many ancient historical cities have been preserved in its territory: bolkhov, mtsensk, novosil, livnyw to orel by rail is about 400 km, travel time by train is 4 hours. you can also get to the city by bus or by car. orel, the birthplace of the writer and publicist ivan sergeevich turgenev, the city of youth of the first russian nobel... grozny. the decision to build a fortification was made by the tsar during an inspection of the southern borderlands. then the situation in the moscow state was very alarming. the entry of the russian state into the levonian war, very acutely raised the question of a war on two fronts. relations. with the crimean khanate were not so hot at that time, and the prospect of fighting on two fronts, of course, worried the sovereign, because the western direction was needed, it was important in terms of trade, and the southern direction, it was important in terms of security, including moscow, the border of the crimean khanate passed just through the territory of the oryol region, that is, where the eagle now stands - this was, let's say, the moscow side, and