Cities
[edit]- 1 Orenburg (Оренбург) — the capital and principal city is famous for its down shawls
- 2 Gay (Гай) — a small industrial city in the region's Gaysky District, perhaps of interest to a novelty seeker due to its name
- 3 Novotroitsk (Новотро́ицк) — a mid-sized industrial city
- 4 Orsk (Орск) — the region's second largest city, which straddles the Urals River, placing it in both Europe and Asia; notable for its Orsk Jasper and many Bronze Age grave sites
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[edit]Orenburg Oblast is a big industrial and agricultural producer famous for it watermelons in Russia, covered with steppes and hills having its fair share of historical and natural sights. It is a home to Orenburg Cossacks and former nomade peoples. The Ural River, considered the boundary between Europe and Asia, cuts through its territory.
Get in
[edit]Orenburg's main airport services flights to/from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Dushanbe
There are two trains from Moscow to Orenburg. One of them departs every odd day around 19:00 and takes 26 hours. And the second one departs every day per week around 15:00 and takes 30 hours.
Trains goes through Ryazan, Samara.
There is one train goes every day from and to Samara.
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[edit]Trains head south to Kazakhstan (train "Moscow — Astana" and others), and on to Uzbekistan (train "Moscow — Tashkent", "Moscow — Andijan"), Kyrgyzstan (train "Moscow — Bishkek") and Tajikistan (train "Moscow — Dushanbe") from Orenburg and Orsk.