Editing Yekaterinburg (section)

===Contemporary era===
During the [[1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt|1991 coup d'état attempt]], Sverdlovsk, the home city of President Boris Yeltsin, was selected by him as a temporary reserve capital for the Russian Federation, in case Moscow became too dangerous for the Russian government. A reserve cabinet headed by [[Oleg Lobov]] was sent to the city, where Yeltsin enjoyed strong popular support at that time.<ref>Martin McCauley, "Who's who in Russia since 1900", ''Routledge'', 1997: p.133.</ref> Shortly after the failure of the coup and subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union, the city regained its historical name of Yekaterinburg on 23 September 1991. However, Sverdlovsk Oblast, of which Yekaterinburg is the administrative centre, kept its name.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Ровно 18 лет назад Свердловск снова стал Екатеринбургом|url=http://ekburg.ru/news/2/11013/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416212241/http://ekburg.ru/news/2/11013/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2013|access-date=15 May 2018|website=Официальный портал Екатеринбурга|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=О возвращении городу Свердловску его исторического названия Екатеринбург, Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 23 сентября 1991 года №1674-1|url=http://docs.cntd.ru/document/901604776|access-date=15 May 2018|website=docs.cntd.ru}}</ref>

In the 2000s, an intensive growth of trade, business, and tourism began in Yekaterinburg. In 2003, Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] and German Chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] negotiated in Yekaterinburg. On 15–17 June 2009, the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|SCO]] and [[BRICS|BRIC]] summits were held in Yekaterinburg, which greatly improved the economic, cultural, and tourist situation in the city. On 13–16 July 2010, a meeting between Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] and German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] took place in the city.<ref>{{cite web|last=(www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche Welle|title=First BRIC summit concludes {{!}} DW {{!}} 16 June 2009|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4335954,00.html|access-date=20 May 2018|website=DW.COM|language=en}}</ref>

In 2018, Yekaterinburg hosted four matches of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] and hosted the inaugural [[University International Sports Festival]] in 2023.<ref name=":15" />