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The city of military glory, and the city of the first salute, orel can tell a lot about the military history of the country in the center of the eagle on the strelka at the confluence of the orlik and oka rivers , the oldest Stone Building of the city , the epiphany cathedral, proudly stands in its place, the ancient slavic settlement later a fortress appeared on the strelka, which laid the foundation for the modern city. Founded the fortress in 1566 by decree of tsar ivan iv the terrible about the construction of the fortification, the king took during the inspection of the southern border lands, then the situation in the muscovite state was very disturbing entry of the russian state into the livonian war very sharply raised the question of a war on two fronts. Relations with the crimean khanate were no longer so hot. What by that time and the prospect of fighting on two fronts, of course, the western direction was also needed. I ....
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