Yekaterinburg, alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk, is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Yekaterinburg is the fourth-largest city in Russia, the largest city in the Ural Federal District, and one of Russia's main cultural and industrial centres. Yekaterinburg has been dubbed the "Third capital of Russia", as it is ranked third by the size of its economy, culture, transportation and tourism.
Vladimir Sergeyevich Lisin is a Russian billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and majority shareholder of Novolipetsk (NLMK), one of the four largest steel companies in Russia.
Ural State Technical University (USTU) is a public technical university in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation. It is the biggest technical institution of higher education in Russia, with close ties to local industry in the Urals. Its motto, Ingenium Creatio Labor, means "brilliance, creation, work".
Verkhnyaya Pyshma is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 59,749 (2010 Census); 58,016 (2002 Census); 53,102 (1989 Census).
Uralmash is a heavy machine production business of the Russian engineering corporation OMZ. Its facility is located in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and it is reported to employ around 16,500 people. The surrounding residential area where workers live is also called Uralmash.
Metalloinvest Management Company LLC is a Russian mining and metallurgy company specializing in the manufacture of steel. It was founded in 1999 and is composed of a mining division and a steel division. USM Holdings Business Development owns 100% of Metalloinvest JSC. Alisher Usmanov is the major beneficiary of USM Holdings (60%), with other major beneficiaries — the companies of Andrei Skoch and Farhad Moshiri — owning 30% and 10%, respectively.
Iskander Kakhramonovich Makhmudov is an Uzbek-born Russian businessman.
Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov is an Uzbek–Russian businessman and oligarch. By 2022, Usmanov had an estimated net worth of $19.5 billion and was among the world's 100 wealthiest people.
The mineral industry of Russia is one of the world's leading mineral industries and accounts for a large percentage of the Commonwealth of Independent States' production of a range of mineral products, including metals, industrial minerals, and mineral fuels. In 2005, Russia ranked among the leading world producers or was a significant producer of a vast range of mineral commodities, including aluminum, arsenic, cement, copper, magnesium compounds and metals, nitrogen, palladium, silicon, nickel and vanadium.
BC Ekaterinburg is a Russian women's basketball team based in Yekaterinburg competing in the Russian Premier League, and until February 2022 in FIBA Europe's EuroLeague Women. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February 2022 EuroLeague Women suspended all Russian clubs, including UMMC.
Sinara Group is a Russian investment company founded in 2001 with holdings in the property development, rail transportation and financial services sectors.
The Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin is an educational institution in the Ural region of Russia. The Ural Federal University was formed by a merger of the Ural State Technical University and Ural State University. It is one of 10 Russian Federal Universities. The university cooperates with the Russian Academy of Sciences and serves as a research and innovation center for the Ural region. UrFU offers educational programs in four areas of knowledge and 108 academic majors.
Perm Governorate was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union from 1781 to 1923. It was also known as the government of Perm. It was located on both slopes of the Ural Mountains, and its administrative center was the city of Perm. The region gave its name to the Permian period.
Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company is a Russian metallurgical company based in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. It is the second largest copper producer in Russia.
LLC Transoil is a railway operator in Russia and was founded in 2003. The company is one of the biggest railway transporters of oil and oil products in Russia. LLC Transoil is based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. LLC Transoil operates 34,000 tanker railcars and 36 locomotives.
Andrei Vladimirovich Skoch is a Russian billionaire businessman, part owner of the steelmaker Lebedinsky Mining. According to the U.S. Forbes Magazine, Skoch is among the richest Russians and was listed in The World's Billionaires in 2012. Skoch is a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 1999.
Credit Bank of Moscow is a Russian bank founded in 1992 and operating in Moscow and Moscow Oblast.
The Technical University of UMMC, abbreviated as UMMC TU, is a private technical college located in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia's Ural Federal District. Opened in 2013, the university is operated by the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company and serves as a higher educational institution for industry workers.
The UMMC Museum Complex, fully the UMMC Museum Complex of Military and Civil Equipment, is a museum complex located in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. The private museum is dedicated to the mechanical and military history of the Ural Federal District. The complex, which constitutes three museums, is funded by the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company and houses a substantial collection of vehicles and other artifacts.
