Orsk
Orsk is the second largest city in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the steppe about 100 kilometers (62 mi) southeast of the southern tip of the Ural Mountains.
Orsk is the second largest city in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the steppe about 100 kilometers (62 mi) southeast of the southern tip of the Ural Mountains. The city straddles the Ural River. Population: 239,800 (2010 census); 250,963 (2002 census); 270,711 (1989 Soviet census). It lies adjacent to the Kazakhstan–Russia border.
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Worth seeing in and around Orsk
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 012024 Orsk Dam collapse
On 5 April 2024, the Orsk Dam in Russia collapsed due to flooding along the Ural River, prompting evacuations. Fifteen people died, while at least six others were injured and damage was estimated to be around 1.2 billion rubles.
4 km · 2024 dam failure in Russia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Orsk
- Airports
- Aktobe (AKX), 143 km · Magnitogorsk (MQF), 244 km
- Magnitogorsk → Orsk243 km · quickest by road, 6h 23m · ₽1,060–1,420
- Ufa → Orsk409 km · quickest by road, 10h 23m · ₽2,060–2,750
- Chelyabinsk → Orsk479 km · quickest by road, 11h 13m · ₽2,230–2,970
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No local-transport research exists yet for Orsk
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Orsk. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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