The Orel region is a land of talented people and generous land. Writers Turgenev and Leskov, Bunin and Andreyev, philosopher Sergei Bulgakov, historian Granovsky, artist Myasoedov, polar explorer Rusanov, aircraft designer Polikarpov were born and created here... Political figure Gennady Zyuganov, actors Valery Barinov, Dmitry Yermak, Vyacheslav Polunin, cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, football coach Yuri Syomin, sportsmen Eduard Troyanovsky, Vladislav Tuinov, Alexander Nikishin, surgeon Leonid Roshal learned the basics of professionalism. The tune of the Livensk harmonica, the originality of the Orel spis (type of embroidery), the patterns of Mtsensk lace will tell about the region the best. Orel is the city of military glory and the first salute, labor power, the literary capital of Russia, a major student center. Agrarian records, new industrial enterprises, the Spiritual Orthodox Center "Vyatsky Posad", huge work on the restoration of the free population of bison in the National Park "Orel Polesie" - this is what the Orel region stands on today.