Orel
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Orel or Oryol (Орёл) is a city in Russia, administrative center of the Oryol Oblast. It is located on the Oka River, approximately 360 km south-south-west of Moscow, at Template:Coor dm
The word means eagle in Russian.
It was founded 1566 as a fortress.
Population 333,600 (as of 2002 All-Russia Population Census).