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Yekaterinburg (from 1924 to 1991 - Sverdlovsk)
In the spring of 1723 by decree of Peter I on the banks of the river Iset construction of Russia's largest ironworks. The date of birth of the city became a day 7 (18) in November 1723, when the workshops was carried out a trial run bloomery battle hammers. Construction of the plant began on the initiative of VN Tatishchev, but later he came to counter industrialist Demidov ND. Tatishcheva supported GV de Gennin, on whose initiative the factory-fortress named Yekaterinburg in honor of Empress Catherine I, wife of Peter I.
Yekaterinburg (from 1924 to 1991 - Sverdlovsk)
In the spring of 1723 by decree of Peter I on the banks of the river Iset construction of Russia's largest ironworks. The date of birth of the city became a day 7 (18) in November 1723, when the workshops was carried out a trial run bloomery battle hammers. Construction of the plant began on the initiative of VN Tatishchev, but later he came to counter industrialist Demidov ND. Tatishcheva supported GV de Gennin, on whose initiative the factory-fortress named Yekaterinburg in honor of Empress Catherine I, wife of Peter I.