Verkhoturye
Sverdlovsk Region, Verkhoturye Ural Jerusalem, an amazing region where a huge number of holy places, churches and monasteries are concentrated, numerous trails to which pilgrims from all over Russia trampled, is located on the Ture River in the Sverdlovsk Region.
Ganina Yama
Sverdlovsk Region, pos. Shuvakish Ganina Yama is a unique temple complex, the dominant of which, naturally, is a temple in honor of the Holy Royal Passion-bearers, in which the myrrh-bearing cross is kept. Historical value is also provided by the accompanying buildings of the tract: the governor's house, the refectory, the bell tower, the museum of the monastery and the church shop.
Nevyanskaya Tower
ul. Krasnoarmeyskaya, 2 On the bank of the Neiva River in the quiet town of Nevyansk, the famous tower of the whole Ural, which glorified not only the provincial town, but also generated a huge amount myths and legends.
Nizhne-Sinyachikhinsky Museum
Alapaevsky District, p. Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha In the village of Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha, in the Sverdlovsk Region, there is a unique museum of the same name wooden architecture. Nizhne-Sinyachikhinsky Museum is a unique open-air complex in the territory of which there are exact copies of peasant estates
Olenye Ruchi Park
Sverdlovsk Region Natural the "Deer Streams" park in the Sverdlovsk Region is loved by many tourists, especially those who are not accustomed to travel to European capitals and comfortable hotels, and in search of adventure climbs mountains and plunges deep into caves.
The sights of the Sverdlovsk region can rightfully be considered the capital of the region - the city of Yekaterinburg. It is one of one hundred ancient cities of Russia. Founded in the early 18th century and named after the wife of Peter the Great, the city became not only the cultural and industrial center of the Urals, but also gave rise to development in many industries.
74 km north of Yekaterinburg is a small town Nevyansk. He became famous thanks to the famous Nevyan Tower. This tower, built in the first half of the 18th century, has an inclination of 1, 85 meters. Nevyanskaya Tower is on the list of monuments protected by the state.
Another attraction Sverdlovsk region - the house-museum of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in the city of Alapaevsk. Here Pyotr Ilyich spent three years of his youth before leaving for training in St. Petersburg. Many wonderful memories were associated with this place in the future composer, which he reflected in his letters and early works.
The Lower Sinyachikhinsky Museum of Wooden Architecture opens its doors in the Alapaevsky district, in the village of Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha. On the territory of the museum you can see replicas of rural buildings of the 17-19 centuries: huts, towers, fire-towers. And in the city of Sysert, the manor has survived to this day, where writer Pavel Bazhenov spent his childhood. Speaking about famous writers from the Urals, it is worth mentioning the village of Visim, the birthplace of DN Mamin-Sibiryak.
One of the most mysterious sights of the Sverdlovsk region is Ganina Yama. This place is tragically known by the events of the early 20th century. Previously, it was an abandoned mine, where later the remains of Nicholas II and the royal family were found. Later on this place was built a monastery and built seven wooden Orthodox churches - according to the number of members of the royal family.
In a small quiet town of Verkhoturye, 300 km from Yekaterinburg, there is a place called Ural Jerusalem . And everything from the fact that there are a large number of holy places to which pilgrims from Russia and abroad go in winter and summer . Ural Center Jerusalem - Spaso-Mykolaiv Monastery, founded in 1604 . - the oldest in Zauralye . The monastic estate is so large that it is comparable only with the territory of the Moscow Kremlin (or rather, its half) .Here are the relics of the spiritual patron of the Urals and Siberia - Simeon Verkhotursky . Here is also the unique Holy Cross Cathedral, the third largest in Russia (after the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow and St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg), adorned with a unique faience iconostasis, and snow-white Troitsky the cathedral of 1703 g . buildings declared by UNESCO as a world-class architectural monument .
It is impossible not to mention the natural park "Deer Streams" located on the river Serga only two hours from Ekaterinburg. This park is still called Ural Switzerland. Here the Ural taiga and the lode steppe, cliffs and cliffs converge, but the karst caves are the most interesting for tourists: in some of them the rock painting of primitive people is preserved
The conclusion is simple: in the Sverdlovsk region there are many sights and interesting places worth visiting. It is here, on the border of two cultures, at the junction of two parts of Russia, you can plunge into the atmosphere of past centuries, feel connected to something important and unique.