It is also unofficially referred to as the Asian capital of Russia. The city is famous for its down shawls. The mohair of Orenburg goats is very thin, which makes products made from it extremely soft.

ORENBURG, April 7. /TASS/. The flood situation in Russia’s Orenburg Region will be complicated by heavy rains expected in the next 24 hours, the press service of the regional government reported.

While Orsk – a city of 200,000 people – is worst affected by the flooding, water levels on the Ural river were also rising fast in the regional hub of Orenburg, home to some 560,000 residents.

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