Contextes de border pour le sens concret
Ekaterinburg at border of two Continents
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Obelisk at border Europe-Asia
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Now Ekaterinburg is known as the city which stands in two parts of the
world, on the border between Europe and Asia. It is a known fact that
Europe and Asia meet on the Ural Mountains, but it was not always so.
Historically the border between Europe and Asia changed its location.
Greeks considered Balkan Peninsula to be the border between Europe and
Asia. In Medieval Russia, the Don River was the border between two
parts of the world. Later the Volga River served as a frontier. In
1730, Swedish scientist Johann Philip Stralenberg stated that
Europe-Asia border went along the Urals. In 1736 the Russian historian
and geographer (founder of the city Yekaterinburg) Vassiliy Tatishev
supported Stralenberg. Now this is a world-wide accepted fact. The
border extends for 5524km. It stretches for 2000 km along the Ural
Range, 2534 km along the River Ural, and 990 km along Caspian Sea. The
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The new Monument at border Europe-Asia
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Though, the local authorities of Ekaterinburg took decision to make the
image of border more attractive for tourists and erected a new obelisk,
closer to Ekaterinburg. A new obelisk stands on the 17th km of the
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tourist centre will be built there soon. Although, the new obelisk is a
controversial question. Actually the Europe-Asia border crosses the
Moscow Highway on the 20th kilometer and not on the 17th kilometer.