Architecture and sights of Yekaterinburg

Three main stages can be distinguished.

1. 1723 - the end of the XVIII century - the development of Yekaterinburg as a factory-fortress and the gradual transformation into a county town of the Perm province, and then into the administrative center of the Urals. During this period, the foundation was laid for the regular planning of the city, progressive for Russian urban planning of the 18th century. The 18th century left the architecture of Yekaterinburg the basis of the composition of the planning structure.

2. The first half of the XIX century (especially the 1830s) - the most striking period of urban development of pre-revolutionary Yekaterinburg. The heyday of the architecture of Russian classicism coincided with the strengthening of the administrative status of Yekaterinburg, the strengthening of its role as the center of the mining Urals. At this time, a city plan was developed and the central part of the building was completed with buildings, which are today the most striking examples of architectural heritage.

3. The second half of the XIX - the beginning of the XX century. Yekaterinburg turned into a capitalist city, its architecture reflected the complexity of the interaction of styles and urban principles of that time - the transition from classicism to eclecticism, the randomness and unplanned development, caused by the further class stratification of society.

The architecture of Russian classicism is associated with the activities of architects who created at the beginning of the 19th century a school of industrial and civil architecture of the Urals, among which were graduates of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. Architects I.I. Svyaziev, A.Z. Komarov, M.P. Malakhov, A.P. Chebotarev and others worked under the Ural mountain government. The few buildings of the XVIII century were subsequently rebuilt, underwent alterations that completely changed their original appearance (Main Mountain Board, Ascension Church). Therefore, Yekaterinburg in its architectural manifestation, as defined by D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak, is entirely a “child of the 19th century.” [30] Many of the outstanding examples of architectural monuments that existed by 1910 can be seen among the collections created by the famous Russian documentary photographer S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky (Photo story of Yekaterinburg-Sverdlovsk on 1723.ru) and (in the project “Russian Empire in Color”) . In Soviet times, Sverdlovsk was actively built and developed, whole new areas appeared, such as Uralmash. Currently, one of the largest collections of constructivism architectural monuments in the world has been preserved in Yekaterinburg.

Lost Monuments

During the Soviet and recent years, about 90 historical and architectural monuments were destroyed in Yekaterinburg, one of the first and most resonant nationwide was the demolition of the Ipatiev House . ^[1] . Experts believe that the city has finally lost its historical appearance ^[2] .

The architecture of the Soviet avant-garde and constructivism of the 1920s-1930s, presented in urban architecture, is one of the greatest phenomena in world culture of the 20th century, which had a great influence on world architectural life. The monumentalism of the buildings of the Stalin period and some of the later ones, very widespread in the city that rapidly grew during that time, called Sverdlovsk, was also a landmark event for architecture and society.

The following fountains operate in the city:

• "Stone Flower" - the main fountain of the city on the south side of Labor Square
• fountain on the square of the Soviet Army (former light and music, now ordinary
• fountain at the monument to Popov on the north side of Labor Square
• Shar fountain at the Drama Theater
• 4 fountains (large and 3 small) in TsPKiO, light and music
• fountain between the Opera House and the Bolshoi Ural Hotel
• fountain at the factory "Three triples" on the street. Student
• 3 fountains with rotating balls on the corner near the Tikhvin club house
• The fountain "Time Machine" (aka "Kraken") - on the street. Weiner
• small fountains at the Mining Institute
• fountain on the street Sverdlov
• fountain near TsPKiO (corner of East and Weavers, at the diner)
• Fountain in the arboretum on March 8
• Fountain on Cosmonauts Avenue at the cinema "Zarya"
• 2 cup-shaped fountains near the road control (in the process, they change the shape of the jets), have a backlight
• Fountain on the Boulevard of Culture at the old recreation center UZTM
• Light and music fountain in the Iset river at the dam

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