Yekaterinburg

American  

[yuh-kat-er-in-burg, yi-kuh-tyi-ryin-boork] / yəˈkæt ər ɪnˌbɜrg, yɪ kə tyɪ ryɪnˈburk /

noun

1. Ekaterinburg.

---

Yekaterinburg British  

/ jɪkətɪrinˈburk /

noun

1. Former name (1924–91): Sverdlovsk.  a city in NW Russia, in the Ural Mountains: scene of the execution (1918) of Nicholas II and his family; university (1920); one of the largest centres of heavy engineering in Russia. Pop: 1 281 000 (2005 est)

---

Example Sentences

In Egypt, Yousef - whose name we have also changed - told the BBC his older brother Mohammed, began a university course in Yekaterinburg in Russia in 2022.

From BBC

In the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, Yevgeny Mikhailov expressed his solidarity through music.

From BBC

Amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina, a Los Angeles resident, had been in prison in Russia for over a year, after being arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg in early 2024.

From BBC

Kazakhstan’s flagship airline, Qazaq Air, suspended service on a major route, to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.

From Los Angeles Times

He moved to Yekaterinburg, then Kursk, and spent three years in Kurgan, a city to the east of the Ural mountains, before he lost his job at the philharmonic orchestra there in 2022.

From BBC