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  • A city of west-central Russia in the eastern foothills of the Ural Mountains. Nicholas II and his family were executed here (1918) after the Russian Revolution. From 1924 to 1991 the city was known as Sverdlovsk.

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  • proper noun A city in the Sverdlovsk oblast of Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population.

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  • But the happenings in Yekaterinburg don't look good to this guy.

    Jack Bog's Blog: June 2009 Archives 2009

  • But the happenings in Yekaterinburg don't look good to this guy.

    Not to bum you out or anything (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Perhaps most troubling for Ms. Romanova's legal process are the questions posed by experts in Yekaterinburg about her credibility.

    They're Russian to Judgment 2006

  • A plane crash in 1950 near the Russian city of Sverdlovsk, now called Yekaterinburg, killed 13 players and officials in the Soviet air force's ice hockey squad.

    Russians searching for crashed plane's recorders 2011

  • A plane crash in 1950 near the Russian city of Sverdlovsk, now called Yekaterinburg, killed 13 players and officials in the Soviet air force's ice hockey squad.

    Russians searching for crashed plane's recorders 2011

  • A plane crash in 1950 near the Russian city of Sverdlov, now called Yekaterinburg, claimed the lives of 13 players and officials in the air force's ice hockey squad, while the Munich air crash of 1958 cost eight Manchester United players their lives.

    Russian jet crash kills 43, many top hockey stars 2011

  • Kiseyov, academic secretary of the Institute of Philosophy and Law in Yekaterinburg, which is 25 miles from the village.

    NYT > Home Page By SETH MYDANS 2011

  • A plane crash in 1950 near the Russian city of Sverdlovsk, now called Yekaterinburg, killed 13 players and officials in the Soviet air force's ice hockey squad.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • A plane crash in 1950 near the Russian city of Sverdlovsk, now called Yekaterinburg, killed 13 players and officials in the Soviet air force's ice hockey squad.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • - "Yekaterinburg," - Hudson writes, "may become known not only as the death place of the czars but of the American empire as well."

    The American Empire Is Bankrupt 2009

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