Editing Yekaterinburg (section)

===Overview===
[[File:Yekaterinburg Border Asia Europe.jpg|thumb|Europe-Asia border marker near Yekaterinburg|left]]Yekaterinburg is a multipurpose cultural centre of the Urals Federal District.<ref name=":10" /> There are about fifty libraries in the city. The largest library organisations are the Sverdlovsk Oblast Universal Scientific Library, the V.G. Belinsky Scientific Library, which is the largest public library in Sverdlovsk Oblast, and the Municipal Library Association, which is composed of 41 libraries throughout the city, including the AI Herzen Central City Library.<ref>{{cite web|title=WiseCms – troubles...|url=http://culture.ekburg.ru/institutions/libraries/mob/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711000632/http://culture.ekburg.ru/institutions/libraries/mob/|archive-date=11 July 2012|access-date=24 May 2018|website=culture.ekburg.ru}}</ref>

There are about 50 different museums in the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=WiseCms – troubles...|url=http://culture.ekburg.ru/institutions/museum/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119065647/http://culture.ekburg.ru/institutions/museum/|archive-date=19 January 2011|access-date=24 May 2018|website=Culture.ekburg.ru}}</ref> Yekaterinburg has unique museum collections, such as the collections of Russian paintings in the [[Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts]] and the Nevyansk icons in the [[Nevyansk Icon Museum]], with more than 300 icons representing the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries on display. There is also a unique exhibit, the Kaslinsky cast iron pavilion, which received main awards at the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|1900 World Exhibition]] in Paris. The Kasli Pavilion was registered by UNESCO as the only cast-iron architectural structure in the world, which is in the museum collection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://xn----ctbsbazhbctieai.ru-an.info/новости/триумф-россии-на-всемирной-выставке-в-париже-1900-года/#:~:text=Всемирная%20Парижская%20выставка%201900%20г.,436%20серебряных%20и%20347%20бронзовых|title=Триумф России на Всемирной выставке в Париже 1900 года – Новости РуАН|website=новости-россии.ru-an.info|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> Museums of the city also have collections of jewellery and stone ornaments. The United Museum of Writers of the Urals presents exhibitions in memory of writers such as [[Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak]] and [[Pavel Bazhov]]. It also is the home of the ''Shigirskaya Kladovaya'' (''Шигирская кладовая''), or Shigir Collection, which includes the [[Shigir Idol|oldest known wooden sculpture]] in the world. The sculpture was found near [[Nevyansk]] and originally estimated to have been made approximately 9,500 years ago, but now is estimated to have been made 11,500 years ago.<ref>Lykova TR&nbsp; [http://elar.usfeu.ru/bitstream/123456789/2911/1/Lykova.pdf Cultural and historical centres of the Sverdlovsk region] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011153041/http://elar.usfeu.ru/bitstream/123456789/2911/1/Lykova.pdf |date=11 October 2016 }}&nbsp; // method. instructions for studying the course "Cultural and Historical Centres of the Urals" for full-time or part-time students, direction 100400 – Tourism. – Ekaterinburg: UGLTU, 2014. – P. 15-16 .</ref> Yekaterinburg museums annually participate in the international event [[Long Night of Museums]].

Yekaterinburg has the third most theatres in Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Главная страница - АПИ-Урал|url=http://www.apiural.ru/|access-date=26 February 2022|website=www.apiural.ru}}</ref> The influence of theatrical life of the city was made by the Moscow Art Academic Theater and the Central Theater of the Soviet Army when they evacuated to Yekaterinburg (as Sverdlovsk) during World War II, and they had their own theater in the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Архитектура и планировка социалистического Свердловска. Часть 2.|url=http://www.1723.ru/read/books/sverdlovsk-1980/s-1980-5-2.htm|access-date=24 May 2018|website=1723.ru}}</ref> Notable theatres that operate in the city are Academic Theater of Musical Comedy, Drama Theater, [[Nikolay Kolyada|Kolyada-Theater]], the youth theatre, and the puppet theatre, as well as others. The Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater received four awards at the [[Golden Mask (Russian award)|Golden Mask]] 2020 Festival in Moscow, including the main Golden Mask for the Best Opera Performance<ref>{{cite web|last=Вейн|first=Инна|title=Уральские актеры и режиссеры привезли домой сразу четыре "Золотые маски"|url=https://ekb.dk.ru/news/237143558|access-date=15 August 2021|website=Ekb.dk.ru|date=10 November 2020|language=ru}}</ref>

