Main article: Subjects of the Russian Federation
The Sverdlovsk region is a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, part of the Ural Federal District. It covers an area of 194.2 thousand km ².
Federal authorities
Territorial branches of federal authorities:
- Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk region
- Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region
- Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia in the Sverdlovsk Region
- Main Directorate of the Federal Bailiff Service for the Sverdlovsk Region
- Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Sverdlovsk Region
- Office of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media in the Ural Federal District
- Office of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography in the Sverdlovsk Region
- Office of the Federal Migration Service for the Sverdlovsk Region
- Office of the Federal Treasury for the Sverdlovsk Region
- Office of the Federal Tax Service for the Sverdlovsk Region
- Central Interregional Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
- Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Region
- Office of the Judicial Department in the Sverdlovsk Region
- Arbitration Court of the Ural District
- Sverdlovsk Regional Court
- PFR branch in the Sverdlovsk region
- Territorial fund of compulsory health insurance of the Sverdlovsk region
Government
Main article: Government of the Sverdlovsk region
Settlements
Administration of the city of Yekaterinburg - Yekaterinburg City Duma
- Department of Finance of the Administration of the city of Yekaterinburg
- Department of Education of the Administration of the city of Yekaterinburg
- Department for Physical Culture and Sports of the Administration of the city of Yekaterinburg
- Department of Housing and Communal Services of the Administration of the city of Yekaterinburg
- Land Committee of the Administration of the city of Yekaterinburg
- EMUP "Metropolitan"
- EMUP "Spetsavtobaza"
- Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Vodokanal" of the city of Yekaterinburg
- MKU "Department of Capital Construction of the City of Yekaterinburg"
- MKU "Center for Municipal Services"
Administration of the city of Nizhny Tagil
Administration of the Oktyabrsky district of Yekaterinburg
Administration of Berezovsky urban district
Administration of the urban district Zarechny
Administration of Novouralsky urban district
- MKU "Center for Accounting and Material and Technical Support of Municipal Educational Institutions"
City District Administration Sredneuralsk
Transport
Airports
Roads
Surface Metro
2024: Ground metro will be built in Yekaterinburg for 193 billion rubles
On September 23, 2024, it became known that the construction of a ground metro began in Yekaterinburg. The costs of implementing a large-scale project are estimated at 193 billion rubles.
According to the resource URA.Ru, referring to information received from the mayor of Yekaterinburg Alexei Orlov, the railway line is planned to be laid from the Compressor Plant station to the Koltsovo Airport station. The total length of the line will be about 10 km; five stops will be provided on the route. According to Orlov, one of the main difficulties in the implementation of the project is the congestion of railways.
| To increase the number of intra-city trains, you need to look for windows [in the schedule]. This is such a difficult task, since there is a lot of freight transport in connection with all the famous events, "says the mayor of Yekaterinburg. |
In general, the new route - Novokoltsovsky - is part of the promising Yekaterinburg central passenger ring, which also includes the South-West route and diametrical links with Sredneuralsky, Berezovsky, Verkhnyaya Pyshma and other nearby cities.
| Step by step, we are preparing all the necessary base for the formation of a transport framework, which in the future will become a powerful impetus for the development of not only Yekaterinburg, but also satellite cities, "Orlov said. |
In June 2023, Orlov approved a project for planning and surveying the territory for the construction of a new railway line. The project will include land privately owned (8.39 ha), municipal property (4.72 ha), property of the Russian Federation (12.6 ha), property of the Sverdlovsk region (4.35 ha), as well as undefined land (23.99 ha). The project implementation period is estimated at 12 years.[1]
2025: Number of road cameras in the region - 1,036
Digitalization
Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Sverdlovsk Region
- Yekaterinburg Scientific and Technical Center of FSUE NPP Gamma
- GBU SO "Electronic Government Operator"
- Regional Information Center JSC
- IT companies in Asbestos
- IT companies in Yekaterinburg
- IT companies in Irbit
- IT companies in Novouralsk
2025: The authorities of Yekaterinburg approved 2.2 billion rubles for the digitalization of the city. What the money will go for
On October 27, 2025, the authorities of Yekaterinburg approved a program for the comprehensive digital transformation of the urban environment. About 2.2 billion rubles will be allocated for the implementation of the planned measures.
The official document "Development of the digital environment in the municipality" City of Yekaterinburg "for 2026-2030" is published on the website of the city administration. The order to start the implementation of the project was signed by the mayor of the city Alexei Orlov.
As the publication "Uralinformburo" points out, the main tasks of the program are to increase the level of security and stability of information processing, as well as strengthen the protection of data with the status of state secrets.
According to the city administration, the share of electronic socially significant services for the population is already reaching 95%. Citizens send 98% of requests digitally.
