Oryol

Orel or Oryol (????) is a city in Russia, administrative center of the Oryol Oblast. It is located on the Oka River, approximately 360 km south-south-west of Moscow, at

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The word means eagle in Russian (pronounce "aryol").

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It was founded 1566 as a fortress.

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Population 333,600 (as of 2002 All-Russia Population Census).

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Russia: The Russian Federation (, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: ???????, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Europe and Asia. With an area of 17,075,400 km? (6,595,600 mi?), it is the largest coun...

Oryol Oblast: Oryol Oblast (????????? ???????) is a regional subdivision of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Oryol....

Oka River: Oka (Russian: ????) is a great river in Russia, right confluent of Volga. It flows through the Oblasts of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod....