City Duma of Yekaterinburg, Government building at 1905 Square, Russia

The City Duma of Yekaterinburg is the administrative building at 24a Lenin Avenue on 1905 Square. Its light grey stone facade rises to a central square tower with pilasters, a clock face and a spire topped by a ruby star lit from inside. Below the tower, a recessed arched entrance is flanked by paired columns and rows of rectangular windows.

Before the revolution the site held the two-storey New Gostiny Dvor, a trading arcade built in the late 19th century. After 1917 its rooms housed the regional museum's natural history, archaeology, ethnography and Ural industry departments. In 1930 the building was raised into a five-storey Constructivist block for the Sverdlovsk City Council, and in 1947 it gained columns and a granite-clad base. The tower with clock and spire dates from 1954.

The building's name recalls its Soviet past: it housed the Sverdlovsk City Council of People's Deputies. Since 2016 it has held the Yekaterinburg city administration, the City Duma and the municipal election commission. The square in front, named after 1905, is used for public gatherings.

The building faces 1905 Square on Lenin Avenue (Prospekt Lenina, 24a), with the clock-and-spire tower marking the main entrance in the recessed arch. It houses the city administration, the City Duma and the election commission, so only the exterior and the square are normally open to visitors. The square in front is a stop for trams and trolleybuses running along Lenin Avenue.

The 66-metre spire is crowned by a five-pointed ruby star lit from inside after dark, which made the building the tallest landmark of the city centre when the tower was added in 1954. Above the arched entrance, a sgraffito panel depicts a victory salute.