Uralinformburo clarifies that many information systems of various levels are operated in various divisions of the municipality. However, a significant amount of documents are still processed manually, which creates consistency problems and leads to duplication of data. This reduces the effectiveness of the administration of Yekaterinburg and its structures.
The authors of the program believe that the problem can be solved by creating conditions for easy interaction between various departments through the digitalization of the work of the municipality.
The program provides for the introduction of information technologies and software solutions in all structures of the administration, the creation of a unified database for the exchange of information between departments, the transition to domestic software and hardware, as well as the creation of a secure data transmission system that prevents leaks.
According to forecasts of the city authorities, thanks to the implementation of the program by 2030, all municipal services will be provided electronically using Russian software by 95%.[2]
2024: Total revenue of IT companies of the Sverdlovsk region for the year increased by 23.5% and reached 100 billion rubles
At the end of 2024, the total revenue of IT companies in the Sverdlovsk region exceeded 100 billion rubles, an increase of 23.5% compared to the previous year. Such data are given in the review of the Russoft association, which TAdviser got acquainted with in early December 2025.
The largest IT organization in the Sverdlovsk region is SKB Kontur, which creates software for electronic document management, accounting and enterprise management: the revenue of this company in 2024 reached 32.5 billion, showing an increase of 21% compared to 2023. In second place is the manufacturer of infocommunication equipment, digital platforms and automation systems Iskra Technologiya with an indicator of 4 billion rubles and a fall of 10% on an annualized basis. The developer of digital platforms for omnichannel retail GA TechTeam closes the top three with 2.5 billion rubles and an increase of 90% compared to 2023.
In the Sverdlovsk region there are a number of measures to support the IT sector. This, in particular, is a reduced rate within the framework of the simplified taxation system (STS) - 5% under the item "income-expenses." For participants in priority investment projects, benefits are provided for corporate income tax and corporate property tax, and in 2025-2027 there is an investment tax deduction for corporate income tax (50% of the volume of investments made, the income tax rate is 13.5%). In addition, the region uses a patent taxation system.
Russoft also notes that in order to develop the IT industry in the Sverdlovsk region, an annual competition is being held for the governor's awards in the field of information technology (in the amount of 300 thousand rubles each). The main task is to promote IT solutions, find talented scientists, managers and specialists who can offer extraordinary innovative ideas and projects.[3]
2023
Results of implementation of regional digital projects
On February 29, 2024, the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Sverdlovsk Region published the results of the implementation of regional IT projects in the region for 2023. We are talking about the projects "Digital Public Administration," "Digital Technologies," "Information Security," "Information Infrastructure" and "Creating a Single Digital Circuit in Healthcare on the Basis of a Single State Health Information System (Uniform State Health Information System)."
As reported on the website of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Sverdlovsk Region, within the framework of the Digital Technologies project in 2023, RFRIT supported one regional company, which was given a grant of 200 million rubles. The Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere in 2023 supported 7 projects of Sverdlovsk organizations for a total amount of 92.53 million rubles.
Within the framework of the Information Security project in 2023, at the expense of a federal subsidy of 82.2 million rubles, cyber protection of the Regional Cloud Platform of the Sverdlovsk Region was organized, creating the possibility of placing critical information infrastructure (CII), state information systems, personal data information systems (PD) of the highest category/class/level of security.
Thanks to the implementation of the Information Infrastructure project, 99.46% of residents of the Sverdlovsk Region had access to mobile Internet by the end of 2023, and in 2021-2023. the project to eliminate digital inequality 2.0 was carried out in 50 settlements of the region. In addition, the submission of claims in electronic form through the Justice state automated system system was established and electronic interdepartmental interaction of sections of justices of the peace with the services of the External Information Interaction (CAS VIVOS) software and technical complex was ensured[4]
The head of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Sverdlovsk region summed up the results of the digitalization of the region For which 10 billion rubles were allocated
Within the framework of the updated state program "Information Society," almost 10 billion rubles were allocated from the budget for digitalization of the Sverdlovsk region. The Ministry of Digital Development of the region Mikhail Ponomarkov spoke about the initiatives and achievements being implemented in the relevant area at the end of November 2023.
According to him, the implementation of the Digital Public Administration project continues, the purpose of which is to introduce modern technologies, including in the field of providing public services in the interests of the population and small and medium-sized businesses. In particular, interaction between citizens and government bodies is ensured using a feedback platform. In addition, the digital transformation of mass socially significant services is being carried out.
Two more regional projects in the field of digitalization - "Information Infrastructure" and "Information Security." The first is aimed at ensuring a full-scale connection to the Internet of key socially significant objects, including in the most remote areas. Access points to the Network are created in settlements with a population of 250 to 500 people. Under the Information Security project, a reliable subsystem for ensuring information security of the automated system "Regional Cloud Platform of the Sverdlovsk Region" has been created.
