Туристический портал Оренбургской области

About the region

The Orenburg Region is one of the largest regions of the Russian Federation, which is part of the Volga Federal District of the Russian Federation. The region is located at the junction of two parts of the world – Europe and Asia, has borders with Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and the Chelyabinsk region in the north, with Kazakhstan in the east and south, and the Samara region in the west. The length of the state border with the Republic of Kazakhstan is 1,876 km.

Orenburg region is a region for those who want to see the reference and protected steppes, who are ready to plunge into the vast expanses of nature and discover new horizons. Picturesque Orenburg region is a region where you can see the legendary gold of the Sarmatians and immerse yourself in merchant Orenburg, visit the modern multimedia museum of V.S. Chernomyrdin, watch Przhevalsky's horses on the steppe, swim in the healing lakes of Sol-Iletsk and walk along the longest pedestrian museum street in Russia.

Pocket Travel Guide

Sharply continental
Climate
45
Windless days a year
+25...+40
Average temperature in summer
-15...-35
Average temperature in winter
292
Sunny days of the year
448mm
Average rainfall

Transport accessibility

Aviation transport

Railway transport

Road transport

The capital of the region

Orenburg is the administrative center of the Orenburg Region of Russia and the Orenburg region, and one of the largest cities in the Southern Urals. It is the last fortress of the Russian Empire and the only city in our country that has been laid three times.

Orenburg is an outpost of the Russian Empire, Orenburg is the gateway to Asia, Orenburg is a merchant city. From December 26, 1938 to December 4, 1957, it was named after Chkalov. In 1920, our city became the administrative center of the newly established Kyrgyz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (now the Republic of Kazakhstan).

The history of the city is full of surprises, the events of the Pugachev rebellion unfolded in these parts, the multinational Orenburg Cossack army lived.

Orenburg is associated with the names of many prominent personalities: poets T. G. Shevchenko, A. N. Pleshcheyev, G. R. Derzhavin and Musa Jalil, historian N. M. Karamzin, animator Harry Bardin, geologist Yevgraf Fedorov, creator of fables I. A. Krylov, lexicographer Vladimir Dahl, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, prominent Communist Party figure Georgy Malenkov, former Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and others. Yuri Gagarin was educated here at the flight school, as well as Grigory Bakhchivandzhi, known as the world's first jet aircraft tester. The composer A. A. Alyabyev lived here in exile. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin also set foot on Orenburg land. The poet visited here in 1833, when he collected materials about Yemelyan Pugachev, some of which were included in the novel "The Captain's Daughter". It was here that the history of the world-famous Orenburg down shawl craft began.

Interesting facts

Open the gates to Asia

In the center of the bridge is a favorite place for tourists to take photos — a pillar with the coat of arms of the city, marking the border between Europe and Asia.

Wake up the sleeping dragon

The mountain range in Saraktash region has been nicknamed the "Sleeping Dragon": the chain of peaks resembles the ridge of a fossil snake.

Make a wish

Five small peaks of the foothills near the village of Andreevka were nicknamed cones by locals for their rounded shape. From the outside, it seems that their tops are covered with velvet.