 The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Zenit (1944–1946), Mashinostroitel (1958–1959), and Uralmash (1949–1952, 1960–2002).The club is currently named after the Russian region of Ural, where Yekaterinburg is the capital.The club participated in the Soviet championships beginning in 1945.