the monument to the famous aircraft designer nikolai polikarpov reminds of the pre-war period. ch was the founder of the soviet school of aircraft engineering . the oryol military history museum devotes almost 2 years to the details of the military history of the region. oryol and most of the region were under nazi occupation. orel was among the nine ancient russian cities most severely affected for the sake of the great patriotic war government. he was subject to, but priority establishment, of course. the damage was very large, practically in orel there was not a single whole house left, of course , it was very difficult for civilians to live. on october 3, 1941, oryol captured the fourth tank division of the guderian group, gein himself with guderian recalled that his tanks drove into the city so quickly that trams were still running through the streets, but the ease of victory was deceptive. the further advance of guderian to moscow was stopped by the tank brigade, the future first guards under the command of mikhail katukov under the eagle, katukovites received a baptism of