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Orenburg Oblast [a] is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), mainly located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast [b] in honor of Valery Chkalov. As of the 2021 Census, the city has population of 1,862,767. [9] The House of the Soviets (oblast administrative ...
Orenburg (Russian: Оренбу́рг, pronounced [ɐrʲɪnˈburk]), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia and former capital of Kazak ASSR.
Orenburg, oblast (region), western Russia, occupying an area that extends across the southern end of the Ural Mountains. It stretches from the limestone plateaus of the Obshchy Syrt in the west, across the low Urals ridges, to the flat Turgay Plateau in the east.
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Orenburg, city and administrative center of Orenburg oblast (region), western Russia, on the Ural River at the Sakmara confluence. Founded as a fortress in 1735 at the Ural-Or confluence, where Orsk now stands, it was moved to its present site in 1743.
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About 4,000 years ago, this region was part of the so-called Great Steppe. The nomadic tribes of the Scythians and Sarmatians lived here. They left behind numerous burial mounds. A lot of them have survived to the present day. Archaeologists found hundreds of mounds near Orsk, in Ileksky and Sharlyksky districts. In 1911, in the mound near the vill...
Orenburg Oblast occupies the south-eastern edge of the East European Plain, the southern part of the Urals and Southern Trans-Urals. The length of the region from west to east is 755 km, from north to south - 425 km. In the south, it borders with the Republic of Kazakhstan. The length of the state border is 1,876 km. The national composition accord...
Sol-Iletsk - a small town and spa resort located on the border with Kazakhstan,Gai - a mud-bath resort located about 40 km from Orsk,Orenburg downy shawls plant,Urtazymskie rocks in Kvarkensky district, 6.5 km south of the village of Urtazym - a geological, geomorphological and botanical monument of nature,Orenburg. Type: City with 572,000 residents. Description: city in the south of Russia. Address: городской округ Оренбург. Categories: administrative territorial entity of Russia, city or town, big city and locality. Location: Orenburg Oblast, Urals, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude.
Orenburg Oblast. Type: State with 1,980,000 residents. Description: federal subject of Russia. Neighbors: Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast and Tatarstan. Categories: oblast of Russia and locality. Location: Urals, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap.
