Orenburg

Orenburg (Russian: Оренб'ург, Uh-rehn-BOORK) is the capital of Orenburg Oblast. Understand The bridge over the Ural river Orienburg is a German name, not unusual since it was established in 1743 when Kurland's politicians played significant role in the Russian Empire. The city stands for Eastern town-fort. Somewhere around there at the foots of the Ural mountains is geographical border between Europe and Asia. Every citizen will point you the sign at the bridge across the Ural river landmarking this division.[1]. Orenburg has a sizeable Turkic population which gives to the city a bit of southern colourite. Get in By train The Orenburg station is a part of South-Ural Railway and its network is connected by direct trains to Moscow, Samara, Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Kiev and southern capitals of the CIS republics. By plane Airport "Tsentralny" [2] is home to domestic air-carrier "Orenburg Airlines" and serves flights Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Magnitogorsk, Hannover, Dusseldorf, Yerevan and other cities. Get around See The remnants of the old fort and its gate constructed in 1743 should be seen at first place. Museums Museum of city's history. The gothic building with tower and clock. Museum of regional studies. Museum of arts.[3] Museum of Rostropovich family. Museum-flat of the first cosmanaut Yuri Gagarin and his family. Museum "Memory House". Temples St. Nikolay Cathedral. Mosque "Karavan Sarai". Built in 1836-42 by the project of Alexander Brullov.[4] Orthodox Church of Sergiy of Radonezh. Other National village - collection of traditional houses in styles of local peoples: Russian, Tatar, German, Kazakh, Bashkir, Ukranian,Chuvash, Armenian and Belorussian. Central exposition hall of the Union of Artists. Zauralnaya roscha. (Ural woods)- the forest-park in the city limits. Do Buy Orenburg is famous for its shawls, known as Orenburg shawls/scarves[5] or wedding ring shawls. Mall Armada[6] at 1, Shalykskoye shosse. Eat X.O. Restaurant, 29Б Salmyshskaya st. Mo-Fr, Sa: 12-2; Tu-We: 12-4. Fusion: European, Mexican and Russian food 1000 — 1500RUB.  edit For desert try Chak-chak[7] - Bashkir and Tatar sweets. Fast food McDonalds, 5/1 Tereshkovoy st. and 6/1 Rodimtseva st..  edit Drink Local beer and kvas Gofman'[8] Bars Piramida, 10 Gaya st., ☎ +7 (3532) 60-20-90.  edit Charly, 118, Pobedy st., ☎ +7 (3532) 75-32-02.  edit Irish pub ''Dublin'', (24 Krasnoznamennaya st.), [9].  edit Sleep Yaik Hotel[10] Hotel Mia[11] Don Quixote Hotel [12] Hotel Briz[13] Hotel Dubrava plus[14] Contact Get out This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!