Orenburg (from 1938 to 1957 - Chkalov)

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Orenburg (from 1938 to 1957 - Chkalov) is a city
in Russia. Administrative center of the
Orenburg region and the Orenburg region. The
city is located in the Southern Cis-Urals, on the
Ural (Yaik) River, near the confluence of the
Sakmara River. Orenburg is located 1475 km
southeast of Moscow. It is located on the border
between Europe and Asia. You can be on two
continents at the same time! Also in Oeneburg
there are many cultural places worth visiting.

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THE HISTORY OF
ORENBURG
Orenburg was founded as a fortress in 1735 at the
Ural-Or confluence, where Orsk now stands. The
city was originally the military centre of the Ural
Cossacks.

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A third Orenburg was successfully
established by Ivan Neplyuyev at its
present location approximately 250 km
down the Ural from Orsk in 1743.
Ivan Neplyuyev

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The famous Russian writer
Alexander
Pushkin
visited
Orenburg in 1833.

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He met his friend Vladimir Dahl here,
who would later write the first serious
dictionary of the Russian language.

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From 1938 to 1957, the city bore the
name Chkalov.

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EDUCATION
Orenburg State University

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Orenburg State Medical Academy

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Orenburg State Pedagogical University
Orenburg State Agricultural University

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Orenburg branch of the Moscow State Law Academy

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SIGHTS
The monument Orenburg Cossacks

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The monument Alexander Sasse
Court Yard

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St. Nicholas Cathedral

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Orenburg Drama Theater
Musical Theater

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Tatar Drama Theatre
Puppet Show Theater Pierrot

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The Museum of the History of Orenburg
Museum of Fine Arts

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Memorial Museum-apartment of Yuri Gagarin and Valentina
The memorial museum-guardhouse TG Shevchenko

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One of the main calling cards city of
Orenburg is the Embankment of the
Ural River.
It was moved Elizabethan gate- the symbol
gateway to Asia.

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There are in Orenburg a Arbat –
Soviet pedestrian street.