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What Country Was Yekaterinburg In?

Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk, Russia) lies within 7 different states on Chronica Maps' 39 historical border maps. The longest stretch is under White Horde, from 1400 to 1599. The earliest state recorded here is Khanate of the Golden Horde (1300).

Who ruled Yekaterinburg?

Period (by border map)Ruled by
500 BC – 1299Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers
1300 – 1399Khanate of the Golden Horde
1400 – 1599White Horde
1600 – 1782Tsardom of Muscovy
1783 – 1919Russian Empire
1920 – 1929USSR
1930 – 1937White Russia
1938 – 1993USSR
1994 – todayRussia
Map showing Yekaterinburg in 1492Yekaterinburg
Border map for 1492. See Europe in 1492.

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Based on approximate historical borders; towns close to a frontier may be assigned to a neighbouring state.

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.