1. Samoilova Julia and Obyhova Natalya

3. Orenburg is a city on the Ural River and the administrative center of Orenburg Region in the Volga Federal District of Russia. It lies 1,478 km southeast of Moscow, very close to the border with Kazakhstan. Population: 542,700 Highest point: 154.4 m. The mayor of the city is Yuri Meshcheryakov.

4. This third Orenburg functioned as an important military outpost on the frontier with the nomadic Kazakhs. It became the center for the Orenburg Cossacks. Orenburg played a major role in the rebellion of Pugachev (1773–1774). At the time, it was the capital of a vast district and the seat of the governor. Pugachev besieged the city and its fortress from nearby Berda from October 1773 - March 26, 1774. Most of the city was left in ruins, and thousands of inhabitants had died in the siege.

9. Notable Past Residents Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (1769-1844) Russia's best known fabulist. Vasily Alekseevich Perovsky (1794—1857) Prominent Russian statesman, Count, Governor of Orenburg Province from 1833-1842 and 1851- 1857. Vladimir Dahl (1801-1872) One of the greatest Russian lexicographers. Member of Russian Academy of Science. Yevgraf Fyodorov (1853-1919) Mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist. Known for his contribution to the Group theory. Member of Russian Academy of Science. Musa Cälil (1906-1944) Famous Tatar poet and member of anti-Nazi group. Author of The Moabit Notebooks. Mstislav Rostropovich (1927–2007) One of the greatest cellists of the 20th century. Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968) Soviet Cosmonaut. The first human to orbit Earth.