Guardians of the Urals, Residential twin towers in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Guardians of the Urals is a planned complex of two bronze-toned towers, 218 m (41 floors) and 195 m (36 floors), joined by a first-floor bridge forming a triumphal arch, in Yekaterinburg's Verkh-Isetsky district. Designed by Valode & Pistre, it was to include offices, apartments, a shopping centre and 1,800 parking spaces; construction was cancelled in 2015.

The project by the French firm Valode & Pistre was presented at the MIPIM property fair in Cannes in 2006. Site clearing began in September 2007, when trees were felled and the former oncology building demolished; by 2009 the plot was fenced. Construction stopped in May 2009, and in May 2015 the towers were cancelled for lack of financing. In December 2021 UGMK-Developer announced a revised project, renamed Central in December 2025.

The name comes from Yekaterinburg folklore: the two towers stand as guardians protecting the city and the Urals from the outside world. The idea was introduced by the French firm Valode & Pistre and derives from a work by the Belarusian sculptor Ossip Zadkine. The towers were to be linked by a first-floor bridge forming a triumphal arch.

The site lies at the crossing of Tatishcheva Street, Prigorova Street and Verkh-Isetsky Boulevard in the Verkh-Isetsky district. Only clearing and fencing were done before work stopped in May 2009; a Hyatt Place hotel opened on the plot in July 2021. The area is reached on foot from the city centre.

The name comes from Yekaterinburg folklore: two guardians protecting the city and the Urals from the outside world. The idea was proposed by the French firm Valode & Pistre and derives from a work by the Belarusian sculptor Ossip Zadkine.