In general, out of 10 billion rubles allocated for the digitalization of the region, about 6.1 billion will go to the development of the MPSC infrastructure. Another 1.2 billion rubles are provided for the project "Electronic Government Operator," 863 million rubles - for the functioning of the digital public administration system. Almost 200 million rubles were allocated to the Unified State Health Care System, more than 180 million rubles for the operation of line 112, 137 million rubles for the depreciation and functioning of digital equipment in the executive branch of government. The development and popularization of Public services will cost about 130 million rubles.[5][6]
2022: How digitalization goes
In May 2023, the Minister of Digital Development and Communications of the Sverdlovsk Region, Mikhail Ponomarkov, spoke about some of the results of the digitalization of the region in 2022. One of the key stages of this process is the creation of the Regional Geo-Information System of the Sverdlovsk Region (RGIS SO).
The system provides automation of the activities of the executive bodies of state power and local self-government bodies of the Sverdlovsk region in terms of providing and using up-to-date and reliable cartographic, semantic and spatial information on management objects in the Sverdlovsk region.
According to Ponomarkov, on the basis of the RGIS SO, within the framework of the first stage of the implementation of the Safe City hardware and software complex, a regional security subsystem of the Sverdlovsk Region has been developed, which is designed to digitally transform such important areas as emergency prevention and elimination and ensuring public safety and law and order at the regional and municipal levels. Today it allows monitoring flood hazardous places, keeping records of emergency response forces.
Also, the IT Minister of the Sverdlovsk Region noted that in 2022 the medical information system "Unified Digital Platform" was successfully launched, the services "Appointment for a doctor's appointment," "Call a doctor at home," "Appointment for a doctor's appointment in the direction," "Attachment online," which are available for citizens on a single portal of state and municipal services.
The Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Sverdlovsk Region in 2022 brought 88 mass socially significant services to the unified portal of State Public services. This is the result of a lot of joint work with regional executive bodies and local governments. In addition, Mikhail Ponomarkov said that in 2022 more than 11 million external kieberataks were reflected on the Internet resources of the government of the Sverdlovsk region.[7]
Banks
2024: 5th place in terms of IT mortgage issuance - 11.97 billion rubles
Power
Ministry of Energy and Housing and Communal Services of the Sverdlovsk Region
Sport
Industry
Culture
Ministry of Culture of the Sverdlovsk Region
- FSBUK "Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater" (Ural Opera Ballet)
- MAUK "Yekaterinburg Central Park of Culture and Recreation named after V.V. Mayakovsky"
Tourism
2025: Growth of tourist flow to Yekaterinburg by 22% to 2.25 million people
At the end of 2025, the tourist flow to Yekaterinburg increased by 22% and reached 2.25 million people. The total expenses of tourists exceeded 23.1 billion rubles. These data, obtained from the SberAnalytics report and voiced by the head of the city Alexei Orlov, were published on the official portal of Yekaterinburg on January 19, 2026.
Alexey Orlov linked the growth in indicators with the updated tourism development strategy adopted two years earlier. According to him, the new strategy focuses on promoting Yekaterinburg not only as a historical center, famous for its "mining past," but also as a modern, dynamic metropolis, attractive for study, career and life.
The head of the city noted that Yekaterinburg offers a variety of opportunities for guests. Numerous business, sports and cultural events of the federal and international level are held in the capital of the Urals. Orlov emphasized the close cooperation of the city authorities with the tourist community, hoteliers and the active development of inter-municipal relations with foreign cities.
The key attractions of Yekaterinburg that attract tourists are Historical Square (Plotinka), the Museum of the History of Stone Cutting and Jewelry, the Yekaterinburg City architectural ensemble with the Vysotsky skyscraper. Of significant interest are cultural objects such as the Temple-on-Blood (built on the site of the Ipatiev House, where Nicholas II and his family were shot), the Yeltsin Center and the opera house. The city serves as a starting point for traveling to the natural attractions of the Urals.
