Location: Sverdlovsk Oblast
Top Things to do in Sverdlovsk Oblast
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Sverdlovsk Oblast (Свердло́вская о́бласть, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Its population is 4,297,747 (according to the 2010 Census).
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1. Leaning Tower of Nevyansk
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5.0 based on 141 reviews
Исторический памятник государственного значения. Главная достопримечательность г. Невьянска, "наш ответ Пизанской башне". Построена в 1721-1745 гг. Объект культурного наследия РФ, № 6610071001
Reviewed By zwartep2015
There are many similar leaning towers in the world. But this one started up leaninig nearly from the foundation. The tower was built up in the beginnning of 17 century. But the landlord ordered to finish it-he was extremly reach and persistent. Nearly the whole industrial region of Mid Ural with all mines, iron and copper foundries and plants belonged to him. Including this place and the whole tiwn of Nevyansk. In order to continue the constructiin of the tower there was necessary to find out the original engineering solutions for to prevent the tower of collapsing. And these solutions and invetions were found by the ordinary craftmen. We do not know there names. They were just serfs/slaves. But the most known building fastening unit: bolt-washer-nut was for the first time in world used in the tower. The nut and the bolt were with square-like head and not with hexagon head as all modern bolts&nuts. But nontheless.... And all of them still at their place. All of them regularly being checked with modern dyagnostic devices and methods. Safery first! But nothing wrong with the medieval bolts-washers-nuts! The first ever prototype of the reinforced iron or to be exact iron-cast iron was also invented and used there. These bars still hold together the whole tower. And againg... safety first... the laboratories regularly check the bars... the labs confess that they’ll serve for another couple of hundred centuries! Facinating constructiin!!!
2. The Temple for the Sake of the Prelate Nikolai
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
3. Automobile GAZ-AA
4. Chertovo Gorodische
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5.0 based on 107 reviews
Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland
After having been to the Europe-Asia border marker and the holy site of Ganina Yama I came to the spectacular rock formation called 'Devil's Town' in Russian. From Ganina Yama it took me 50 minutes by taxi on a dirt road with plenty of water filled potholes to get here, something most taxi drivers in other countries wouldn't have accepted to drive. Once at the parking it is a quite steep hike of about 10 minutes - with no signposts - through a forest full of granite boulders to the 347m asl high ridge with the unusual rocky outcrop. Since in August the area was full of mushrooms I saw quite a few people collecting them. The about 100m long and 20m high rock wall is impressive. It is a phenomenon, which can be found also in other places such as at the 'Greifensteine' in Saxony's Ore Mountains. Geologically it is explained as liquid magma that penetrated into a crack of already existing rocks and solidified to granite, forming a dike. Erosion weathered away the surrounding rocks, leaving the hard volcanic center. Later chemical alterations along intersecting joints formed the 'woolsack' or spheroidal weathering of the granite, which we can very well see here. The place is popular with rock climbers, of which one might encounter some, when visiting. A negative point are the many graffitis and signatures on this very special rock formation.
5. St. Simeon Compound Novo-Tikhvin Nunnery
6. Embankment of Working Youth
7. Holy Protection Monastery
8. Embankment of Pond of Nizhny Tagil
9. Innovative Cultural Center
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5.0 based on 8 reviews
In the Innovative Cultural Center, you can visit the "Museum of Mining Civilization" - an interactive project on the pages of the history of the Urals industry, constantly changing expositions. In addition, there is the School of Olympiad programming, design and publishing laboratory, electronic library. Various lectures and concerts are regularly held here.
10. Ganina Yama Monastery
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4.5 based on 777 reviews
Reviewed By olegl28
This is very significant monastery in Russian history. This k I land accept remains last Russian King, his wife and children. It is very important place for Russian people.
