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Document: Agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of tourism between the Ekaterinburg City Administration and the Municipality of Kazan. Kazan (2016), Protocol of Intentions between the cities of Kazan, Ekaterinburg, Ufa, Khabarovsk, Guangzhou, Qiqihar (2022)

Year of foundation: 1723

Population: 1.4 million people (2020)

Area of the city: 468 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +5

Website: https://екатеринбург.рф/

About the city:

Yekaterinburg is the fourth most populous city in Russia, the administrative center of the Sverdlovsk Region and the Urals Federal District. It is one of the largest economic centers in the world. Yekaterinburg is the largest city on the land border of Europe and Asia. The city is home to several headquarters of major Russian industrial companies - MRSK Urals, Steel Industrial Company, Russian Copper Company, and others. Now Yekaterinburg is one of the leading theatrical centers in Russia, with 57 theaters operating in the city. In 2012 Ekaterinburg was included in the list of the world's best cities to live in according to the Economist Intelligence Unit analytical company. Yekaterinburg is home to the world's oldest wooden sculpture the Great Shigir Idol. The world's most famous walking excavator, included in the Guinness Book of Records, was made in Yekaterinburg. In 2018, Yekaterinburg hosted several matches of the FIFA World Cup.

Joint events, contacts:

Yekaterinburg is one of the founders of the Eurasian branch of the UCLG.

In 2016, an agreement in the field of tourism, the development of tourism programs for schoolchildren was concluded.

In October 2016, a delegation from Yekaterinburg, headed by the Deputy Head of Administration of Yekaterinburg Sergey Tushin with tour operators from Yekaterinburg visited Kazan. They presented the tourism potential of their city.

In November 2016, representatives from Yekaterinburg came to Kazan to see the sights of Kazan.

In December 2016, a free information tour to Yekaterinburg was organized for tour operators in Kazan.

On November 30, 2017, the administration of the Vakhitovsky and Privolzhsky districts of Kazan and the administration of the Leninsky district of Yekaterinburg signed a cooperation agreement.

Yekaterinburg provided great support to Kazan in Durban, South Africa, in November 2019 when Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin was elected President of the UN Advisory Committee of Local Government.

In 2021, a delegation from Ekaterinburg visited the Transportation Committee and municipal unitary enterprises of urban passenger transport in Kazan to exchange experiences.

On June 17, 2022, a six-party agreement was signed between Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Khabarovsk and the Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Qiqihar. The meeting was held via videoconference between the cities of Russia and China.

In June 2022, representatives of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of Kazan visited Yekaterinburg to share the experience of Russian cities in urban planning, landscaping and transport development within the framework of the professional development program «Architects of the Russian Federation».

In November 2022, a representative of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of Kazan took part in the VI All-Russian Forum of Strategic Development «Cities of Russia 2030» held in Yekaterinburg.

On April 21, 2023, an online chess tournament «Friendship of Peoples» was held. It united teams from Kazan, Ufa, Khabarovsk, Yekaterinburg, Guangzhou and Qiqihar. The joint event was the first after the signing of the six-party agreement between the cities of Russia and China in 2022, and was designed to strengthen friendly relations. It was organized by the Ufa city administration.

The Ekaterinburg delegation took part in the International Architecture and Construction Forum «Kazanish», which took place in Kazan on December 5 - 7, 2023.

On February 6-8, 2025, Ruslan Gabdrakhmanov, Director of the Department of Architecture, Urban Development and Land Relations Regulation of the Yekaterinburg City Administration, visited Kazan to participate in the international architectural and construction forum «Kazanysh».

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Year of foundation: 497 B.C.

Population: 108,000 (2020)  

Area of the city: 65 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +3

Website: http://my-evp.ru/

About the city:

Yevpatoria is the capital of the northwestern and steppe Crimea, a resort. The peculiarity of the resort are unique lakes called limans. Today the city is considered the most environmentally friendly resort on the Crimean coast. The dominant position among the branches of the production sector is occupied by the food industry, which share in the total sales volume of the city is about 45%. The old city which is called "Little Jerusalem" is included in the tourist route recommended for visiting by the UNESCO.

Joint events, contacts:

From September 8 to 10, 2014, the International Business Forum Point of Growth was held in Yevpatoria, dedicated to tourism, investment and development of relations between Kazan and Yevpatoria.

On June 6, 2017, in order to maintain partnership relations between the cities of Kazan and Yevpatoria, Committee for the Promotion of Tourism of Kazan took part in the action "Carpet of Friendship and Good Neighborhood".