Orel celebrates 450th anniversary

Today, on August 5, Orel is celebrating its 450th anniversary. The first in the years of the Great Patriotic War fireworks dedicated to the city's liberation from Nazi Germay was held in Moscow on this day in 1943. In 2007, Orel was awarded the "City of Military Glory" title.

The festivities will start at 10:00. At this time the Red Flag-raising ceremony will be held at the city's Peace Square, flowers will be laid at the Monument to the heroes tankmen and the mass grave. A theatrical rally 'Memory Rhapsody', dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the liberation will be held. The celebrations will finish with fireworks at 22:00.

"Today, Orel is one of the recognized cultural and historical centers of the Russian Federation. Our city is celebrating its anniversary as a modern, dynamic center of industry, science and education, which managed to preserve its unique historical appearance, numerous monuments of culture, which are the property of the entire Russian people," the governor of the Orel region, Vadim Potomsky, said.

The team of Vestnik Kavkaza congratulates the residents of Orel and the Orel region with the 450th anniversary and wishes them prosperity, peace and success.