On July 6, at 3 p.m. – buses depart from Hyatt Regency Yekaterinburg Hotel for the tour of Yekaterinburg. Duration of the touris approx. 2,5 hours.
Please note that after the tour the buses will leave directly for the Gala Dinner to “White Horse” Country Club.
Besides the intensive work sessions, an exciting sightseeing program is prepared for you at Watermark Conference 2017.
Before the Gala Dinner, the delegates are invited to visit the famous Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts; a part of its collection consists of works from the State Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery, the State Pushkin Museum.
Paintingsby I. Shishkin, I. Kramskoy, A. Savrasov, V. Polenov, K. Korovin are rightly considered to be the honor of the museum collection; the Russian Avantgarde is presented with the works by K. Malevich, V. Kandinskiy, P. Konchalovskiy.
The museum is known for its unique collection of the Kasliartistic casting and the world-known Kaslicast – iron pavilion that received the Grand Prix at the Paris Exhibition of 1900 andregisteredintheUNESCOinternationalcatalogueastheonlyarchitecturalstructure of cast-iron in a museum collectionin the world.
You will see master pieces of the stone cutting collection by famous stone cutters following the artistic traditions born inUralin the 17th century.
Besides a visit to the museum, you will have a fascinating promenade in the Historical Park. Youwillsee mining and metallurgical equipment, learn the history of creating a monument to Peter the Great and a monument to the city founders – Vassily Tatischev and Wilhelm de Gennin, will be able to appreciate the style and elegance of Sevastianov’s House – an example of the neo-Gothic style unrivalled in the Ural architecture.
It is impossible to come to Yekaterinburg without visiting one of the largest Orthodox cathedrals of Russia – Temple-on-Blood built on the place where the last Russian Emperor Nikolay II and his family were shot dead.
During the tour, you will hear in credible legends of the Rastorguev-Kharitonov manor house – one of the most valuable city estate and manor ensembles.
An eclectic combination of various styles is inherent to the architecture of Yekaterinburg. During the tour, you will see a bright example of wooden architecture (house of Merchant Trapeznikov), an architectural combination of Classicism and Baroque (Balandins’ House), peculiarities of the Russian-Byzantine style (Zheleznov’s manor house), an example of a large residence of the end of the 19th century (Oshurkov’s house).
The estimated time of arrival to “White Horse” Country Club is approx. 6 p.m. depending on traffic conditions.
