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Oryol
Орёл
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![Left:A 400th anniversary monument of Oryol, Oryol City Hall, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev nonument in Krituri Oddri Park, Right:Lenina (Lenin) Square and Theotokos Smolensk Church, Oryol Eagle Monument in Privokzalnaya Square, Orink River and Oryol financial heritage building, Orzol Saint Michael Church, (all item from above to bottom)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Oryol_collage.png/250px-Oryol_collage.png) Left
:A 400th anniversary monument of Oryol, Oryol City Hall,
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev nonument in Krituri Oddri Park
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Right
:Lenina (Lenin) Square and Theotokos Smolensk Church, Oryol Eagle Monument in Privokzalnaya Square, Orink River and Oryol financial heritage building, Orzol Saint Michael Church, (all item from above to bottom)
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![Flag of Oryol](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Oryol.svg/125px-Flag_of_Oryol.svg.png) Flag
![Coat of arms of Oryol](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Coat_of_arms_of_Oryol.svg/70px-Coat_of_arms_of_Oryol.svg.png) Coat of arms
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Location of Oryol
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Oryol (Oryol Oblast)
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Coordinates:
52°58′07″N
36°04′10″E
/
52.96861°N 36.06944°E
/
52.96861; 36.06944
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Country
| Russia
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Federal subject
| Oryol Oblast
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Founded
| 1566
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? Mayor
| Yuri Parakhin
[1]
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? Total
| 121.21 km
2
(46.80 sq mi)
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Elevation
| 170 m (560 ft)
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? Total
| 317,747
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? Estimate
(2021)
| 303,696
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? Rank
| 57th
in 2010
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? Density
| 2,600/km
2
(6,800/sq mi)
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Subordinated to
| city of oblast significance
of Oryol
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Capital
of
| Oryol Oblast, city of oblast significance of Oryol
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Urban okrug
| Oryol Urban Okrug
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Capital
of
| Oryol Urban Okrug, Orlovsky Municipal District
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Time zone
| UTC+3
(
MSK
[4]
)
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Postal code(s)
[5]
| 302000?302999
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Dialing code(s)
| +7 4862
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OKTMO
ID
| 54701000001
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City Day
| August 5
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Twin towns
| Razgrad,
Offenbach am Main
,
Kaluga
, Kolpino, Kolpinsky District,
Novosibirsk
, Volokolamsky District, Zhodzina,
Novi Sad
,
Maribor
,
Penza
,
Brest
,
Nokia
,
?eske Bud?jovice
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Website
| www
.orel-adm
.ru
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Oryol
or
Orel
(
Russian
:
Орёл
,
IPA:
[??r??l]
, lit.
eagle
), also known as
Oriol
,
[6]
is the largest
city
in and the
administrative center
of
Oryol Oblast
. It is on the
Oka River
, around 368 kilometers (229 mi) south-southwest of
Moscow
. It is part of the
Central Federal District
and the
Central Economic Region
.
Oryol was a
fortress
town in Russia for several centuries. It was
looted
by Polish forces in
1611
and
1615
. It was rebuilt in 1636. The fortress was taken apart in the 18th century.
During
WW2
, the city was almost fully destroyed during
Operation Kutuzov
.
Oryol is on the banks of the
Oka River
and its
tributary
the Orlik river. It is in the
Central Russian Upland
of the
East European Plain
.
Oryol has a humid continental climate (
Koppen climate classification
Dfb
). It has cold winters and warm summers.
Climate data for Oryol (1991?2020, extremes 1948?present)
|
Month
|
Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
|
Dec
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Year
|
Record high °C (°F)
|
7.0
(44.6)
|
9.4
(48.9)
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19.3
(66.7)
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29.0
(84.2)
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32.8
(91.0)
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35.4
(95.7)
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38.7
(101.7)
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39.5
(103.1)
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31.3
(88.3)
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26.3
(79.3)
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17.5
(63.5)
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9.7
(49.5)
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39.5
(103.1)
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Average high °C (°F)
|
?3.6
(25.5)
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?2.8
(27.0)
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3.0
(37.4)
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12.9
(55.2)
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20.1
(68.2)
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23.5
(74.3)
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25.6
(78.1)
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24.6
(76.3)
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18.2
(64.8)
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10.5
(50.9)
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2.5
(36.5)
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?2.1
(28.2)
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11.0
(51.8)
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Daily mean °C (°F)
|
?6.1
(21.0)
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?5.8
(21.6)
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?0.8
(30.6)
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7.6
(45.7)
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14.3
(57.7)
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17.9
(64.2)
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19.8
(67.6)
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18.5
(65.3)
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12.7
(54.9)
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6.4
(43.5)
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0.0
(32.0)
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?4.3
(24.3)
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6.7
(44.1)
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Average low °C (°F)
|
?8.7
(16.3)
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?8.9
(16.0)
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?4.3
(24.3)
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2.8
(37.0)
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8.7
(47.7)
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12.4
(54.3)
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14.5
(58.1)
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12.9
(55.2)
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8.0
(46.4)
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3.0
(37.4)
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?2.2
(28.0)
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?6.7
(19.9)
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2.6
(36.7)
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Record low °C (°F)
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?35.4
(?31.7)
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?37.2
(?35.0)
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?37.8
(?36.0)
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?17.2
(1.0)
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?5
(23)
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?0.4
(31.3)
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3.9
(39.0)
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?2.2
(28.0)
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?5
(23)
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?13
(9)
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?26.4
(?15.5)
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?35
(?31)
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?37.8
(?36.0)
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Average
precipitation
mm (inches)
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46
(1.8)
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41
(1.6)
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39
(1.5)
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40
(1.6)
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50
(2.0)
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69
(2.7)
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87
(3.4)
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54
(2.1)
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57
(2.2)
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56
(2.2)
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44
(1.7)
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47
(1.9)
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630
(24.8)
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Average rainy days
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6
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5
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8
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13
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14
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15
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15
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12
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15
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14
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11
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8
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136
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Average snowy days
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23
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21
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14
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4
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0.4
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0
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0
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0
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0.3
|
3
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13
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22
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101
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Average
relative humidity
(%)
|
84
|
82
|
77
|
68
|
64
|
71
|
72
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72
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78
|
82
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87
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86
|
77
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Source: Pogoda.ru.net
[7]
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According to the
Federal State Statistics Service
, in January 2020 the number of residents came to 308 838. It is the 66th place among 1117 cities of Russia for 2019.
Largest
ethnic groups
in 2010:
Oryol State Academic Theater
Oryol is
twinned
with:
[8]