| From year to year, the capital of the Urals is becoming more recognizable and popular, ready to hospitably receive any guest! - summed up Alexey Orlov.[8] |
Education and Science
Ministry of Education and Youth Policy of the Sverdlovsk Region
- Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Center for Identifying and Supporting Gifted Children
- Children's Technopark "Quantorium" (UIA DO "Station of Young Technicians")
UNIVERSITIES of the Sverdlovsk region
- Cross-Industry Educational and Production Cluster of Technical Profile
- Ural Federal University named after B.N. Yeltsin
- Nizhny Tagil Institute of Technology
- Ural State Forestry University
- Ural State Mining University
- Ural State University of Railways
- Ural State University of Economics
- Ural State Law University
- Ural Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian federation
- Ural Institute of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia
- Russian State Vocational University
- Ural State Pedagogical University
- Ural State Medical University
- Ural State University of Architecture and Art
- M.P. Mussorgsky Ural State Conservatory
- Yekaterinburg State Theater Institute
- Yekaterinburg Academy of Contemporary Art
Research Institutes
Branches
- Ural Institute of Management - branch of FSBEI HE "Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation" - branch in Yekaterinburg
- Ural Technical Institute of Communications and Informatics - branch of FSBEI HE Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics - branch in Yekaterinburg
Colleges and organizations of DPO
- ANPOO "Ural Industrial and Economic College"
- HAPOU SO "Irbit Liberal Arts College"
- FSAU DPO "Ural Training Center for Civil Aviation"
- GAO DPO SB "Institute for the Development of Education"
- ANO DPO "Clinical Institute of the Brain"
- UDO "International Institute of Technical Innovations"
Health care
Ministry of Health of the Sverdlovsk Region
- Ural Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology - branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center of FPI" of the Ministry of Health of Russia
- Children's City Hospital No. 15 of the city of Yekaterinburg
- Central City Clinical Hospital No. 6, Ecaterinburg
2024: 5th place in the number of residents with mental disorders among all regions of the Russian Federation - 131.9 thousand cases
In May 2025, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation published current data on the number of citizens of the country with diagnosed mental disorders. According to the Unified Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System (UIISS), the highest prevalence of such diseases was recorded in Moscow, the Moscow Region, St. Petersburg, the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Sverdlovsk Region. Read more here.
2023: 3rd place in the spread of HIV in Russia
On December 5, 2023, it became known in which regions of the Russian Federation HIV is most common. The rating of the regions was compiled by the organization "To be precise." Read more here.
Clinics
Medical centers
- Children's clinic in Aramili
- Krasnoturyinsky City Hospital
- GAUZ SO "Medical Information and Analytical Center"
- FBUZ "Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Sverdlovsk Region" Rospotrebnadzor
- GAUZ SO "Territorial Center for Disaster Medicine"
- GAUZ SO "Multidisciplinary Clinical Medical Center" Bonum "
- GAUZ CO "Clinical and Diagnostic Center" Protection of Maternal and Child Health "
- Brain Institute Clinic (CIM)
Hospitals
- GAUZ SO "Sverdlovsk Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1"
- GAUZ CO "Regional Children's Clinical Hospital"
- GAUZ SO "Sverdlovsk Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital"
- GBUZ SO "Central City Clinical Hospital No. 1 City of Yekaterinburg"
- City Hospital No. 20 of the city of Yekaterinburg
- GAUZ SO "Central City Clinical Hospital No. 23" City of Yekaterinburg
- GAUZ SO "City Clinical Hospital No. 40 City of Yekaterinburg"
- GAUZ SO "Rezhevskaya Central District Hospital"
- Revdinsky ambulance station.
- Children's City Clinical Hospital No. 11 of Yekaterinburg
- City Hospital No. 1 of the city of Nizhny Tagil
- Demidov City Hospital
- Severouralsk Central City Hospital
Clinics
- SBUZ SO "Sverdlovsk Regional Skin and Venereological Dispensary"
- GAUZ SO "Sverdlovsk Regional Oncological Dispensary"
Blood transfusion stations
Stomatology
Private clinics
- LLC "European Medical Center" UMMC-Health "
- LLC Medical Association "New Hospital"
- Doctor Plus Medical Center LLC
- Ural Medical Center LLC
- LLC "Center for Cosmetology and Plastic Surgery named after S.V. Nudelman"
- JSC "Center for Family Medicine"
Colonies
Organizations of the Sverdlovsk region
History
Main article: History of Russia
1977: Demolition of Ipatiev's house in which the Romanov imperial family was shot
1918: Execution of the Romanov royal family
On the night of July 16-17, 1918, the family of Nikolay Aleksandrovich Romanov was shot in the basement of Ipatiev's house in Yekaterinburg. See Holstein-Gottorp-Romanovs for details.
1898
Notes
- ↑ The timing of the construction of the ground metro in Yekaterinburg has been announced, but there is a problem
- ↑ Yekaterinburg Mayor's Office will spend more than 2 billion rubles on digitizing its activities
- ↑ 7th Rating of regions by the level of development of the software development industry - "Rating of regions 2025"
- ↑ Results of implementation of regional projects in 2023
- ↑ Digitalization of the Sverdlovsk Region will cost the budget almost 10 billion rubles
- ↑ The head of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Sverdlovsk Region Mikhail Ponomarkov: "Our task is to provide access to the Internet in all settlements of the region"
- ↑ Creation of digital architecture of the Sverdlovsk region. Results of 2022
- ↑ Alexey Orlov spoke about the increase in tourist flow to Yekaterinburg




