Who has not heard the song about the Orenburg down scarf and does not know about this famous masterpiece of needlework? Probably no such. And where is Orenburg - the city that gave the world both a scarf and a hit? What is his story and what is he today?
Geographical characteristics of Orenburg
To find out where Orenburg is located, you need to find the border with Kazakhstan on the map of the Russian Federation, and the Ural River above it. Near the confluence of another river, Sakmara, the city is located. It is the capital of the Orenburg region and geographically belongs to the southern part of the Urals. The area of the administrative center is almost 260 km 2 , and the population is more than 0.5 million people.
The point where Orenburg is located is considered the junction of Europe and Asia, and the city itself is the link between them. This is what makes it a chic railway junction and an airport for domestic and international flights.
History of the city
Orenburg is called three times conceived and once born. And all because it really was laid three times. For the first time (in the 18th century, Art. in the second (three years later) - a little lower along the Yaiku river; and only on the third attempt, in 1743, the settlement was transferred to the place where the city of Orenburg is today.
Before the revolution, the city was used as an exile, and during the Great Patriotic War - in the role of a reliable rear, where people and enterprises were transported.
Until the 70s of the 20th century, Orenburg remained a “one-story” city, a deep, deaf province. But everything changed dramatically when rich gas fields were found next to it.
Modern Orenburg
Knowing where Orenburg is located, it is difficult to assume that life can boil in it. But it really is!
The discovery of gas deposits made Orenburg a major industrial and economic center of the Urals, and exile and rear practices benefited the cultural face of the city. For many years in a row the intelligentsia settled here - the color of society. And now the heirs of those people write a bright, interesting, highly spiritual and creative history of Orenburg.
This factor, as well as beautiful nature and the famous shawl, make the city attractive in the eyes of tourists, who are especially numerous in late spring and early summer.