Oryol
Oryol
Орёл | |
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Magistrate building Noble Nest Park Central Bank Epiphany Church Museum of Fine Arts | |
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Oryol Location of Oryol Oryol Oryol (Russia) Oryol Oryol (European Russia) Oryol Oryol (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 52°58′07″N 36°04′10″E / 52.96861°N 36.06944°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Oryol Oblast |
| Founded | 1566 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yuri Parakhin |
| Area | |
• Total | 121.21 km2 (46.80 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 170 m (560 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 317,747 |
• Estimate (2025) | 289,503 (−8.9%) |
| • Rank | 57th in 2010 |
| • Density | 2,621.5/km2 (6,789.5/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | city of oblast significance of Oryol |
| • Capital of | Oryol Oblast, city of oblast significance of Oryol |
| • Urban okrug | Oryol Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Oryol Urban Okrug, Orlovsky Municipal District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code | 302000–302999 |
| Dialing code | +7 4862 |
| OKTMO ID | 54701000001 |
| City Day | August 5 |
| Website | www |
Oryol (Russian: Орёл, IPA: [ɐˈrʲɵl] ⓘ, lit. 'eagle'), also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, situated on the Oka River, approximately 368 kilometers (229 mi) south-southwest of Moscow. It is part of the Central Federal District, as well as the Central Economic Region.
First founded as a medieval stronghold of the Principality of Chernigov, Oryol was part of Lithuania in the late medieval period, and then Russia since the early modern period. It has served as the seat of regional administration since 1778. The city is particularly known for the infamous former prison for political and war prisoners of Tsarist Russia, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.