Orenburg

Attractions

• Orenburg Museum of Fine Arts
• House of the Soviets
• Memorial Museum of Taras Shevchenko
• Orenburgskiĭ istoriko-kraevedcheskiĭ muzeĭ
• «Salute, Victory!» museum complex in Orenburg
• House-museum of Leopold and Mstislav Rostropovichs

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Wikivoyage

Orenburg (Russian: Оренб'ург, Uh-rehn-BOORK) is the capital of Orenburg Oblast. Every citizen will point you the sign at the bridge across the Ural river, supposedly landmarking the geographical border between Europe and Asia (the actual boundary is further east). Orenburg has a sizable Turkic population, which gives to the city a bit of a Central Asian colour.

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Wikipedia

Orenburg (Russian: Оренбу́рг, pronounced [ɐrʲɪnˈburk]), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, near the boundary of Europe and Asia, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately 1,480 kilometers (920 mi) southeast of Moscow.

Orenburg is close to the border with Kazakhstan. It was the capital of the Kazakh ASSR from 1920 to 1925.

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