Orsk

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Orsk

Total population

185,362

Coordinates51.23°, 58.47°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Nikolay Apalikov

Russian volleyball player

Mikhail Glukhov

Russian ice hockey player

Vadim Epanchintsev

Russian ice hockey player

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Alexander Islamov

Russian ice hockey player

Stanislav Volzhentsev

Russian cross-country skier

Yuri Bondarev

Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter (1924–2020)

Vladimir Makanin

Russian writer (1937–2017)

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Oleg Ken

Russian historian (1960-2007)

Anatoly Bondarenko

Russian ice speedway rider

Aleksandr Gerasimov

Russian volleyball player

Valery Gerlanets

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Evgeny Gorstkov

Russian sports coach and boxer (1950–2020)

Aleksandra Goryachkina

Russian chess player

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Gleb Drozdov

Russian stage director (1940–2000)

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Vladimir Yevsyukov

Russian footballer

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Aleksey Elistratov

Russian actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Orenburg Oblast

• Novotroitsk
  7.9 mi away · pop. 82,463
• Gay
  16 mi away · pop. 33,564
• Novoorsk
  24.4 mi away · pop. 11,295
• Mednogorsk
  40.4 mi away · pop. 24,321
• Kuvandyk
  51.4 mi away · pop. 23,225
• Dombarovskiy
  56.5 mi away · pop. 8,600
• Yasny
  62.1 mi away · pop. 15,092
• Komarovsky
  62.2 mi away · pop. 6,408
• Adamovka
  66.4 mi away · pop. 8,500
• Kvarkeno
  79.6 mi away · pop. 3,900
• Belyayevka
  89.9 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Saraktash
  98.6 mi away · pop. 17,200

Browse all places in Orenburg Oblast →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Bedstraw Hawkmoth

Hyles gallii

Seen 2026-09-19

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-09-11

Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

Seen 2026-09-11

Ruddy Darter

Sympetrum sanguineum

Seen 2026-09-08

Rhinusa neta

Rhinusa neta

Seen 2026-09-06

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

Seen 2026-08-29

Woolly-tailed Marsh Fly

Helophilus hybridus

Seen 2026-08-23

Long-bodied Cellar Spider

Pholcus phalangioides

Seen 2026-08-22

Tree Pipit

Anthus trivialis

Seen 2026-08-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).