Yekaterinburg Passport

A city collected through places and art

The Yekaterinburg Passport is live in Emblem. Its 11 original Emblems are available to collect, while the wider project continues to develop. Each Emblem is connected to a real location and interpreted through an original artwork.

Developed as an independent Emblem project inspired by international youth exchange, it leads visitors into Yekaterinburg’s landmarks, culture and local stories. It is not officially connected to the International Festival of Youth. The project keeps every place and each credited creator visible.

One passport, many places

Discover the locations

Explore cultural landmarks, public spaces and local stories across Yekaterinburg.

Meet the Emblem creators

See who interprets each place and the thinking behind every original artwork.

Collect the Emblems

Visit participating locations in Yekaterinburg to unlock their digital souvenirs.

The Emblem creators and Emblems of Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg’s 11 original Emblems connect the city’s architecture, people and cultural identity with real places, with credited artwork by Olga Kolbina, Ekaterina Khudeeva, Domna team, Anastasia Guzii, and Kaya Krovka.

Culture should remain visible beyond borders

The Yekaterinburg Passport reflects Emblem’s wider vision of continuing to showcase the world through its Emblem creators, places and cultural stories, even when borders become harder to cross or political circumstances create distance between societies.

Independent from the International Festival of Youth and continuing to develop, the project creates a lasting cultural window into Yekaterinburg. Inspired by international youth exchange, it presents the city through its architecture, heritage, public spaces and creative voices rather than only through politics or international headlines.

Emblem believes that political isolation should not lead to cultural invisibility. People should still be able to discover one another’s cities, creators and traditions, including during periods when direct exchange becomes more difficult.

By connecting locally created digital souvenirs within one international platform, Emblem aims to keep cultural curiosity, artistic visibility and human connection alive across borders.

Explore Yekaterinburg through all 11 Emblems.

Explore 11 Emblems at real places across Yekaterinburg, including Piotrovsky Bookstore and Stone Flower Fountain, with credited artwork by Olga Kolbina, Ekaterina Khudeeva, Domna team, Anastasia Guzii, and Kaya Krovka.

Open Emblem in Yekaterinburg, visit a participating location and begin your collection today.

Visiting Yekaterinburg? A walking route through the Emblem places

This route links 9 of the 11 Emblems of the Yekaterinburg Passport (also written Ekaterinburg) at 8 stops in the city centre. Each Emblem is collected at its place. Emblem opens in your browser or in the app, and you can take the places in any order.

11 Emblems at real places in Yekaterinburg; 9 of them are on this walk.

About 4.4 km in a straight line, about 5.7 km on foot and about 75 minutes of walking without stops (approximate).

An Emblem unlocks when your phone’s location is within about 250 metres of its place.

Collecting these Emblems is free. Emblem opens in your browser, or you can install the iOS or Android app.

All 11 Emblems here are Lucky Emblems: each collect gives one chance at a partner reward.

Place data checked on 17 October 2026. Opening hours are not listed because they change.

Walking route

The 8 stops below are the shortest way through 9 of the 11 Emblems. Take them in this order, in any order, or only the places you like.

1. Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, 3 Boris Yeltsin Street. Emblems here: The 1st; Piotrovsky Bookstore. Piotrovsky Bookstore is inside the Yeltsin Center, on the 2nd floor. Start of the route.

2. Yekaterinburg City Administration, 1905 Square. Emblems here: City Administration. About 1.2 km on foot from the previous stop, about 15 minutes.

3. Creative Cluster “Domna”, 16 Vaynera Street, a pedestrian street. Emblems here: Creative Cluster “Domna”. About 0.5 km on foot from the previous stop, about 5 minutes.

4. Industrial Landscape Park and Museum of Architecture and Design, Historical Square. Emblems here: The Iron Heart. About 0.9 km on foot from the previous stop, about 10 minutes.

5. Stone Flower Fountain, Ploshchad Truda. Emblems here: Stone Flower. About 0.3 km on foot from the previous stop, about 5 minutes.

6. Ural Opera Ballet, 46A Lenina Street. Emblems here: City Theatre. About 0.8 km on foot from the previous stop, about 10 minutes.

7. RCC Headquarters by Foster + Partners. Emblems here: One & Only. About 1.3 km on foot from the previous stop, about 15 minutes.

8. Yekaterinburg State Circus. Emblems here: City Circus. About 0.8 km on foot from the previous stop, about 10 minutes.

In total: about 4.4 km in a straight line, about 5.7 km on foot, about 75 minutes without stops.

Distances and times are approximate. They are worked out from the places’ coordinates, assuming a path about 30 per cent longer than a straight line and a pace of about 4.5 km/h, without stops. Real paths and times will differ.

Also in the Passport, outside the walk

Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Street: about 2.4 km from the Ural Opera Ballet in a straight line, so it needs local transport.

Cape Gamayun, Obroshinsky Forest Park: about 9.7 km from the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center in a straight line, so it needs local transport.

Where Lucky Emblem rewards can be redeemed

Every Emblem in this Passport is a Lucky Emblem. Each collect gives one chance at a reward from one of 4 partners; it is a chance, not a guarantee. The Emblem app shows what each reward needs and the full rules. Rewards are used at the partner, so check the partner’s own page before you go.

Piotrovsky Bookstore: 10% discount in store. Where: Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, 3 Boris Yeltsin Street, 2nd floor (stop 1 on the route).

Kolyada Theatre: 10% discount on performances from its repertoire. See the partner’s website for its address and visiting information.

Museum of Architecture and Design: Free ticket to a temporary exhibition; Free ticket to the permanent exhibition “Architecture of the Stone Belt”. See the partner’s website for its address and visiting information.

Poverkhnosti ceramic studio: Free studio tour; 15% off one ceramic masterclass; One place free when two people book the same masterclass. Where: 22 Turgeneva Street, entrance 2, office 107, 1st floor.

Collect in your browser or in the app

Emblem opens in your browser, so you can start without installing anything. The iOS and Android apps are free to download from the App Store and Google Play. At each place, open the Yekaterinburg Passport and tap Collect.

Open Emblem in your browser: emblemdigitalsouvenirs.com/app/

Before you set out

Opening hours: shops, museums and the theatre keep their own opening times, and this page lists none. Check each place before you go.

Connection: collecting needs an internet connection. Mobile internet can be limited in some places and at some times, so open Emblem, and any map you plan to use, while you are online.

If the location check does not work, turn on location access for your browser or for Emblem, step into the open and try again.