Sigtseeing tour of Orel: the literary capital of Russia

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SIGTSEEING TOUR OF
OREL:
THE LITERARY CAPITAL
OF RUSSIA
Orel Agroliceum
Margarita Poluhina
Irina Kuznetsova

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Introduction
The Monument to
Nikolay Leskov
The Estate of
4
Ivan Bunin
5
Little-known facts
about
Orel Writers
3
The Monument to
Ivan Turgenev

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OREL
is
a LITERARY CAPITAL
of RUSSIA
INTRODUCTION

4.

The Monument to
Nikolay Leskov

5.

The Monument to
Ivan Turgenev

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The Estate of
Ivan Bunin

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Little-known facts about Orel writers and
foreign languages
Ivan Turgenev's fame made him one of the most famous Russian
writers in Europe. The evidence of this was the award in 1879 to
Ivan Turgenev of the honorary title of Doctor of Civil Law from
the University of Oxford: no writer had ever received such an
honor.
Ivan Turgenev knew at least five foreign languages:
French German, English, ancient Greek and Latin.
Ivan Bunin translated poetry from different languages:
English, Italian, German, Polish, French.

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Welcome
to Museum of Ivan Turgenev and
Museum of Orel writers

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Thank You
for your
attention !
Welcome
to Orel!