Ganina Yama is an abandoned mine situated in 17 km from Ekaterinburg city. In the middle of 19th century this place was bought by the steward Gavriil in the hope of gold mining. Peasants called the steward "Ganya", it explains where the name of the mine came from.

Soon it became clear that the mine doesn't contain gold, but it contains iron ore. By the beginning of 20th century the mine got abandoned and became overgrown with a forest.

In the night of 17 July 1918, in this place was a secret burial of the last russian monarch Nikolay II and his family, killed by Bolsheviks.

Many years later the monarch family members were canonized and in this place a beautiful monastery with 7 churches (the number of the family members) was built.

During this tour you will also see a gem of Ekaterinburg city - famous Cathedral on the blood built in the place of shooting and know the reasons which led to this terrible tragedy.