them. Mayakovsky, zoo, reserve "Deer Streams". One of the most interesting buildings of the city is the Yekaterinburg Circus, which has an original lattice dome structure, which can be seen from anywhere in the city. Modern Yekaterinburg is decorated with a large number of colorful sculptures and monuments, such as a monument to V. Vysotsky and M. Vladi, Gene Bukin, guitar fingerboard, keyboard, plumbing and banker, as well as lovers. Another significant monument of Yekaterinburg is the obelisk, erected on the border of two parts of our continent - Europe and Asia. However, the city was not always the same as it is known today. Yekaterinburg is known for its glorious history, reflected in the magnificent architecture, as well as the monuments that keep the sorrow and valor of the heroic war years. Ekaterinburg is also famous for a huge number of museums. These are the house-museums of the famous writer and poet Reshetnikov and Bazhov, a magnificent architectural monument - the house of Sevastyanov. As well as a museum of arts, dolls and a children's book, the history of stone carving and jewelry, Ural architecture and industry, geology, a historical city museum, a museum of local history of the Sverdlovsk region, a museum of literary life in the Urals, a museum of photography and a museum of radio, a museum of airborne forces, galleries and exhibition centers. The old building of the Borchaninov-Pervushin mill and the stunning imagination of the old passenger railway station, which now serves as the museum of the Sverdlovsk Railway, amaze with its splendor and beauty. Among the cult buildings of Yekaterinburg - the most attractive for tourists and pilgrims are the huge Temple on the Blood, which is located at the site of the execution of the royal family, as well as one of the largest operating monasteries in the Urals region - the Novo-Tikhvin Nunnery at Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.