In 2014, the city showcased its education, literary, art, and theatre culture through the Russian Year of Culture Programme.<ref>Fletcher, Martin. [http://yekaterinburgnews.com/daily-news/yekaterinburg-to-showcase-citys-cultural-achievements-during-year-of-culture/7712/ "Yekaterinburg to showcase city’s cultural achievements during Year of Culture"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140213183436/http://yekaterinburgnews.com/daily-news/yekaterinburg-to-showcase-citys-cultural-achievements-during-year-of-culture/7712/ |date=13 February 2014 }}. ''Yekaterinburg News''. 13 February 2014. (Retrieved 13 February 2014).</ref>

The city has a well-developed film industry. Opened back in 1909, Laurage was the first cinema in Yekaterinburg. In 1943, the Sverdlovsk Film Studio was opened and produced its first feature film Silva a year later. After the Second World War, the studio produced up to ten feature films a year. There are more than 20 cinemas in Yekaterinburg, the oldest of which is the Salyut, while the most capacious is the Cosmos spacecraft.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pozdnyakova|first=Julia|date=27 May 2016|title=Sverdlovsk Oblast was in the picture|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/private/pdoc?docsid=2997072|access-date=24 May 2018|website=Kommersant}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Интервью - АПИ-Урал|url=http://www.apiural.ru/interview/?art=35726|access-date=26 February 2022|website=www.apiural.ru}}</ref> There are also chains of movie theatres such as Premier-Zal, Kinomaks, and Kinoplex, which usually open in shopping and entertainment centres.

A number of popular Russian rock bands, such as Urfin Dzhyus, [[Chaif]], [[Chicherina]], [[Nautilus Pompilius (band)|Nautilus Pompilius]], Nastya, Trek, [[Agatha Christie (band)|Agata Kristi]], [[Slaughter to Prevail]] and [[Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii]], were originally formed in Yekaterinburg (''Ural Rock'' is often considered as a particular variety of rock music. Yekaterinburg and [[St. Petersburg]] are actually considered to be the main centres of the genre in Russia). Also, opera singers like [[Boris Shtokolov]], [[Yuri Aleksandrovich Gulyayev|Yuri Gulyayev]], Vera Bayeva graduated from the Urals State Conservatory. The [[Ural Philharmonic Orchestra]] (currently conducted by [[Dmitry Liss]]), founded by Mark Paverman and located in Yekaterinburg, is also very popular in Russia and in Europe, as well as the Ural Academic Popular Chorus, a folk-singing and dance ensemble.{{Citation needed|date=May 2018}}
[[File:E-burg asv2019-05 img48 Ekb Circus.jpg|thumb|[[Yekaterinburg Circus]].]]

[[Yekaterinburg Circus|Yekaterinburg V. I. Filatov State Circus]] is located in the centre of the city, on the western bank of the Iset River. In 2012, the Yekaterinburg Circus was nominated "Best Circus of the Year" for the circus show Sharivari by the Rosgoscirk and the [[Ministry of Culture (Russia)|Ministry of Culture]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Премией "Шаривари" отметили лучших деятелей циркового искусства – В МИРЕ ЦИРКА И ЭСТРАДЫ|url=http://www.ruscircus.ru/sharivari_689|access-date=25 May 2018|website=ruscircus.ru}}</ref>

The Presidential Center named after Boris Yeltsin was built in Yekaterinburg in 2015. It is considered to be a public, cultural and educational center. Center has its art gallery, library, museum equipped with the newest multimedia technologies that help to present the documents, video materials and archive photos. In 2017, the [[Yeltsin Center]] was recognized as the best museum in Europe by the Council of Europe, the first of the museums in Russia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ельцин Центр признали «лучшим европейским музеем 2017 года»|url=https://www.the-village.ru/city/architecture/265628-yeltsin-center-is-the-best|access-date=15 August 2021|website=The Village|language=ru}}</ref>

The [[Ural Society of Natural Science Lovers|Urals Society of Natural Science Lovers]] pushed Yekaterinburg to have a zoo. Currently, the zoo has more than 1,000 animals that belong to more than 350 species. The zoo covers an area of 2.7 hectares.

On 18 June 2011, Yekaterinburg launched Red Line as a pedestrian tourist route for self-guided tours by residents and visitors to go to 34 landmarks in the historical section of the city.<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 June 2011|script-title=ru:Самые популярные достопримечательности Екатеринбурга соединит красная линия на тротуаре|language=ru-RU|work=Interfax-Russia.ru|url=http://www.interfax-russia.ru/Ural/report.asp?id=238902|access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref>